diff --git a/foundations/13_palindromes/palindromes.spec.js b/foundations/13_palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
index 90d53e49a91..084edf35557 100644
--- a/foundations/13_palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
+++ b/foundations/13_palindromes/palindromes.spec.js
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
 const palindromes = require('./palindromes')
 
 describe('palindromes', () => {
-  test('works with single words', () => {
+  test('detects palindrome', () => {
     expect(palindromes('racecar')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('works with punctuation ', () => {
-    expect(palindromes('racecar!')).toBe(true);
-  });
-  test.skip('works with upper-case letters ', () => {
-    expect(palindromes('Racecar!')).toBe(true);
+  test.skip('detects palindrome with numbers', () => {
+    expect(palindromes('rac3e3car')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('works with multiple words', () => {
+  test.skip('detects palindrome with multiple words', () => {
     expect(palindromes('A car, a man, a maraca.')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('works with multiple words', () => {
-    expect(palindromes('Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina.')).toBe(true);
+  test.skip('ignores punctuation', () => {
+    expect(palindromes('racecar!')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('doesn\'t just always return true', () => {
-    expect(palindromes('ZZZZ car, a man, a maracaz.')).toBe(false);
+  test.skip('is case insensitive', () => {
+    expect(palindromes('Racecar!')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test.skip('works with numbers in a string', () => {
-    expect(palindromes('rac3e3car')).toBe(true);
+  test.skip('detects non-palindromes', () => {
+    expect(palindromes('ZZZZ car, a man, a maracaz.')).toBe(false);
   });
-  test.skip('works with unevenly spaced numbers in a string', () => {
+  test.skip('detects non-palindromes with numbers', () => {
     expect(palindromes('r3ace3car')).toBe(false);
   });
 });
diff --git a/foundations/13_palindromes/solution/palindromes-solution.spec.js b/foundations/13_palindromes/solution/palindromes-solution.spec.js
index 6e31d917e6a..6d67738bea4 100644
--- a/foundations/13_palindromes/solution/palindromes-solution.spec.js
+++ b/foundations/13_palindromes/solution/palindromes-solution.spec.js
@@ -1,30 +1,25 @@
 const palindromes = require('./palindromes-solution');
 
 describe('palindromes', () => {
-  test('works with single words', () => {
+  test('detects palindrome', () => {
     expect(palindromes('racecar')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test('works with punctuation ', () => {
-    expect(palindromes('racecar!')).toBe(true);
-  });
-  test('works with upper-case letters ', () => {
-    expect(palindromes('Racecar!')).toBe(true);
+  test('detects palindrome with numbers', () => {
+    expect(palindromes('rac3e3car')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test('works with multiple words', () => {
+  test('detects palindrome with multiple words', () => {
     expect(palindromes('A car, a man, a maraca.')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test('works with multiple words', () => {
-    expect(palindromes('Animal loots foliated detail of stool lamina.')).toBe(
-      true
-    );
+  test('ignores punctuation', () => {
+    expect(palindromes('racecar!')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test("doesn't just always return true", () => {
-    expect(palindromes('ZZZZ car, a man, a maraca.')).toBe(false);
+  test('is case insensitive', () => {
+    expect(palindromes('Racecar!')).toBe(true);
   });
-  test('works with numbers in a string', () => {
-    expect(palindromes('rac3e3car')).toBe(true);
+  test('detects non-palindromes', () => {
+    expect(palindromes('ZZZZ car, a man, a maracaz.')).toBe(false);
   });
-  test('works with unevenly spaced numbers in a string', () => {
+  test('detects non-palindromes with numbers', () => {
     expect(palindromes('r3ace3car')).toBe(false);
   });
 });