Adapting the method of Heuristic Evaluation for novice evaluators can capacitate organizations of low monetary power that, usually, do not have conditions to resort to experts. In one of the courses given by the authors, 12 in 15 novice evaluators (80 %) said they had difficulties to distinguish the difference among the traditional usability heuristics. The aim of this study was to explore this affirmation and develop possible adaptations in order to mitigate this problem. Surveys with 13 usability experts and 15 novice evaluators showed that the 3rd and the 7th heuristics, from the traditional set of Nielsen and Molich, are probably more difficult for novices to understand and distinguish between each other. In a third survey, with 7 usability experts, we discussed a new description for heuristics 3 and 7 in order to make them easier for novice evaluators to understand and distinguish. Future studies can validate of the adaptations proposed here.