diff --git a/doc/git-annex-drop.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-drop.mdwn
index 7a9d79c58f..813cce6aa4 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-drop.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-drop.mdwn
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ safe to do so.
 * `--from=remote`
 
   Rather than dropping the content of files in the local repository,
-  this option can specifiy a remote from which the files'
+  this option can specify a remote from which the files'
   contents should be removed.
 
 * `--auto`
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-importfeed.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-importfeed.mdwn
index 8c2d9404e0..1c9af2ff34 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-importfeed.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-importfeed.mdwn
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ To make the import process add metadata to the imported files from the feed,
 
 * `--force`
 
-  Force downoading items it's seen before.
+  Force downloading items it's seen before.
 
 * `--template`
 
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-lookupkey.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-lookupkey.mdwn
index 154b4a7535..1a8bb1778f 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-lookupkey.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-lookupkey.mdwn
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ nothing is output, and it exits nonzero.
   Enable batch mode, in which a line containing the filename is read from
   stdin, the key is output to stdout (with a trailing newline), and repeat.
 
-  Note that is there is no key corresponding to the file, an empty line is
+  Note that if there is no key corresponding to the file, an empty line is
   output to stdout instead.
 
 # SEE ALSO
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-shell.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-shell.mdwn
index 0313fd7c81..7919f72d51 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-shell.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-shell.mdwn
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ first "/~/" or "/~user/" is expanded to the specified home directory.
   This checks if all specified keys are present in the annex, 
   and exits zero if so.
 
-  Exits 1 if the key is certianly not present in the annex.
+  Exits 1 if the key is certainly not present in the annex.
   Exits 100 if it's unable to tell (perhaps the key is in the process of
   being removed from the annex).
 
diff --git a/doc/git-annex-sync.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-sync.mdwn
index ed3cc18555..1659dfb8b8 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-sync.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-sync.mdwn
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ by running "git annex sync" on the remote.
   syncing with. This behavior can be overridden by configuring the preferred
   content of a repository. See [[git-annex-preferred-content]](1).
 
-  To make two repositories have the same set of fies, you should use
+  To make two repositories have the same set of files, you should use
   [[git-annex-mirror]](1) instead of this flag.
 
 * `--message=msg`
diff --git a/doc/special_remotes/bittorrent.mdwn b/doc/special_remotes/bittorrent.mdwn
index 437bb23a27..22bcdc4aef 100644
--- a/doc/special_remotes/bittorrent.mdwn
+++ b/doc/special_remotes/bittorrent.mdwn
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ See [[tips/using_the_web_as_a_special_remote]] for usage examples.
 git-annex uses [aria2](http://aria2.sourceforge.net/) to download torrents.
 
 If git-annex is not built using the haskell torrent library to parse
-torrents, it also needs the needs the `btshowmetainfo` program, from
-either bittornado or the original BitTorrent client.
+torrents, it also needs the `btshowmetainfo` program, from either
+bittornado or the original BitTorrent client.
 
 ## notes
 
diff --git a/doc/tuning.mdwn b/doc/tuning.mdwn
index cbe0eca64c..ed3c90f025 100644
--- a/doc/tuning.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tuning.mdwn
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ The following tuning parameters are available:
   Use just one level of hash directories in the git-annex branch,
   instead of the default two levels.
 
-Note that git-annex will automatically propigate these setting to
+Note that git-annex will automatically propagate these settings to
 `.git/config` for tuned repositories. You should never directly change
 these settings in `.git/config`