4 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/etc/JOKES b/etc/JOKES
index 9cbba845111..af304e778da 100644
--- a/etc/JOKES
+++ b/etc/JOKES
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ Each
 Manual's
 Audience is
 Completely
-Stupified
+Stupefied
 
 Emacs
 Means
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ Easily
 Mangles,
 Aborts,
 Crashes and
-Stupifies
+Stupefies
 
 Extraneous
 Macros
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 59fab6d9107..b9e65a8b7d3 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ server should listen.
 *** New emacsclient argument --frame-parameters can be used to set the
 frame parameters of a newly-created graphical frame.
 +++
-*** If emacsclient shuts down as a result of Emacs signalling an
+*** If emacsclient shuts down as a result of Emacs signaling an
 error, its exit status is 1.
 +++
 *** New emacsclient argument --parent-id ID.
@@ -1243,7 +1243,7 @@ argument is supplied (see Trash changes, above).
 
 ** `facemenu-read-color' is now an alias for `read-color'.
 The command `read-color' now requires a match for a color name or RGB
-triplet, instead of signalling an error if the user provides a invalid
+triplet, instead of signaling an error if the user provides a invalid
 input.
 
 ** Tool-bars can display separators.
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.23 b/etc/NEWS.23
index 5b170231bbd..182a8a4a008 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.23
+++ b/etc/NEWS.23
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ run processes remotely.
 matches a regexp.
 
 *** The value of comment-style now defaults to `indent'.
-Thefore, comment-start markers are inserted at the current indentation
+Therefore, comment-start markers are inserted at the current indentation
 of the region to comment, rather than the leftmost column.
 
 *** The new commands `pp-macroexpand-expression' and
@@ -2529,4 +2529,3 @@ Local variables:
 mode: outline
 paragraph-separate: "[  ]*$"
 end:
-
diff --git a/etc/TODO b/etc/TODO
index c38b04a681d..3a35e6f4f84 100644
--- a/etc/TODO
+++ b/etc/TODO
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ Change them to use report-emacs-bug.
 like make-backup-file-name-function for non-numeric backup files.
 
 ** `dired-mode' should specify the semantics of `buffer-modified-p' for
-dired buffers and DTRT WRT `auto-revert-mode'. 
+dired buffers and DTRT WRT `auto-revert-mode'.
 
 ** Check uses of prin1 for error-handling.
 http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2008-08/msg00456.html
@@ -1043,7 +1043,7 @@ was an error in the namespace URI.
 
 **** Better recovery from ill-formed XML declarations.
 
-*** Useability improvements
+*** Usability improvements
 
 **** Should print a "Parsing..." message during long movements.
 
@@ -1243,4 +1243,3 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-