diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index fbf4c2f..2fb9a6b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ inorder to implement:
     7. a test suite (and support code) to ensure that everything still works.  
 
 As these changes required a dramatic reorganisation of the code, very little
-was left untouched, and so stows major version was bumped up to version 2.
+was left untouched, and so Stow's major version was bumped up to version 2.
 
 Austin Wood <austin.wood@rmit.edu.au> and Chris Hoobin
 <christopher.hoobin@rmit.edu.au> helped clean up the documentation for 
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index eaf9c82..e848da6 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@
 * Update stow.texi
   - The email address in 'Reporting Bugs' needs to be updated
 
-* Figure out what needs the optin 'nostow' 'notstowed'. Can they be removed?
+* Figure out what needs the option 'nostow' 'notstowed'. Can they be removed?
 
 * _texi2man_ needs author/copyright/license to be completed
 
 * Update http://directory.fsf.org/project/stow/
 
-* Update savanaugh CVS
+* Update savannah CVS
 
 * Check that all email addresses are working: need an account on fenchpost for
   this bug-stow@gnu.org, help-stow@gnu.org
@@ -45,5 +45,5 @@ From e-mail with meyering@na-net.ornl.gov:
 
 Does Version 2 fix this? (Kal)
 I think that because it never needs to create /usr/local/info,
-it only needs to check th ownership of links that it _operatates_ on,
+it only needs to check the ownership of links that it _operates_ on,
 not on all the elements of the path.
diff --git a/stow.in b/stow.in
index e6fd1cd..6d23f29 100755
--- a/stow.in
+++ b/stow.in
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ our $Stow_Path; # only use in main loop and find_stowed_path()
 # Store conflicts during pre-processing
 our @Conflicts = ();
 
-# Store command line packges to stow (-S and -R)
+# Store command line packages to stow (-S and -R)
 our @Pkgs_To_Stow   = ();
 
 # Store command line packages to unstow (-D and -R)
 our @Pkgs_To_Delete = ();
 
 # The following structures are used by the abstractions that allow us to 
-# defer operating on the filesystem until after all potential conflcits have 
+# defer operating on the filesystem until after all potential conflicts have
 # been assessed.
 
 # our @Tasks:  list of operations to be performed (in order)
@@ -82,12 +82,12 @@ our @Pkgs_To_Delete = ();
 our @Tasks    = (); 
 
 # my %Dir_Task_For: map a path to the corresponding directory task reference
-# This structurew allows us to quickly determine if a path has an existing
+# This structure allows us to quickly determine if a path has an existing
 # directory task associated with it.
 our %Dir_Task_For = ();
 
 # my %Link_Task_For: map a path to the corresponding directory task reference
-# This structurew allows us to quickly determine if a path has an existing
+# This structure allows us to quickly determine if a path has an existing
 # directory task associated with it.
 our %Link_Task_For = ();
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ sub process_options {
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : no exceptions
 # Comments  : prepends the contents '~/.stowrc' and '.stowrc' to the command
-#           : line so they get parsed just like noremal arguments. (This was 
+#           : line so they get parsed just like normal arguments. (This was
 #           : hacked in so that Emil and I could set different preferences).
 #=============================================================================
 sub get_defaults {
@@ -435,9 +435,9 @@ sub stow_contents {
 #===== SUBROUTINE ===========================================================
 # Name      : stow_node()
 # Purpose   : stow the given node 
-# Parameters: $path    => realtive path to source node from the current directory
-#           : $target  => realtive path to symlink target from the current directory
-#           : $source  => realtive path to symlink source from the dir of target
+# Parameters: $path    => relative path to source node from the current directory
+#           : $target  => relative path to symlink target from the current directory
+#           : $source  => relative path to symlink source from the dir of target
 # Returns   : n/a
 # Throws    : fatal exception if a conflict arises
 # Comments  : stow_node() and stow_contents() are mutually recursive
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ sub stow_node {
         warn "--- $target => $source\n";
     }
 
-    # don't try to stow absolute symlinks (they cant be unstowed)
+    # don't try to stow absolute symlinks (they can't be unstowed)
     if (-l $source) {
         my $second_source = read_a_link($source); 
         if ($second_source =~ m{\A/} ) {
@@ -640,9 +640,9 @@ sub unstow_node_orig {
             return; # XXX #
         }
 
-        # does the existing $target actually point to anything
+        # does the existing $target actually point to anything?
         if (-e  $old_path) {
-            # does link points to the right place
+            # does link point to the right place?
             if ($old_path eq $path) {
                 do_unlink($target);
             }
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ sub process_tasks {
 # Returns   : Boolean
 # Throws    : none
 # Comments  : returns false if an existing link is scheduled for removal
-#           : and true if a non-exsitent link is scheduled for creation
+#           : and true if a non-existent link is scheduled for creation
 #============================================================================
 sub is_a_link {
     my ($path) = @_;
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ sub relative_path {
 }
 
 #===== SUBROUTINE ===========================================================
-# Name      : join_path()
+# Name      : join_paths()
 # Purpose   : concatenates given paths
 # Parameters: path1, path2, ... => paths
 # Returns   : concatenation of given paths
diff --git a/stow.texi b/stow.texi
index 81630dc..f4c426c 100644
--- a/stow.texi
+++ b/stow.texi
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ directory.
 The following options are deprecated:
 @end table
 
-The following options are deprecated as of Stow Version 2: 
+The following options are deprecated as of Stow version 2:
 @table @samp
 @item -c
 @itemx --conflicts
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ This option is deprecated as conflicts are now printed by default and no
 operations will be performed if any conflicts are detected.
 @end table
 
-@ref{Resource Files} for a way to set default values for any of these options 
+@ref{Resource Files} for a way to set default values for any of these
+options.
 
 
 @c ===========================================================================
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ current stow directory.  @emph{Stow will never delete anything
 that it doesn't own}.  Stow ``owns'' everything living in the
 target tree that points into a package in the stow directory.  Anything
 Stow owns, it can recompute if lost: symlinks that point into a package in
-the stow directory, or directories that only contain sysmlinks that stow
+the stow directory, or directories that only contain symlinks that stow
 ``owns''.   Note that by this definition, Stow doesn't ``own'' anything
 @emph{in} the stow directory or in any of the packages.
 
diff --git a/t/relative_path.t b/t/relative_path.t
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7269b7d..7f60da2
--- a/t/relative_path.t
+++ b/t/relative_path.t
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use Test::More tests => 5;
 is(
     relative_path('a/b/c', 'a/b/d'),
     '../d',
-    => 'diferent branches'
+    => 'different branches'
 );
 
 is(
diff --git a/t/unstow_contents.t b/t/unstow_contents.t
index 83c5507..7dd3d6b 100755
--- a/t/unstow_contents.t
+++ b/t/unstow_contents.t
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ $Option{'verbose'} = 0;
 make_dir('stow'); # make out stow dir a subdir of target
 $Stow_Path = 'stow';
 
-# emulate stowing into ourself (bizzare corner case or accident)
+# emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident)
 make_dir('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');
 make_file('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b/file7b');
 make_link('stow/pkg7b', '../stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ $Stow_Path = 'stow';
 make_dir('stow2'); # make our alternate stow dir a subdir of target
 make_file('stow2/.stow');
 
-# emulate stowing into ourself (bizzare corner case or accident)
+# emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident)
 make_dir('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');
 make_file('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b/file8b');
 make_link('stow2/pkg8b', '../stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');
diff --git a/t/unstow_contents_orig.t b/t/unstow_contents_orig.t
index 17fb6e1..90575f6 100755
--- a/t/unstow_contents_orig.t
+++ b/t/unstow_contents_orig.t
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ $Option{'verbose'} = 0;
 make_dir('stow'); # make out stow dir a subdir of target
 $Stow_Path = 'stow';
 
-# emulate stowing into ourself (bizzare corner case or accident)
+# emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident)
 make_dir('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');
 make_file('stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b/file7b');
 make_link('stow/pkg7b', '../stow/pkg7a/stow/pkg7b');
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ $Stow_Path = 'stow';
 make_dir('stow2'); # make our alternate stow dir a subdir of target
 make_file('stow2/.stow');
 
-# emulate stowing into ourself (bizzare corner case or accident)
+# emulate stowing into ourself (bizarre corner case or accident)
 make_dir('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');
 make_file('stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b/file8b');
 make_link('stow2/pkg8b', '../stow/pkg8a/stow2/pkg8b');