diff --git a/doc/git-annex-importfeed.mdwn b/doc/git-annex-importfeed.mdwn
index 26401f4e59..241d369af8 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex-importfeed.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex-importfeed.mdwn
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ them.
 
 When quvi is installed, links in the feed are tested to see if they
 are on a video hosting site, and the video is downloaded. This allows
-importing e.g., youtube playlists.
+importing e.g., YouTube playlists.
 
 To make the import process add metadata to the imported files from the feed,
 `git config annex.genmetadata true`
diff --git a/doc/git-annex.mdwn b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
index 73894c0d85..a780728087 100644
--- a/doc/git-annex.mdwn
+++ b/doc/git-annex.mdwn
@@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ Here are all the supported configuration settings.
 * `remote.<name>.annex-rsync-options`
 
   Options to use when using rsync
-  to or from this remote. For example, to force ipv6, and limit
+  to or from this remote. For example, to force IPv6, and limit
   the bandwidth to 100Kbyte/s, set it to `-6 --bwlimit 100`
 
 * `remote.<name>.annex-rsync-upload-options`
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ Here are all the supported configuration settings.
 * `annex.web-options`
 
   Options to pass when running wget or curl.
-  For example, to force ipv4 only, set it to "-4"
+  For example, to force IPv4 only, set it to "-4"
 
 * `annex.quvi-options`
 
diff --git a/doc/preferred_content.mdwn b/doc/preferred_content.mdwn
index 33d327e9f8..e6244bde52 100644
--- a/doc/preferred_content.mdwn
+++ b/doc/preferred_content.mdwn
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ below to get the full story.
   copies, on remotes in the specified group. For example,
   `copies=archive:2`
 
-  Preferred content expressions have no equivilant to the `--in`
+  Preferred content expressions have no equivalent to the `--in`
   option, but groups can accomplish similar things. You can add
   repositories to groups, and match against the groups in a
   preferred content expression. So rather than `--in=usbdrive`,
diff --git a/doc/publicrepos.mdwn b/doc/publicrepos.mdwn
index 891c52fd77..e54e0b99a9 100644
--- a/doc/publicrepos.mdwn
+++ b/doc/publicrepos.mdwn
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ the public repositories that you can clone to try out git-annex.
 
 * [ccc-media-annex](https://github.com/ntnn/ccc-media-annex)  
   `git clone https://github.com/ntnn/ccc-media-annex`  
-  git-annex repository using [the CDN](http://media.ccc.de/) of the german [CCC](http://www.ccc.de/).  
-  Contains a lot of talks (mostly in german) held on events from the CCC as well as other stuff.
+  git-annex repository using [the CDN](http://media.ccc.de/) of the German [CCC](http://www.ccc.de/).  
+  Contains a lot of talks (mostly in German) held on events from the CCC as well as other stuff.
 
 This is a wiki -- add your own public repository to the list!
 See [[tips/centralized_git_repository_tutorial]].