diff --git a/README b/README
index dea5506b4..76cc0df3e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ xemacs/
     does not work under XEmacs without this file installed.  It did
     until version 4.37, but no longer.
 
-CONTRIB/
-    A diretory with third-party additions for Org.  Some really cool
+contrib/
+    A directory with third-party additions for Org.  Some really cool
     stuff is in there.
 
 ORGWEBPAGE/
diff --git a/README_DIST b/README_DIST
index 17eb8c361..9d0876935 100644
--- a/README_DIST
+++ b/README_DIST
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ xemacs/
     does not work under XEmacs without this file installed.  It did
     until version 4.37, but no longer.
 
-CONTRIB/
-    A diretory with third-party additions for Org.  Some really cool
+contrib/
+    A directory with third-party additions for Org.  Some really cool
     stuff is in there.
 
 ChangeLog
diff --git a/doc/Documentation_Standards.org b/doc/Documentation_Standards.org
index 04d67254d..357520b9f 100644
--- a/doc/Documentation_Standards.org
+++ b/doc/Documentation_Standards.org
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #+EMAIL:    phil@yax.org.uk
 #+LANGUAGE: en
 #+STARTUP:  showall
-#+TEXT:     Notes to myself justifying the coventions and standards in my
+#+TEXT:     Notes to myself justifying the conventions and standards in my
 #+TEXT:     set of recent doc patches.
 #+OPTIONS:  H:3 num:t toc:t \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:t *:t TeX:t