diff --git a/docs/source/dev/compiling_and_installing/gnome_client.rst b/docs/source/dev/compiling_and_installing/gnome_client.rst
index a2ceda930857618a3bcf3776500f8bdd62058b1b..f6b432348d0c5078d7ca6d49c6790213ef1a543a 100644
--- a/docs/source/dev/compiling_and_installing/gnome_client.rst
+++ b/docs/source/dev/compiling_and_installing/gnome_client.rst
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Run the following from the project root directory:
     cmake ..
     make
 
-The following options are often usefull to append to the cmake line:
+The following options are often useful to append to the cmake line:
 
 .. code-block:: none
 
diff --git a/docs/source/dev/compiling_and_installing/lrc.rst b/docs/source/dev/compiling_and_installing/lrc.rst
index c0bb1c6ec065d3634bf7b0e7fb9de552b4d0f7a7..fa5637467fa1be02fa7b36fc1881ab6cd2b548f5 100644
--- a/docs/source/dev/compiling_and_installing/lrc.rst
+++ b/docs/source/dev/compiling_and_installing/lrc.rst
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ To install the appplication, type the following commands in a console, while in
     make -j3
     make install
 
-The following options are often usefull to append to the cmake line:
+The following options are often useful to append to the cmake line:
 
 .. code-block:: none
 
diff --git a/docs/source/dev/contributing.rst b/docs/source/dev/contributing.rst
index 1899787b8a7a6eba3e15d8dd6b80bec3d5a23348..d9fbb7ca2e8d1207647797c94fbe28d54cad63b3 100644
--- a/docs/source/dev/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/source/dev/contributing.rst
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Head to the settings section to set one of the following:
 In each Ring submodule there is a ``.gitreview`` file. It contains all the
 necessary info to send a patchset to our gerrit server.
 
-After you commited your changes (one or multiple commits) you can submit them
+After you committed your changes (one or multiple commits) you can submit them
 with:
 
 .. code-block:: bash
diff --git a/docs/source/dev/test/daemon.rst b/docs/source/dev/test/daemon.rst
index 3db31276ce26288efffb0c1b65f04b84f507c91a..cbd9c90af96be060342124d0dfefd8124f80e481 100644
--- a/docs/source/dev/test/daemon.rst
+++ b/docs/source/dev/test/daemon.rst
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Test the daemon
 
 The unit testing framework
 ##########################
-We use CppUnit on GNU ring project. You can find a simple tutorial with code exemple on the  `official website <http://cppunit.sourceforge.net/doc/cvs/cppunit_cookbook.html>`_.
+We use CppUnit on GNU ring project. You can find a simple tutorial with code example on the  `official website <http://cppunit.sourceforge.net/doc/cvs/cppunit_cookbook.html>`_.
 
 Tests
 #####
diff --git a/scripts/make-packaging-target.py b/scripts/make-packaging-target.py
index d85240a3446abe9f418c8e96b5d5eeb299ac3381..c917f40f7cf07b41c898306101065892f659c8c5 100755
--- a/scripts/make-packaging-target.py
+++ b/scripts/make-packaging-target.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 # Creates packaging targets for a distribution and architecture.
-# This helps reduce the lenght of the top Makefile.
+# This helps reduce the length of the top Makefile.
 #
 
 import argparse