4 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ERC-NEWS b/etc/ERC-NEWS
index 17bf4fc3877..04084b58488 100644
--- a/etc/ERC-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ERC-NEWS
@@ -852,7 +852,7 @@ Only the macros in cl-macs.el are used.
 ** If possible, re-use channel buffers when reconnecting to a server.
 
 ** Text in ERC buffers is now read-only by default.
-To get the previous behavior, 
+To get the previous behavior,
 
 ** Changes and additions to modules
 
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ in XEmacs.
   the variable `erc-modules' and define once and for all which
   extension modules you want to use.  This unfortunately may require
   you to change your current erc initialisation code a bit, if you
-  have some existing customsations.  On the other hand, this change
+  have some existing customizations.  On the other hand, this change
   makes the configuration of extension modules a lot easier for new
   users.  In theory, you should be able to configure all aspects of
   ERC by using the customize interface, you should no longer really
@@ -1342,4 +1342,3 @@ 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/>.
-
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.1-17 b/etc/NEWS.1-17
index d835cd6f33e..2ffd5e1e15b 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.1-17
+++ b/etc/NEWS.1-17
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ the messages should have.
 * Interface to MH mail system.
 
 mh-e is a front end for GNU emacs and the MH mail system.  It
-provides a friendly and convient interface to the MH commands.
+provides a friendly and convenient interface to the MH commands.
 
 To read mail, invoke mh-rmail.  This will inc new mail and display the
 scan listing on the screen.  To see a summary of the mh-e commands,
diff --git a/etc/NEWS.21 b/etc/NEWS.21
index 47f61a13e3b..ca5f9fb9403 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS.21
+++ b/etc/NEWS.21
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ default).
 *** If Emacs was invoked with the `-q' or `--no-init-file' options, it
 does not allow you to save customizations in your `~/.emacs' init
 file.  This is because saving customizations from such a session would
-wipe out all the other customizationss you might have on your init
+wipe out all the other customizations you might have on your init
 file.
 
 ** If Emacs was invoked with the `-q' or `--no-init-file' options, it
diff --git a/etc/NEXTSTEP b/etc/NEXTSTEP
index fcde9727dff..4aa1dca93f2 100644
--- a/etc/NEXTSTEP
+++ b/etc/NEXTSTEP
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ meantime.
 Release History
 ---------------
 
-1990-1992       1.0-3.0 (?)     Michael Brouwer's socket/terminal communication 
+1990-1992       1.0-3.0 (?)     Michael Brouwer's socket/terminal communication
                                 based version (GUI ran as a separate process.)
 
 1993/10/25      3.0.1           Last (?) release of Brouwer version.  Supports
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ Release History
                                 rendering for synthetic italic fonts.  Further
                                 improved menu parsing.  Use system highlight
                                 color.  Added previous- and next-mark history
-                                navigation commmands bound to M-p,M-n.
+                                navigation commands bound to M-p,M-n.
                                 Miscellaneous bug fixes.
 
 2005/08/04      8.0-rc5         All internal string handling changed to UTF-8.
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Release History
                                 handling now added.  Transparency (e.g., M-x
                                 set-background-color ARGB88FFFFFF) improved:
                                 only the background is made transparent.
-                                Cursor drawing glitches fixed.  Preferences 
+                                Cursor drawing glitches fixed.  Preferences
                                 handling improved.  Fixed some portability
                                 problems on Tiger and Puma.
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Release History
                                 rendering, pasting, Color panel.  Added function
                                 ns-set-background-alpha to work around
                                 inability to customize with numeric colors.
-                                
+
 2006/12/24      9.0-rc1         Reworked font handling and text rendering to
                                 use Kenichi Handa's new font back-end system.
                                 Font sets are now supported and automatically