diff --git a/javascript/exercises/dom.html b/javascript/exercises/dom.html
index f65fe614..ce3f44e9 100644
--- a/javascript/exercises/dom.html
+++ b/javascript/exercises/dom.html
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ <h3 class="page-header">The Logo Hijack</h3>
 img.width = 400;
 img.src = 'http://www.logostage.com/logos/yahoo.GIF';
 var button = document.getElementById('gbqfba');
-button.innerHTML = 'Yahoooo!';
+button.textContent = 'Yahoooo!';
 </pre>
 
  <h3 class="page-header">About Me</h3>
@@ -49,11 +49,14 @@ <h3 class="page-header">About Me</h3>
 &lt;body&gt;
   &lt;h1&gt;About Me&lt;/h1&gt;
   
-  &lt;ul&gt;
-    &lt;li&gt;Nickname: &lt;span id=&quot;nickname&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-    &lt;li&gt;Favorites:  &lt;span id=&quot;favorites&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-    &lt;li&gt;Hometown: &lt;span id=&quot;hometown&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-   &lt;/ul&gt;
+  &lt;dl&gt;
+    &lt;dt&gt;Nickname:&lt;/dt&gt;
+    &lt;dd id=&quot;nickname&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+    &lt;dt&gt;Favorites:&lt;/dt&gt;
+    &lt;dd id=&quot;favorites&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+    &lt;dt&gt;Hometown:&lt;/dt&gt;
+    &lt;dd id=&quot;hometown&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+  &lt;/dl&gt;
   
  &lt;/body&gt;
 &lt;/html&gt;
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ <h3 class="page-header">About Me</h3>
   <li>Add a <code>script</code> tag to the bottom.
   <li>Change the body style so it has a font-family of "Arial, sans-serif".
   <li>Replace each of the spans (nickname, favorites, hometown) with your own information.
-  <li>Iterate through each li and change the class to "listitem". Add a <code>style</code>
+  <li>Iterate through each dt and change the class to "listitem". Add a <code>style</code>
   tag that sets a rule for "listitem" to make the color red.
   <li>Create a new <code>img</code> element and set its <code>src</code> attribute to
   a picture of you. Append that element to the page.
@@ -83,18 +86,21 @@ <h3 class="page-header">About Me</h3>
 &lt;body&gt;
   &lt;h1&gt;About Me&lt;/h1&gt;
   
-  &lt;ul&gt;
-    &lt;li&gt;Nickname: &lt;span id=&quot;nickname&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-    &lt;li&gt;Favorites:  &lt;span id=&quot;favorites&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-    &lt;li&gt;Hometown: &lt;span id=&quot;hometown&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-   &lt;/ul&gt;
+  &lt;dl&gt;
+    &lt;dt&gt;Nickname:&lt;/dt&gt;
+    &lt;dd id=&quot;nickname&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+    &lt;dt&gt;Favorites:&lt;/dt&gt;
+    &lt;dd id=&quot;favorites&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+    &lt;dt&gt;Hometown:&lt;/dt&gt;
+    &lt;dd id=&quot;hometown&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+  &lt;/dl&gt;
   
   &lt;script&gt;
    document.body.style.fontFamily = 'Arial, sans-serif';
-   document.getElementById('nickname').innerHTML = 'Pamela Fox';
-   document.getElementById('favorites').innerHTML = '27';
-   document.getElementById('hometown').innerHTML = 'Pasadena, CA';
-   var items = document.getElementsByTagName('li');
+   document.getElementById('nickname').textContent = 'Pamela Fox';
+   document.getElementById('favorites').textContent = '27';
+   document.getElementById('hometown').textContent = 'Pasadena, CA';
+   var items = document.getElementsByTagName('dt');
    for (var i = 0; i &lt; items.length; i++) {
       items[i].className = 'listitem';
    }
diff --git a/jsweb/exercises/dom_manipulation_advanced.html b/jsweb/exercises/dom_manipulation_advanced.html
index a9dd0800..a8a1bfc7 100644
--- a/jsweb/exercises/dom_manipulation_advanced.html
+++ b/jsweb/exercises/dom_manipulation_advanced.html
@@ -125,11 +125,14 @@ <h2 class="page-header">About Me</h2>
     &lt;body&gt;
       &lt;h1&gt;About Me&lt;/h1&gt;
 
-      &lt;ul&gt;
-        &lt;li&gt;Nickname: &lt;span id=&quot;nickname&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-        &lt;li&gt;Favorites:  &lt;span id=&quot;favorites&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-        &lt;li&gt;Hometown: &lt;span id=&quot;hometown&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-      &lt;/ul&gt;
+      &lt;dl&gt;
+        &lt;dt&gt;Nickname:&lt;/dt&gt;
+        &lt;dd id=&quot;nickname&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+        &lt;dt&gt;Favorites:&lt;/dt&gt;
+        &lt;dd id=&quot;favorites&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+        &lt;dt&gt;Hometown:&lt;/dt&gt;
+        &lt;dd id=&quot;hometown&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+      &lt;/dl&gt;
     &lt;/body&gt;
   &lt;/html&gt;
 </pre>
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@ <h2 class="page-header">About Me</h2>
         <li>Add a <code>script</code> tag to the bottom of the HTML body.</li>
         <li>(In the JavaScript) Change the body tag's style so it has a font-family of "Arial, sans-serif".</li>
         <li>(In the JavaScript) Replace each of the spans (nickname, favorites, hometown) with your own information.</li>
-        <li>Iterate through each <code>li</code> and change the class to "list-item".</li>
+        <li>Iterate through each <code>dt</code> and change the class to "list-item".</li>
         <li>(In the HTML <code>head</code>) Add a <code>style</code> tag that sets a rule for <code>.list-item</code> to make the color red.</li>
         <li>Create a new <code>img</code> element and set its <code>src</code> attribute to
         a picture of you. Append that element to the page.</li>
@@ -159,18 +162,21 @@ <h2 class="page-header">About Me</h2>
   &lt;body&gt;
     &lt;h1&gt;About Me&lt;/h1&gt;
 
-    &lt;ul&gt;
-      &lt;li&gt;Nickname: &lt;span id=&quot;nickname&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-      &lt;li&gt;Favorites:  &lt;span id=&quot;favorites&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-      &lt;li&gt;Hometown: &lt;span id=&quot;hometown&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;
-     &lt;/ul&gt;
+    &lt;dl&gt;
+      &lt;dt&gt;Nickname:&lt;/dt&gt;
+      &lt;dd id=&quot;nickname&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+      &lt;dt&gt;Favorites:&lt;/dt&gt;
+      &lt;dd id=&quot;favorites&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+      &lt;dt&gt;Hometown:&lt;/dt&gt;
+      &lt;dd id=&quot;hometown&quot;&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;
+    &lt;/dl&gt;
 
     &lt;script&gt;
      document.body.style.fontFamily = 'Arial, sans-serif';
      document.getElementById('nickname').textContent = 'Princess Bubblegum';
      document.getElementById('favorites').textContent = 'science, music, my candy subjects';
      document.getElementById('hometown').textContent = 'Candy Kingdom';
-     var items = document.getElementsByTagName('li');
+     var items = document.getElementsByTagName('dt');
      for (var i = 0; i &lt; items.length; i++) {
         items[i].className = 'list-item';
      }