diff --git a/src/modality-agnostic-files.md b/src/modality-agnostic-files.md
index 7bc09af991..fb5b04ee3e 100644
--- a/src/modality-agnostic-files.md
+++ b/src/modality-agnostic-files.md
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ to date of birth.
 {
     "age": {
         "Description": "age of the participant",
-        "Units": "years"
+        "Units": "year"
     },
     "sex": {
         "Description": "sex of the participant as reported by the participant",
diff --git a/src/schema/objects/metadata.yaml b/src/schema/objects/metadata.yaml
index 3e7d3e59a6..d0fa480198 100644
--- a/src/schema/objects/metadata.yaml
+++ b/src/schema/objects/metadata.yaml
@@ -3263,7 +3263,7 @@ SpoilingRFPhaseIncrement:
     which is applied to the phase of the excitation pulse at each TR period for
     achieving RF spoiling.
   type: number
-  unit: degrees
+  unit: degree
 SpoilingState:
   name: SpoilingState
   display_name: Spoiling State