diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5d7c07cd..89936409 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ VERSION         DESCRIPTION
               - fix segfault when Usage is specified without a value
               - include timezones in pacman.log
               - bash-completion: use POSIX character classes for portability
-              - correctly report a download failiure for 404s
+              - correctly report a download failure for 404s
               - fix handling of signals during SIGSEGV
               - fix buffer overread in pacman/callback
               - fix crash when downloading files with a Content-Disposition
diff --git a/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/library_depends.sh.in b/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/library_depends.sh.in
index c088baff..6f58781b 100644
--- a/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/library_depends.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/libmakepkg/autodep/library_depends.sh.in
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ library_depends() {
 					continue
 				fi
 
-				# only add library dependency if it exists - this helps bootstraping dependencies
+				# only add library dependency if it exists - this helps bootstrapping dependencies
 				if [[ $(run_pacman -T "$prefix:$sofile") ]]; then
 					continue
 				fi
diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index bad9f15c..d5976434 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ create_srcpackage() {
 	done
 	pkgname=(${pkgname_backup[@]})
 
-	# add a copy of source PGP signing public keys if availabe in keys/pgp/<fingerprint>.asc
+	# add a copy of source PGP signing public keys if available in keys/pgp/<fingerprint>.asc
 	local key
 	for key in ${validpgpkeys[@]}; do
 		if [[ -f keys/pgp/$key.asc ]]; then
diff --git a/test/pacman/ChangeLog b/test/pacman/ChangeLog
index eb097084..1e92c3e0 100644
--- a/test/pacman/ChangeLog
+++ b/test/pacman/ChangeLog
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Release 0.2 (06/02/13)
 -----------
 - added support for directories, symlinks and altered files
 - removed hardcoded references to package names in testcase scripts
-- splited pactest.py in several modules
+- split pactest.py in several modules
 - lots of code optimizations
 - created a home page to host the project
 - added README, TODO and ChangeLog files
diff --git a/test/pacman/tests/symlink020.py b/test/pacman/tests/symlink020.py
index 343add2d..c8c0cae8 100644
--- a/test/pacman/tests/symlink020.py
+++ b/test/pacman/tests/symlink020.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-self.description = "symlink -> dir replacment"
+self.description = "symlink -> dir replacement"
 
 lp1 = pmpkg("pkg1")
 lp1.files = ["usr/lib/foo",
diff --git a/test/pacman/tests/symlink021.py b/test/pacman/tests/symlink021.py
index 1ba7c025..0baca727 100644
--- a/test/pacman/tests/symlink021.py
+++ b/test/pacman/tests/symlink021.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-self.description = "symlink -> dir replacment with file move"
+self.description = "symlink -> dir replacement with file move"
 
 lp1 = pmpkg("pkg1")
 lp1.files = ["usr/include/foo/",