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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
index f94153479a8..3b0e5251d5e 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+2011-12-28  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        * gnus.texi (Mail Source Customization, Mail Back End Variables):
+        Use octal notation for file permissions, which are normally
+        thought of in octal.
+        (Mail Back End Variables): Use more-plausible modes in example.
+
+2011-12-20  Alan Mackenzie  <acm@muc.de>
+
+        * cc-mode.texi: Update version string 5.31 -> 5.32.
+
+2011-12-06  Juanma Barranquero  <lekktu@gmail.com>
+
+        * gnus-faq.texi (FAQ 2-1, FAQ 3-8, FAQ 4-14, FAQ 9-1): Fix typos.
+
 2011-11-24  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * gnus.texi, smtpmail.texi: Fix case of "GnuTLS".
diff --git a/doc/misc/auth.texi b/doc/misc/auth.texi
index b64562f6875..60bb6e7cdac 100644
--- a/doc/misc/auth.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/auth.texi
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ for any of the prompts.
 Note that the password needs to be evaluated if it's a function.  It's
 wrapped in a function to provide some security.
 
-Later, after a successful login, @code{nnimal.el} calls the
+Later, after a successful login, @code{nnimap.el} calls the
 @code{:save-function} like so:
 
 @example
diff --git a/doc/misc/calc.texi b/doc/misc/calc.texi
index 32311ff5c3e..d0c15c1940e 100644
--- a/doc/misc/calc.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/calc.texi
@@ -12878,7 +12878,7 @@ To declare specifically that @code{x} is real and non-zero,
 use @samp{[[-inf .. 0), (0 .. inf]]}.  (There is no way in the
 current notation to say that @code{x} is nonzero but not necessarily
 real.)  The @kbd{a e} command does ``unsafe'' simplifications,
-including cancelling @samp{x} from the equation when @samp{x} is
+including canceling @samp{x} from the equation when @samp{x} is
 not known to be nonzero.
 
 Another set of type symbols distinguish between scalars and vectors.
@@ -16873,7 +16873,7 @@ The @kbd{t U} (@code{calc-unix-time}) [@code{unixtime}] command
 converts a date form into a Unix time value, which is the number of
 seconds since midnight on Jan 1, 1970, or vice-versa.  The numeric result
 will be an integer if the current precision is 12 or less; for higher
-precisions, the result may be a float with (@var{precision}@minus{}12)
+precision, the result may be a float with (@var{precision}@minus{}12)
 digits after the decimal.  Just as for @kbd{t J}, the numeric time
 is interpreted in the GMT time zone and the date form is interpreted
 in the current or specified zone.  Some systems use Unix-like
@@ -16943,7 +16943,7 @@ from a date form as an integer in the range 0 to 59.
 The @kbd{M-6 t P} [@code{second}] function extracts the second
 from a date form.  If the current precision is 12 or less,
 the result is an integer in the range 0 to 59.  For higher
-precisions, the result may instead be a floating-point number.
+precision, the result may instead be a floating-point number.
 
 @tindex weekday
 The @kbd{M-7 t P} [@code{weekday}] function extracts the weekday
@@ -18499,7 +18499,7 @@ counterparts, which are also available separately as @code{calc-sech}
 Calc can compute a variety of less common functions that arise in
 various branches of mathematics.  All of the functions described in
 this section allow arbitrary complex arguments and, except as noted,
-will work to arbitrarily large precisions.  They can not at present
+will work to arbitrarily large precision.  They can not at present
 handle error forms or intervals as arguments.
 
 NOTE:  These functions are still experimental.  In particular, their
@@ -21903,7 +21903,7 @@ of our sample formula by selecting it and pressing @kbd{n}
 @end smallexample
 
 Unselecting the sub-formula reveals that the minus sign, which would
-normally have cancelled out with the subtraction automatically, has
+normally have canceled out with the subtraction automatically, has
 not been able to do so because the subtraction was not part of the
 selected portion.  Pressing @kbd{=} (@code{calc-evaluate}) or doing
 any other mathematical operation on the whole formula will cause it
@@ -22590,7 +22590,7 @@ described for multiplication.
 
 Quotients of products cancel only in the leading terms of the
 numerator and denominator.  In other words, @expr{a x b / a y b}
-is cancelled to @expr{x b / y b} but not to @expr{x / y}.  Once
+is canceled to @expr{x b / y b} but not to @expr{x / y}.  Once
 again this is because full cancellation can be slow; use @kbd{a s}
 to cancel all terms of the quotient.
 
@@ -22810,7 +22810,7 @@ the distributive law.  For example, @expr{a x^2 b / c x^3 d} will
 cancel @expr{x^2} from the top and bottom to get @expr{a b / c x d}.
 (The terms in the denominator will then be rearranged to @expr{c d x}
 as described above.)  If there is any common integer or fractional
-factor in the numerator and denominator, it is cancelled out;
+factor in the numerator and denominator, it is canceled out;
 for example, @expr{(4 x + 6) / 8 x} simplifies to @expr{(2 x + 3) / 4 x}.
 
 Non-constant common factors are not found even by @kbd{a s}.  To
@@ -22858,7 +22858,7 @@ example, @samp{(x - 23) % 10} is simplified to @samp{(x + 7) % 10}.
 
 If the argument is multiplied by a constant, and this constant
 has a common integer divisor with the modulus, then this factor is
-cancelled out.  For example, @samp{12 x % 15} is changed to
+canceled out.  For example, @samp{12 x % 15} is changed to
 @samp{3 (4 x % 5)} by factoring out 3.  Also, @samp{(12 x + 1) % 15}
 is changed to @samp{3 ((4 x + 1:3) % 5)}.  While these forms may
 not seem ``simpler,'' they allow Calc to discover useful information
@@ -22938,13 +22938,13 @@ function.
 \bigskip
 @end tex
 
-Equations and inequalities are simplified by cancelling factors
+Equations and inequalities are simplified by canceling factors
 of products, quotients, or sums on both sides.  Inequalities
-change sign if a negative multiplicative factor is cancelled.
+change sign if a negative multiplicative factor is canceled.
 Non-constant multiplicative factors as in @expr{a b = a c} are
-cancelled from equations only if they are provably nonzero (generally
+canceled from equations only if they are provably nonzero (generally
 because they were declared so; @pxref{Declarations}).  Factors
-are cancelled from inequalities only if they are nonzero and their
+are canceled from inequalities only if they are nonzero and their
 sign is known.
 
 Simplification also replaces an equation or inequality with
@@ -23035,9 +23035,9 @@ The simplifications of @expr{@tfn{ln}(@tfn{exp}(x))},
 unsafe because of problems with principal values (although these
 simplifications are safe if @expr{x} is known to be real).
 
-Common factors are cancelled from products on both sides of an
+Common factors are canceled from products on both sides of an
 equation, even if those factors may be zero:  @expr{a x / b x}
-to @expr{a / b}.  Such factors are never cancelled from
+to @expr{a / b}.  Such factors are never canceled from
 inequalities:  Even @kbd{a e} is not bold enough to reduce
 @expr{a x < b x} to @expr{a < b} (or @expr{a > b}, depending
 on whether you believe @expr{x} is positive or negative).
@@ -23071,7 +23071,7 @@ If units auto-ranging mode is enabled, products or quotients in
 which the first argument is a number which is out of range for the
 leading unit are modified accordingly.
 
-When cancelling and combining units in products and quotients,
+When canceling and combining units in products and quotients,
 Calc accounts for unit names that differ only in the prefix letter.
 For example, @samp{2 km m} is simplified to @samp{2000 m^2}.
 However, compatible but different units like @code{ft} and @code{in}
diff --git a/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi b/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi
index d5f403e5cdb..8b589259a48 100644
--- a/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/cc-mode.texi
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
 @titlepage
 @sp 10
 
-@center @titlefont{CC Mode 5.31}
+@center @titlefont{CC Mode 5.32}
 @sp 2
 @center @subtitlefont{A GNU Emacs mode for editing C and C-like languages}
 @sp 2
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ was added in version 5.30.
 
 This manual describes @ccmode{}
 @comment The following line must appear on its own, so that the
-version 5.31.
+version 5.32.
 @comment Release.py script can update the version number automatically
 
 @ccmode{} supports the editing of K&R and ANSI C, C++, Objective-C,
@@ -2160,7 +2160,7 @@ A space between the function name and opening parenthesis when calling
 a user function.  The last character of the function name and the
 opening parenthesis are highlighted.  This font-locking rule will
 spuriously highlight a valid concatenation expression where an
-identifier precedes a parenthesised expression.  Unfortunately.
+identifier precedes a parenthesized expression.  Unfortunately.
 
 @item
 Whitespace following the @samp{\} in what otherwise looks like an
diff --git a/doc/misc/dbus.texi b/doc/misc/dbus.texi
index 88b068ccd5b..f515109bf76 100644
--- a/doc/misc/dbus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/dbus.texi
@@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@ Establish the connection to D-Bus @var{bus}.
 
 @var{bus} can be either the symbol @code{:system} or the symbol
 @code{:session}, or it can be a string denoting the address of the
-corresponding bus.  For the system and session busses, this function
+corresponding bus.  For the system and session buses, this function
 is called when loading @file{dbus.el}, there is no need to call it
 again.
 
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ handled by a hook function.
 @defvar dbus-event-error-hooks
 This hook variable keeps a list of functions, which are called when a
 D-Bus error happens in the event handler.  Every function must accept
-two arguments, the event and the error variable catched in
+two arguments, the event and the error variable caught in
 @code{condition-case} by @code{dbus-error}.
 
 Such functions can be used the adapt the error signal to be raised.
diff --git a/doc/misc/ebrowse.texi b/doc/misc/ebrowse.texi
index 19ee9705484..a2a4017eb64 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ebrowse.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/ebrowse.texi
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ name.
 @table @kbd
 @item SPC
 This command views the class declaration if the database
-contains informations about it.  If you don't parse the entire source
+contains information about it.  If you don't parse the entire source
 you are working on, some classes will only be known to exist but the
 location of their declarations and definitions will not be known.@refill
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/ede.texi b/doc/misc/ede.texi
index cc566086f44..2b2a6a21b7f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/ede.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/ede.texi
@@ -705,11 +705,11 @@ A brief description of the project or target.  This is currently used
 by the @samp{ede-speedbar} interface.
 @item ede-want-file-p
 Return non-nil if a target will accept a given file.
-It is generally unecessary to override this.  See the section on source
+It is generally unnecessary to override this.  See the section on source
 code.
 @item ede-buffer-mine
 Return non-nil if a buffer belongs to this target.  Used during
-association when a file is loaded.  It is generally unecessary to
+association when a file is loaded.  It is generally unnecessary to
 override this unless you keep auxiliary files.
 @end table
 
@@ -2483,7 +2483,7 @@ Create the make rule needed to create an archive for @var{THIS}.
 
 @deffn Method ede-proj-makefile-insert-source-variables :PRIMARY this
 Insert bin_PROGRAMS variables needed by target @var{THIS}.
-We aren't acutally inserting SOURCE details, but this is used by the
+We aren't actually inserting SOURCE details, but this is used by the
 Makefile.am generator, so use it to add this important bin program.
 @end deffn
 
@@ -2624,7 +2624,7 @@ Return the name of the main target for @var{THIS} target.
 
 @deffn Method ede-proj-makefile-insert-automake-pre-variables :AFTER this
 Insert bin_PROGRAMS variables needed by target @var{THIS}.
-We aren't acutally inserting SOURCE details, but this is used by the
+We aren't actually inserting SOURCE details, but this is used by the
 Makefile.am generator, so use it to add this important bin program.
 @end deffn
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi b/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
index c44cc1c9b09..91440dcfe8f 100644
--- a/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/emacs-mime.texi
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ called with a @acronym{MIME} handle as the argument.
 @vindex mm-inline-text-html-with-images
 Some @acronym{HTML} mails might have the trick of spammers using
 @samp{<img>} tags.  It is likely to be intended to verify whether you
-have read the mail.  You can prevent your personal informations from
+have read the mail.  You can prevent your personal information from
 leaking by setting this option to @code{nil} (which is the default).
 It is currently ignored by Emacs/w3.  For emacs-w3m, you may use the
 command @kbd{t} on the image anchor to show an image even if it is
diff --git a/doc/misc/eshell.texi b/doc/misc/eshell.texi
index b0090f0fb84..7c178757927 100644
--- a/doc/misc/eshell.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/eshell.texi
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ scrolls back.
 
 @item Using C-p and C-n with rebind gets into a locked state
 
-This happened a few times in Emacs 21, but has been unreproducible
+This happened a few times in Emacs 21, but has been irreproducible
 since.
 
 @item If an interactive process is currently running, @kbd{M-!} doesn't work
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
index b5bb75f7284..7bd3e4ac7fa 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi
@@ -266,9 +266,9 @@ and how to prevent it?
 @subsubheading Answer
 
 This message means that the last time you used Gnus, it
-wasn't properly exited and therefor couldn't write its
-informations to disk (e.g. which messages you read), you
-are now asked if you want to restore those informations
+wasn't properly exited and therefore couldn't write its
+information to disk (e.g. which messages you read), you
+are now asked if you want to restore that information
 from the auto-save file.
 
 To prevent this message make sure you exit Gnus
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ However, the first thing to do is to tell Gnus in which way
 it should store the mail, in Gnus terminology which back end
 to use. Gnus supports many different back ends, the most
 commonly used one is nnml. It stores every mail in one file
-and is therefor quite fast. However you might prefer a one
+and is therefore quite fast. However you might prefer a one
 file per group approach if your file system has problems with
 many small files, the nnfolder back end is then probably the
 choice for you.  To use nnml add the following to ~/.gnus.el:
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ As you might have guessed, if you want nnfolder, it's
 @end example
 @noindent
 
-Now we need to tell Gnus, where to get it's mail from. If
+Now we need to tell Gnus, where to get its mail from. If
 it's a POP3 server, then you need something like this:
 
 @example
@@ -1104,11 +1104,11 @@ I don't like the way the Summary buffer looks, how to tweak it?
 @subsubheading Answer
 
 You've got to play around with the variable
-gnus-summary-line-format. It's value is a string of
+gnus-summary-line-format. Its value is a string of
 symbols which stand for things like author, date, subject
 etc. A list of the available specifiers can be found in the
 manual node "Summary Buffer Lines" and the often forgotten
-node "Formatting Variables" and it's sub-nodes. There
+node "Formatting Variables" and its sub-nodes. There
 you'll find useful things like positioning the cursor and
 tabulators which allow you a summary in table form, but
 sadly hard tabulators are broken in 5.8.8.
@@ -1838,7 +1838,7 @@ inconvenient since you are not displaying the found mail
 in Gnus. Here comes nnir into action. Nnir is a front end
 to search engines like swish-e or swish++ and
 others. You index your mail with one of those search
-engines and with the help of nnir you can search trough
+engines and with the help of nnir you can search through
 the indexed mail and generate a temporary group with all
 messages which met your search criteria. If this sound
 cool to you get nnir.el from
@@ -2190,7 +2190,7 @@ Starting Gnus is really slow, how to speed it up?
 
 @subsubheading Answer
 
-The reason for this could be the way Gnus reads it's
+The reason for this could be the way Gnus reads its
 active file, see the node "The Active File" in the Gnus
 manual for things you might try to speed the process up.
 An other idea would be to byte compile your ~/.gnus.el (say
diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index 69b17a94d68..86aaadf8ae8 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -4622,7 +4622,7 @@ Sieve is a server-side mail filtering language.  In Gnus you can use
 the @code{sieve} group parameter (@pxref{Group Parameters}) to specify
 sieve rules that should apply to each group.  Gnus provides two
 commands to translate all these group parameters into a proper Sieve
-script that can be transfered to the server somehow.
+script that can be transferred to the server somehow.
 
 @vindex gnus-sieve-file
 @vindex gnus-sieve-region-start
@@ -8332,7 +8332,7 @@ Files with name matching this regular expression won't be viewed.
 Files with a @acronym{MIME} type matching this variable won't be viewed.
 Note that Gnus tries to guess what type the file is based on the name.
 @code{gnus-uu} is not a @acronym{MIME} package (yet), so this is slightly
-kludgey.
+kludgy.
 
 @item gnus-uu-tmp-dir
 @vindex gnus-uu-tmp-dir
@@ -8976,7 +8976,7 @@ Translate many non-@acronym{ASCII} characters into their
 @acronym{ASCII} equivalents (@code{gnus-article-treat-non-ascii}).
 This is mostly useful if you're on a terminal that has a limited font
 and doesn't show accented characters, ``advanced'' punctuation, and the
-like.  For instance, @samp{»} is tranlated into @samp{>>}, and so on.
+like.  For instance, @samp{»} is translated into @samp{>>}, and so on.
 
 @item W Y f
 @kindex W Y f (Summary)
@@ -11634,7 +11634,7 @@ message/external-body @acronym{MIME} type.
 @item r (Article)
 @kindex r (Article)
 Prompt for a file name, replace the @acronym{MIME} object with an
-external body refering to the file via the message/external-body
+external body referring to the file via the message/external-body
 @acronym{MIME} type.  (@code{gnus-mime-replace-part}).
 
 @findex gnus-mime-delete-part
@@ -15033,7 +15033,7 @@ number.
 
 @item mail-source-default-file-modes
 @vindex mail-source-default-file-modes
-All new mail files will get this file mode.  The default is 384.
+All new mail files will get this file mode.  The default is @code{#o600}.
 
 @item mail-source-movemail-program
 @vindex mail-source-movemail-program
@@ -15123,10 +15123,10 @@ default file modes the new mail files get:
 
 @lisp
 (add-hook 'nnmail-pre-get-new-mail-hook
-          (lambda () (set-default-file-modes 511)))
+          (lambda () (set-default-file-modes #o700)))
 
 (add-hook 'nnmail-post-get-new-mail-hook
-          (lambda () (set-default-file-modes 551)))
+          (lambda () (set-default-file-modes #o775)))
 @end lisp
 
 @item nnmail-use-long-file-names
@@ -30012,7 +30012,7 @@ this:
 @node Score File Syntax
 @subsection Score File Syntax
 
-Score files are meant to be easily parseable, but yet extremely
+Score files are meant to be easily parsable, but yet extremely
 malleable.  It was decided that something that had the same read syntax
 as an Emacs Lisp list would fit that spec.
 
diff --git a/doc/misc/idlwave.texi b/doc/misc/idlwave.texi
index 3e13dbb0f23..c7495d8cc93 100644
--- a/doc/misc/idlwave.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/idlwave.texi
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ We have already used the routine info display in the first part of this
 tutorial.  This was the invoked using @kbd{C-c ?}, and displays
 information about the IDL routine near the cursor position.  Wouldn't it
 be nice to have the same kind of information available for your own
-routines and for the huge amount of code in major libraries like JHUPL
+routines and for the huge amount of code in major libraries like JHUAPL
 or the IDL-Astro library?  In many cases, you may already have this
 information.  Files named @file{.idlwave_catalog} in library directories
 contain scanned information on the routines in that directory; many
@@ -1580,8 +1580,8 @@ available will be emphasized (e.g. colored blue).  For other items, the
 corresponding source code or DocLib header will be used as the help
 text.
 
-@cindex Completion, cancelling
-@cindex Cancelling completion
+@cindex Completion, canceling
+@cindex Canceling completion
 Completion is not a blocking operation --- you are free to continue
 editing, enter commands, or simply ignore the @file{*Completions*}
 buffer during a completion operation.  If, however, the most recent
diff --git a/doc/misc/message.texi b/doc/misc/message.texi
index d9062a32572..774bf180266 100644
--- a/doc/misc/message.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/message.texi
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ that look like:
 Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@@usit.uio.no> writes:
 @end example
 
-@c FIXME: Add `message-insert-formated-citation-line' and
+@c FIXME: Add `message-insert-formatted-citation-line' and
 @c `message-citation-line-format'
 
 Point will be at the beginning of the body of the message when this
diff --git a/doc/misc/org.texi b/doc/misc/org.texi
index 181e00f8e02..adc9cf0b139 100644
--- a/doc/misc/org.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/org.texi
@@ -11399,16 +11399,16 @@ a file is retrieved with @code{org-publish-find-date}.
 @tab Should sorting be case-sensitive?  Default @code{nil}.
 
 @item @code{:sitemap-file-entry-format}
-@tab With this option one can tell how a sitemap's entry is formated in the
+@tab With this option one can tell how a sitemap's entry is formatted in the
 sitemap.  This is a format string with some escape sequences: @code{%t} stands
 for the title of the file, @code{%a} stands for the author of the file and
 @code{%d} stands for the date of the file.  The date is retrieved with the
-@code{org-publish-find-date} function and formated with
+@code{org-publish-find-date} function and formatted with
 @code{org-publish-sitemap-date-format}.  Default @code{%t}.
 
 @item @code{:sitemap-date-format}
 @tab Format string for the @code{format-time-string} function that tells how
-a sitemap entry's date is to be formated.  This property bypasses
+a sitemap entry's date is to be formatted.  This property bypasses
 @code{org-publish-sitemap-date-format} which defaults to @code{%Y-%m-%d}.
 
 @item @code{:sitemap-sans-extension}
@@ -12469,7 +12469,7 @@ block.  E.g., @code{:results value html}.
 Results assumed to be LaTeX and are enclosed in a @code{begin_latex} block.
 E.g., @code{:results value latex}.
 @item @code{code}
-Result are assumed to be parseable code and are enclosed in a code block.
+Result are assumed to be parsable code and are enclosed in a code block.
 E.g., @code{:results value code}.
 @item @code{pp}
 The result is converted to pretty-printed code and is enclosed in a code
diff --git a/doc/misc/rcirc.texi b/doc/misc/rcirc.texi
index 3e9ee928822..192afe33cb4 100644
--- a/doc/misc/rcirc.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/rcirc.texi
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ your full name, you might want to set it to some pseudonym.
 
 @item rcirc-authinfo
 @vindex rcirc-authinfo
-@cindex authentification
+@cindex authentication
 @cindex identification
 @cindex nickserv
 @cindex login
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ And here are the valid method symbols and the arguments they require:
 
 @table @code
 @item nickserv
-@cindex nickserv authentification
+@cindex nickserv authentication
 Use this symbol if you need to identify yourself as follows when
 connecting to a network: @code{/msg nickserv identify secret}.  The
 necessary arguments are the nickname you want to use this for, and the
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ pick a password for it.  Contact @code{nickserv} and check out the
 details.  (Using @code{/msg nickserv help}, for example.)
 
 @item chanserv
-@cindex chanserv authentification
+@cindex chanserv authentication
 Use this symbol if you need to identify yourself as follows if you want
 to join a particular channel: @code{/msg chanserv identify #underground
 secret}.  The necessary arguments are the nickname and channel you want
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ the password to use.  Contact @code{chanserv} and check out the details.
 (Using @code{/msg chanserv help}, for example.)
 
 @item bitlbee
-@cindex bitlbee authentification
+@cindex bitlbee authentication
 Use this symbol if you need to identify yourself in the Bitlbee channel
 as follows: @code{identify secret}.  The necessary arguments are the
 nickname you want to use this for, and the password to use.
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ Bitlbee acts like an IRC server, but in fact it is a gateway to a lot of
 other instant messaging services.  You can either install Bitlbee
 locally or use a public Bitlbee server.  There, you need to create an
 account with a password.  This is the nick and password you need to
-provide for the bitlbee authentification method.
+provide for the bitlbee authentication method.
 
 Later, you will tell Bitlbee about your accounts and passwords on all
 the other instant messaging services, and Bitlbee will log you in.  All
diff --git a/doc/misc/semantic.texi b/doc/misc/semantic.texi
index dcfff1fcb96..8c56d2dc9f8 100644
--- a/doc/misc/semantic.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/semantic.texi
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ with the search results format.
 
 @item semanticdb-ref.el
 Tracks crossreferences.   Cross references are needed when buffer is
-reparsed, and must alert other tables that any dependant caches may
+reparsed, and must alert other tables that any dependent caches may
 need to be flushed.  References are in the form of include files.
 
 @end table
diff --git a/doc/misc/tramp.texi b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
index f7f340074a2..1cea074fa2b 100644
--- a/doc/misc/tramp.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/tramp.texi
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ differ.
 @cindex methods, inline
 @cindex methods, external
 Loading or saving a remote file requires that the content of the file
-be transfered between the two machines.  The content of the file can
-be transfered using one of two methods: the @dfn{inline method} over
+be transferred between the two machines.  The content of the file can
+be transferred using one of two methods: the @dfn{inline method} over
 the same connection used to log in to the remote machine, or the
 @dfn{external method} through another connection using a remote copy
 program such as @command{rcp}, @command{scp} or @command{rsync}.
@@ -3704,4 +3704,4 @@ for @value{emacsothername}.
 @c   host and then send commands to it.
 @c * Use `filename' resp. `file name' consistently.
 @c * Use `host' resp. `machine' consistently.
-@c * Consistent small or capitalized words especially in menues.
+@c * Consistent small or capitalized words especially in menus.