26 files changed, 73 insertions, 74 deletions
diff --git a/admin/grammars/grammar.wy b/admin/grammars/grammar.wy
index a772c212360..4605e3c4f70 100644
--- a/admin/grammars/grammar.wy
+++ b/admin/grammars/grammar.wy
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 %token <open-paren>  LBRACE      "{"
 %token <close-paren> RBRACE      "}"
-;; Punctuations
+;; Punctuation
 %type  <punctuation>
 %token <punctuation> COLON       ":"
 %token <punctuation> SEMI        ";"
diff --git a/admin/grammars/js.wy b/admin/grammars/js.wy
index a01d64ec093..91dbff2330d 100644
--- a/admin/grammars/js.wy
+++ b/admin/grammars/js.wy
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
                  (start end &optional nonterminal depth returnonerror))
 }
-;; JAVE I prefere ecmascript-mode
+;; JAVE I preferred ecmascript-mode.
 %languagemode ecmascript-mode javascript-mode
 ;; The default goal
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ Statement : Block
          | BreakStatement
          | ReturnStatement
          | WithStatement
-          ;   
+          ;
-      
 FunctionDeclaration : FUNCTION VARIABLE FormalParameterListBlock Block
                      (FUNCTION-TAG $2 nil $3)
                    ;
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ IterationExpression : WHILE OPEN_PARENTHESIS Expression CLOSE_PARENTHESIS Statem
 ContinueStatement : CONTINUE SEMICOLON
                  ;
-;;JAVE break needs labels 
+;;JAVE break needs labels
 BreakStatement : BREAK SEMICOLON
              ;;               | BREAK identifier SEMICOLON
               ;
diff --git a/doc/misc/srecode.texi b/doc/misc/srecode.texi
index 033e031b648..a0fcd9e2e94 100644
--- a/doc/misc/srecode.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/srecode.texi
@@ -822,7 +822,7 @@ from the name, like this:
 @node Contexts
 @section Context
-Each template belongs to a context.  When promting for a template by
+Each template belongs to a context.  When prompting for a template by
 name, such as with @kbd{C-c / /}, the name is prefixed by the current
 context.  If there is no context, it defaults to @code{declaration}.
diff --git a/doc/misc/wisent.texi b/doc/misc/wisent.texi
index c8a56ea3414..3ee080f50e0 100644
--- a/doc/misc/wisent.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/wisent.texi
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ June 1985, Report No. UCB/CSD 85/251.
 @item
 For generating the lookahead sets, Wisent uses the well-known
-technique of F. DeRemer and A. Pennello described in:
+technique of F. DeRemer and T. Pennello described in:
 @quotation
 @cite{Efficient Computation of LALR(1) Look-Ahead Sets}@*
 October 1982, ACM TOPLAS Vol 4 No 4, 615--49,
diff --git a/etc/ETAGS.EBNF b/etc/ETAGS.EBNF
index 850c1c942bf..66a974b948c 100644
--- a/etc/ETAGS.EBNF
+++ b/etc/ETAGS.EBNF
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ This file contains two sections:
 ====================== 1) EBNF tag file description =====================
 Productions created from current behavior to aid extensions
-Francesco Potorti` <pot@gnu.org> 2002
+Francesco Potortì <pot@gnu.org> 2002
 ----------------
 FF ::= #x0c                                /* tag section starter */
diff --git a/etc/MH-E-NEWS b/etc/MH-E-NEWS
index 29a2c80dd42..f4308cedfbc 100644
--- a/etc/MH-E-NEWS
+++ b/etc/MH-E-NEWS
@@ -3205,7 +3205,7 @@ current folder.
 *** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH
 and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
-*** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
+*** `mh-quit' now buries the folder buffer and show buffer.
 ** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0
diff --git a/lib-src/ChangeLog b/lib-src/ChangeLog
index 5f80ccdd60b..3941a63ff2b 100644
--- a/lib-src/ChangeLog
+++ b/lib-src/ChangeLog
@@ -5009,7 +5009,7 @@
 1999-06-23  Dave Love  <fx@gnu.org>
        * etags.c (erlang_attribute): Fix undefined variable usage (after
-        Potorti).
+        Potortì).
 1999-05-02  Andrew Innes  <andrewi@gnu.org>
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog.3 b/lisp/ChangeLog.3
index 66ac43a48d2..767b4dd46ab 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog.3
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog.3
@@ -10103,7 +10103,7 @@
 1990-02-07  David Lawrence  (tale@galapas)
-        * inf-lisp.el: inferior-lisp-program can be a list of the programme
+        * inf-lisp.el: inferior-lisp-program can be a list of the program
        name and its arguments.
 1990-02-06  Ed Reingold  (reingold@emr.cs.uiuc.edu)
@@ -10453,7 +10453,7 @@
        Moved bindings off of C-c LETTER.
        Cleaned up references to cmu* files.
        Made comint-send-input do unconditional end-of-line before processing.
-        cominit-exec will signal an error if no programme name.
+        cominit-exec will signal an error if no program name.
        Removed full-copy-sparse-keymap and comint-log-user.
 1989-12-04  Joseph Arceneaux  (jla@spiff)
diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog.4 b/lisp/ChangeLog.4
index 9ac9699da88..434a06c1c1b 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog.4
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog.4
@@ -8269,7 +8269,7 @@
 1993-06-15  Shane Hartman  (shane@nugget.spr.com)
-        * gud.el (xdb): New debugger supported (xdb under HPUX-PARISC).
+        * gud.el (xdb): New debugger supported (xdb under HPUX-PA-RISC).
        (gud-xdb-debugger-startup): New function.
        (gud-xdb-file-name, gud-xdb-accumulation): New functions.
        (gud-xdb-marker-filter, gud-xdb-paths, gud-xdb-find-file): New.
diff --git a/lisp/arc-mode.el b/lisp/arc-mode.el
index 0f03aa75c80..37ddf87cfbf 100644
--- a/lisp/arc-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/arc-mode.el
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
 ;;             interaction among members.
 ;;             Headers come in three flavors called level 0, 1 and 2 headers.
 ;;             Level 2 header is free of DOS specific restrictions and most
-;;             prevalently used.  Also level 1 and 2 headers consist of base
+;;             commonly used.  Also level 1 and 2 headers consist of base
 ;;             and extension headers.  For more details see
 ;;             http://homepage1.nifty.com/dangan/en/Content/Program/Java/jLHA/Notes/Notes.html
 ;;             http://www.osirusoft.com/joejared/lzhformat.html
diff --git a/lisp/cedet/ede/proj-comp.el b/lisp/cedet/ede/proj-comp.el
index 94bee4ac339..b53984293b3 100644
--- a/lisp/cedet/ede/proj-comp.el
+++ b/lisp/cedet/ede/proj-comp.el
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ This will prevent rules from creating duplicate variables or rules."
            (def-edebug-spec ede-pmake-insert-variable-shared (form def-body))
            ))
-;;; Querys
+;;; Queries
 (defun ede-proj-find-compiler (compilers sourcetype)
  "Return a compiler from the list COMPILERS that will compile SOURCETYPE."
  (while (and compilers
diff --git a/lisp/emulation/edt-mapper.el b/lisp/emulation/edt-mapper.el
index 725eab41d20..c8b7e894552 100644
--- a/lisp/emulation/edt-mapper.el
+++ b/lisp/emulation/edt-mapper.el
@@ -297,26 +297,26 @@
    Here's a picture of the standard LK-201 keypad for reference:
-          _______________________    _______________________________
+          ________________________    _______________________________
-         | HELP  |      DO       |  |  F17  |  F18  |  F19  |  F20  |
+         | HELP  |      DO        |  |  F17  |  F18  |  F19  |  F20  |
-         |       |               |  |       |       |       |       |
+         |       |                |  |       |       |       |       |
-         |_______|_______________|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
+         |_______|________________|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
-          _______________________    _______________________________
+          ________________________   _______________________________
-         | FIND  |INSERT |REMOVE |  |  PF1  |  PF2  |  PF3  |  PF4  |
+         | FIND  |INSERT  |REMOVE |  |  PF1  |  PF2  |  PF3  |  PF4  |
-         |       |       |       |  |       |       |       |       |
+         |       |        |       |  |       |       |       |       |
-         |_______|_______|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
+         |_______|________|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
-         |SELECT |PREVIOU| NEXT  |  |  KP7  |  KP8  |  KP9  |  KP-  |
+         |SELECT |PREVIOUS|NEXT   |  |  KP7  |  KP8  |  KP9  |  KP-  |
-         |       |       |       |  |       |       |       |       |
+         |       |        |       |  |       |       |       |       |
-         |_______|_______|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
+         |_______|________|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
-                 |   UP  |          |  KP4  |  KP5  |  KP6  |  KP,  |
+                 |   UP   |          |  KP4  |  KP5  |  KP6  |  KP,  |
-                 |       |          |       |       |       |       |
+                 |        |          |       |       |       |       |
-          _______|_______|_______   |_______|_______|_______|_______|
+          _______|________|_______   |_______|_______|_______|_______|
-         |  LEFT |  DOWN | RIGHT |  |  KP1  |  KP2  |  KP3  |       |
+         |  LEFT |  DOWN  | RIGHT |  |  KP1  |  KP2  |  KP3  |       |
-         |       |       |       |  |       |       |       |       |
+         |       |        |       |  |       |       |       |       |
-         |_______|_______|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|  KPE  |
+         |_______|________|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|  KPE  |
-                                    |      KP0      |  KPP  |       |
+                                     |      KP0      |  KPP  |       |
-                                    |               |       |       |
+                                     |               |       |       |
-                                    |_______________|_______|_______|
+                                     |_______________|_______|_______|
         REMEMBER:  JUST PRESS RETURN TO SKIP MAPPING A KEY.
@@ -329,20 +329,20 @@
          PRESS THE KEY SPECIFIED IN THE MINIBUFFER BELOW.
-          _______________________    _______________________________
+          ________________________    _______________________________
-         | HELP  |      DO       |  |  F17  |  F18  |  F19  |  F20  |
+         | HELP  |       DO       |  |  F17  |  F18  |  F19  |  F20  |
-         |_______|_______________|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
+         |_______|________________|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
-          _______________________    _______________________________
+          ________________________    _______________________________
-         | FIND  |INSERT |REMOVE |  |  PF1  |  PF2  |  PF3  |  PF4  |
+         | FIND  |INSERT  |REMOVE |  |  PF1  |  PF2  |  PF3  |  PF4  |
-         |_______|_______|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
+         |_______|________|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
-         |SELECT |PREVIOU| NEXT  |  |  KP7  |  KP8  |  KP9  |  KP-  |
+         |SELECT |PREVIOUS| NEXT  |  |  KP7  |  KP8  |  KP9  |  KP-  |
-         |_______|_______|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
+         |_______|________|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|_______|
-                 |   UP  |          |  KP4  |  KP5  |  KP6  |  KP,  |
+                 |   UP   |          |  KP4  |  KP5  |  KP6  |  KP,  |
-          _______|_______|_______   |_______|_______|_______|_______|
+          _______|________|_______   |_______|_______|_______|_______|
-         |  LEFT |  DOWN | RIGHT |  |  KP1  |  KP2  |  KP3  |       |
+         |  LEFT |  DOWN  | RIGHT |  |  KP1  |  KP2  |  KP3  |       |
-         |_______|_______|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|  KPE  |
+         |_______|________|_______|  |_______|_______|_______|  KPE  |
-                                    |      KP0      |  KPP  |       |
+                                     |      KP0      |  KPP  |       |
-                                    |_______________|_______|_______|
+                                     |_______________|_______|_______|
         REMEMBER:  JUST PRESS RETURN TO SKIP MAPPING A KEY.")))
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@
 (defun edt-map-key (ident descrip)
  (interactive)
  (if (featurep 'xemacs)
-      (progn 
+      (progn
        (setq edt-key-seq (read-key-sequence (format "Press %s%s: " ident descrip)))
        (setq edt-key (concat "[" (format "%s" (event-key (aref edt-key-seq 0))) "]"))
        (cond ((not (equal edt-key edt-return))
diff --git a/lisp/htmlfontify.el b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
index 9fef6155705..f110597fe5c 100644
--- a/lisp/htmlfontify.el
+++ b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
@@ -2110,7 +2110,7 @@ FILE is the specific file we are rendering."
 ;; functionality easier to implement.
 ;; ( tar file functionality not merged here because it requires a
 ;;   hacked copy of etags capable of tagging stdin: if Francesco
-;;   Potorti accepts a patch, or otherwise implements stdin tagging,
+;;   Potortì accepts a patch, or otherwise implements stdin tagging,
 ;;   then I will provide a `htmlfontify-tar-file' defun )
 (defun hfy-parse-tags-buffer (srcdir buffer)
  "Parse a BUFFER containing etags formatted output, loading the
diff --git a/lisp/international/mule-conf.el b/lisp/international/mule-conf.el
index 7ae4426ccc5..41ee466aaeb 100644
--- a/lisp/international/mule-conf.el
+++ b/lisp/international/mule-conf.el
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@
  :map "MIK")
 (define-charset 'ptcp154
-  "`Paratype' codepage (Asian Cyrillic)"
+  "ParaType codepage (Asian Cyrillic)"
  :short-name "PT154"
  :ascii-compatible-p t
  :code-space [0 255]
diff --git a/lisp/language/cyrillic.el b/lisp/language/cyrillic.el
index 8610c34993a..3e64d7e9ebb 100644
--- a/lisp/language/cyrillic.el
+++ b/lisp/language/cyrillic.el
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ Support for Russian using koi8-r and the russian-computer input method.")
  :charset-list '(mik))
 (define-coding-system 'pt154
-  "Parattype Asian Cyrillic codepage"
+  "ParaType Asian Cyrillic codepage"
  :coding-type 'charset
  :mnemonic ?D
  :charset-list '(pt154))
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/ipa-praat.el b/lisp/leim/quail/ipa-praat.el
index c5156ad892b..53229724ae3 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/ipa-praat.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/ipa-praat.el
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ;;; Commentary:
 ;; This is a new input method for IPA characters and diacritics, which follows
-;; the conventions of Praat, a GPLed program for phonetical analysis.
+;; the conventions of Praat, a GPLed program for phonetic analysis.
 ;;
 ;; This input method is much more complete than the current ipa.el.
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 (quail-define-package
 "ipa-praat" "IPA" "IPAP" t
 "International Phonetic Alphabet input method.
-This follows the input method of the phonetical analysis program
+This follows the input method of the phonetic analysis program
 Praat (http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/).
diff --git a/lisp/leim/quail/ipa.el b/lisp/leim/quail/ipa.el
index fd283be7670..322f34ad33e 100644
--- a/lisp/leim/quail/ipa.el
+++ b/lisp/leim/quail/ipa.el
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ displays them, incorrectly, as separate from the modified glyphs.")
 (">\\" "ʡ")   ;; Epiglottal plosive                   U+02A1
 ("^" "↑")    ;; Upstep                               U+2191
 ("!" "↓")    ;; Downstep                             U+2193
- ("!\\" "ǃ")   ;; Postalveolal click                   U+01C3
+ ("!\\" "ǃ")   ;; Postalveolar click                   U+01C3
 ("\\" "ǀ")    ;; Dental click                         U+01C0
 ("\\|\\" "ǁ") ;; Lateral alveolar click               U+01C1
 ("=\\" "ǂ")   ;; Palatal click                        U+01C2
diff --git a/lisp/org/org-entities.el b/lisp/org/org-entities.el
index 39571633922..3670f365137 100644
--- a/lisp/org/org-entities.el
+++ b/lisp/org/org-entities.el
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ packages to be loaded, add these packages to `org-latex-packages-alist'."
    ("infin" "\\propto" t "&infin;" "[infinity]" "[infinity]" "∞")
    ("infty" "\\infty" t "&infin;" "[infinity]" "[infinity]" "∞")
    ("prop" "\\propto" t "&prop;" "[proportional to]" "[proportional to]" "∝")
-    ("proptp" "\\propto" t "&prop;" "[proportional to]" "[proportional to]" "∝")
+    ("propto" "\\propto" t "&prop;" "[proportional to]" "[proportional to]" "∝")
    ("not" "\\textlnot{}" nil "&not;" "[angled dash]" "¬" "¬")
    ("neg" "\\neg{}" t "&not;" "[angled dash]" "¬" "¬")
    ("land" "\\land" t "&and;" "[logical and]" "[logical and]" "∧")
diff --git a/lisp/play/gametree.el b/lisp/play/gametree.el
index 62dd56e3ba6..5bb3ca94afc 100644
--- a/lisp/play/gametree.el
+++ b/lisp/play/gametree.el
@@ -399,23 +399,23 @@ depth AT-DEPTH or smaller is found."
      (error
       (goto-char (point-max))
       (if (not (bolp)) (insert "\n"))))
-    (let ((starting-plys
+    (let ((starting-plies
           (if (> (gametree-current-branch-depth) parent-depth)
               (gametree-current-branch-ply)
             (save-excursion (forward-line -1)
                             (gametree-current-branch-ply)))))
      (goto-char (1- (point)))
      (insert "\n")
-      (insert (format (if (= 0 (mod starting-plys 2))
+      (insert (format (if (= 0 (mod starting-plies 2))
                          gametree-full-ply-format
                        gametree-half-ply-format)
-                      (/ starting-plys 2))))))
+                      (/ starting-plies 2))))))
 (defun gametree-break-line-here (&optional at-move)
  "Split the variation node at the point position.
 This command works whether the current variation node is a leaf, or is
 already branching at its end.  The new node is created at a level that
-reflects the number of game plys between the beginning of the current
+reflects the number of game plies between the beginning of the current
 variation and the breaking point.
 With a numerical argument AT-MOVE, split the variation before
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ only work of Black's moves are explicitly numbered, for instance
          (goto-char (match-beginning 0))))
  (gametree-transpose-following-leaves)
  (let* ((pt (point-marker))
-         (plys (gametree-current-branch-ply))
+         (plies (gametree-current-branch-ply))
         (depth (gametree-current-branch-depth))
         (old-depth depth))
    (if (= depth 0)
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ only work of Black's moves are explicitly numbered, for instance
                    (if (zerop old-branch-ply)
                        (1+ (gametree-current-branch-depth))
                      (+ (gametree-current-branch-depth)
-                         (- plys old-branch-ply))))))
+                         (- plies old-branch-ply))))))
          (save-excursion
            (beginning-of-line 1)
            (funcall gametree-make-heading-function depth)
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ only work of Black's moves are explicitly numbered, for instance
      (insert "\n")
      (if (not (= 0 old-depth))
          (funcall gametree-make-heading-function
-                   (+ depth (- (gametree-current-branch-ply) plys))))
+                   (+ depth (- (gametree-current-branch-ply) plies))))
      (gametree-prettify-heading))))
 (defun gametree-merge-line ()
diff --git a/lisp/play/handwrite.el b/lisp/play/handwrite.el
index b682e0c5291..51e0a0f4e4d 100644
--- a/lisp/play/handwrite.el
+++ b/lisp/play/handwrite.el
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ Variables: `handwrite-linespace'     (default 12)
    (insert "showpage exec Hwsave restore\n\n")
    (insert "%%Pages " (number-to-string ipage) " 0\n")
    (insert "%%EOF\n")
-    ;;To avoid cumbersome code we simply ignore pagefeeds
+    ;;To avoid cumbersome code we simply ignore formfeeds
    (goto-char textp)
    (while (search-forward "\f" nil t)
      (replace-match "" nil t) )
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el b/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
index 16d5da5f12c..efa8be1c80c 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cc-engine.el
@@ -3697,7 +3697,7 @@ comment at the start of cc-engine.el for more info."
          (while (let ((pos (or (and (looking-at c-nonsymbol-token-regexp)
                                     (match-end 0))
                                ;; `c-nonsymbol-token-regexp' should always match
-                                ;; since we've skipped backward over punctuator
+                                ;; since we've skipped backward over punctuation
                                ;; or paren syntax, but consume one char in case
                                ;; it doesn't so that we don't leave point before
                                ;; some earlier incorrect token.
@@ -3721,7 +3721,7 @@ comment at the start of cc-engine.el for more info."
                    (if (looking-at c-nonsymbol-token-regexp)
                        (goto-char (match-end 0))
                      ;; `c-nonsymbol-token-regexp' should always match since
-                      ;; we've skipped backward over punctuator or paren
+                      ;; we've skipped backward over punctuation or paren
                      ;; syntax, but move forward in case it doesn't so that
                      ;; we don't leave point earlier than we started with.
                      (forward-char))
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
index 3dda0c9e3a9..c4f2b9ffe51 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/cperl-mode.el
@@ -3124,7 +3124,7 @@ and closing parentheses and brackets."
          (+ (if (or (memq (elt i 2) (append "}])" nil)) ; char-after
                     (eq 'continuation ; do not stagger continuations
                         (elt (cperl-sniff-for-indent parse-data) 0)))
-                 0 ; Closing parenth or continuation of a continuation
+                 0 ; Closing parenthesis or continuation of a continuation
               cperl-continued-statement-offset)
             (if (or (elt i 3)          ; is-block
                     (not (elt i 4))            ; is-brace
@@ -5145,7 +5145,7 @@ Returns some position at the last line."
              (if (eq (following-char) ?\( )
                  (progn
                    (forward-sexp 1)
-                    (setq pp (point)))  ; past parenth-group
+                    (setq pp (point)))  ; past parenthesis-group
                ;; after `else' or nothing
                (if ml                  ; after `else'
                    (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/gud.el b/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
index f1a8be24013..6c8160e0aea 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/gud.el
@@ -1368,7 +1368,7 @@ and source-file directory for your debugger."
  )
 ;; ======================================================================
-;; xdb (HP PARISC debugger) functions
+;; xdb (HP PA-RISC debugger) functions
 ;; History of argument lists passed to xdb.
 (defvar gud-xdb-history nil)
diff --git a/lisp/ps-print.el b/lisp/ps-print.el
index c58a4264478..6251a6caa87 100644
--- a/lisp/ps-print.el
+++ b/lisp/ps-print.el
@@ -6121,7 +6121,7 @@ to the equivalent Latin-1 characters.")
    (goto-char from)
    ;; ...break the region up into chunks separated by tabs, linefeeds,
-    ;; pagefeeds, control characters, and plot each chunk.
+    ;; formfeeds, control characters, and plot each chunk.
    (while (< from to)
      ;; skip lines between cut markers
      (and ps-begin-cut-regexp ps-end-cut-regexp
diff --git a/nt/cmdproxy.c b/nt/cmdproxy.c
index 0674a3fdc84..f3433f63684 100644
--- a/nt/cmdproxy.c
+++ b/nt/cmdproxy.c
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ try_dequote_cmdline (char* cmdline)
  /* Dequoting can only subtract characters, so the length of the
     original command line is a bound on the amount of scratch space
     we need.  This length, in turn, is bounded by the 32k
-     CreateProces limit.  */
+     CreateProcess limit.  */
  char * old_pos = cmdline;
  char * new_cmdline = alloca (strlen(cmdline));
  char * new_pos = new_cmdline;
@@ -843,4 +843,3 @@ main (int argc, char ** argv)
  return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/syswait.h b/src/syswait.h
index 815678bbfd0..db197b82fb7 100644
--- a/src/syswait.h
+++ b/src/syswait.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H  /* We have sys/wait.h with POSIXoid definitions. */
+#ifdef HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H  /* We have sys/wait.h with POSIXish definitions.  */
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #endif  /* !HAVE_SYS_WAIT_H */