diff --git a/spec.bs b/spec.bs
index 21dc41a17..a0288607a 100644
--- a/spec.bs
+++ b/spec.bs
@@ -1154,8 +1154,6 @@ To <dfn>validate and convert auction ad config</dfn> given an {{AuctionAdConfig}
       |config|["{{AuctionAdConfig/serverResponse}}"].
     1. Set |auctionConfig|'s [=auction config/server response id=] to
       |config|["{{AuctionAdConfig/requestId}}"].
-    1. If no exception was [=exception/thrown=] in the previous step, then decrement
-      |auctionConfig|'s [=auction config/pending promise count=].
   1. [=Upon rejection=] of |resolvedAndTypeChecked|:
     1. Set |auctionConfig|'s [=auction config/server response=] to failure.
 
@@ -2809,7 +2807,8 @@ a [=list=] of [=interest groups=] |bidIgs|, and a [=list=] of [=bid debug report
 |bidDebugReportInfoList|, perform the following steps. They return a [=leading bid info=] or a failure.
 
 1. [=Assert=] that these steps are running [=in parallel=].
-1. If [=wait until server response promise resolve=] returns failure, then return failure.
+1. If [=waiting until server response promise resolves=] given |auctionConfig| returns failure, then
+  return failure.
 1. Let |hash| be the [=SHA-256=] of |auctionConfig|'s [=auction config/server response=].
 1. Let |capturedAuctionHeaders| be |global|'s [=associated Document's=] [=node navigable's=]
   [=traversable navigable's=] [=traversable navigable/captured ad auction result headers=].
@@ -6548,7 +6547,7 @@ a {{Promise}} |p|, and two sequences of steps, covering the parsing of the value
 </div>
 
 <div algorithm>
-To <dfn>wait until server response promise resolve</dfn> given an [=auction config=] |auctionConfig|:
+To <dfn>wait until server response promise resolves</dfn> given an [=auction config=] |auctionConfig|:
 
   1. Wait until either |auctionConfig|'s [=auction config/server response=] is not a {{Promise}},
      or |auctionConfig|'s [=auction config/aborted=] is true.