diff --git a/addons/base_setup/i18n/base_setup.pot b/addons/base_setup/i18n/base_setup.pot
index f951b54dcbf..8c92f849122 100644
--- a/addons/base_setup/i18n/base_setup.pot
+++ b/addons/base_setup/i18n/base_setup.pot
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. module: base_setup
 #: model:ir.ui.view,arch_db:base_setup.res_config_settings_view_form
-msgid "Automate inter-companies transactions"
+msgid "Automate inter-company transactions"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: base_setup
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. module: base_setup
 #: model:ir.ui.view,arch_db:base_setup.res_config_settings_view_form
-msgid "Inter-Companies Transactions"
+msgid "Inter-Company Transactions"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: base_setup
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ msgstr ""
 
 #. module: base_setup
 #: model:ir.ui.view,arch_db:base_setup.res_config_settings_view_form
-msgid "Multi-Companies"
+msgid "Multi-company"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: base_setup
diff --git a/addons/base_setup/views/res_config_settings_views.xml b/addons/base_setup/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
index 7cf8fa57dde..ac31d1553d6 100644
--- a/addons/base_setup/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
+++ b/addons/base_setup/views/res_config_settings_views.xml
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@
                             </div>
                         </div>
                         <field name="company_id" invisible="1"/>
-                        <h2>Multi-Companies</h2>
+                        <h2>Multi-company</h2>
                         <div class="row mt16 o_settings_container" name="multi_company">
                             <div class="col-xs-12 col-md-6 o_setting_box">
                                 <div class="o_setting_left_pane">
                                     <field name="group_multi_company"/>
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="o_setting_right_pane">
-                                    <label string="Multi-Companies" for="group_multi_company"/>
+                                    <label string="Multi-company" for="group_multi_company"/>
                                     <div class="text-muted">
                                         Manage multiple legal entities with separate accounting
                                     </div>
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@
                                     <field name="module_inter_company_rules" widget="upgrade_boolean"/>
                                 </div>
                                 <div class="o_setting_right_pane">
-                                    <label string="Inter-Companies Transactions" for="module_inter_company_rules"/>
+                                    <label string="Inter-Company Transactions" for="module_inter_company_rules"/>
                                     <div class="text-muted">
-                                        Automate inter-companies transactions
+                                        Automate inter-company transactions
                                     </div>
                                     <div class="content-group" attrs="{'invisible': [('module_inter_company_rules','=',False)]}" id="inter_companies_rules">
                                         <div class="mt16 text-warning"><strong>Save</strong> this page and come back here to set up the feature.</div>
diff --git a/addons/stock/i18n/stock.pot b/addons/stock/i18n/stock.pot
index 4587faf8dd5..335246e77a7 100644
--- a/addons/stock/i18n/stock.pot
+++ b/addons/stock/i18n/stock.pot
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ msgid "* Vendor Location: Virtual location representing the source location for
 "* Inventory Loss: Virtual location serving as counterpart for inventory operations used to correct stock levels (Physical inventories)\n"
 "* Procurement: Virtual location serving as temporary counterpart for procurement operations when the source (vendor or production) is not known yet. This location should be empty when the procurement scheduler has finished running.\n"
 "* Production: Virtual counterpart location for production operations: this location consumes the raw material and produces finished products\n"
-"* Transit Location: Counterpart location that should be used in inter-companies or inter-warehouses operations"
+"* Transit Location: Counterpart location that should be used in inter-company or inter-warehouses operations"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: stock
diff --git a/addons/stock/models/stock_location.py b/addons/stock/models/stock_location.py
index 76bc2aec172..35329d1616a 100644
--- a/addons/stock/models/stock_location.py
+++ b/addons/stock/models/stock_location.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Location(models.Model):
              "\n* Inventory Loss: Virtual location serving as counterpart for inventory operations used to correct stock levels (Physical inventories)"
              "\n* Procurement: Virtual location serving as temporary counterpart for procurement operations when the source (vendor or production) is not known yet. This location should be empty when the procurement scheduler has finished running."
              "\n* Production: Virtual counterpart location for production operations: this location consumes the raw material and produces finished products"
-             "\n* Transit Location: Counterpart location that should be used in inter-companies or inter-warehouses operations")
+             "\n* Transit Location: Counterpart location that should be used in inter-company or inter-warehouses operations")
     location_id = fields.Many2one(
         'stock.location', 'Parent Location', index=True, ondelete='cascade',
         help="The parent location that includes this location. Example : The 'Dispatch Zone' is the 'Gate 1' parent location.")