diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index d2ed0e2cda..4c22a9525e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ CHANGES WITH 247 in spe:
           but do not handle the "change" action. If a device matching those
           rules is retriggered with the "change" action (as is intended here)
           it would suddenly lose the relevant properties. This always has been
-          a problematic, but as soon as all udev devices are triggered on
-          relevant package upgrades this will become particularly so. It is
-          strongly recommended to fix offending rules so that they can handle a
-          "change" action at any time, and acquire all necessary udev
-          properties even then. Or in other words: the header guard mentioned
-          above (ACTION=="remove",GOTO="xyz_end") is the correct approach to
-          handle this, as it makes sure rules are rerun on "change" correctly,
-          and acccumulate the correct and complete set of udev properties. udev
-          rule definitions that cannot handle "change" events being triggered
-          at arbitrary times should be considered buggy.
+          problematic, but as soon as all udev devices are triggered on relevant
+          package upgrades this will become particularly so. It is strongly
+          recommended to fix offending rules so that they can handle a "change"
+          action at any time, and acquire all necessary udev properties even
+          then. Or in other words: the header guard mentioned above
+          (ACTION=="remove",GOTO="xyz_end") is the correct approach to handle
+          this, as it makes sure rules are rerun on "change" correctly, and
+          accumulate the correct and complete set of udev properties. udev rule
+          definitions that cannot handle "change" events being triggered at
+          arbitrary times should be considered buggy.
 
         * The MountAPIVFS= service file setting now defaults to on if
           RootImage= and RootDirectory= are used, which means that with those
diff --git a/man/bootctl.xml b/man/bootctl.xml
index e64c241b6d..878f24742e 100644
--- a/man/bootctl.xml
+++ b/man/bootctl.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         These special IDs are primarily useful as a quick way to persistently make the currently booted boot loader
         entry the default choice, or to upgrade the default boot loader entry for the next boot to the default boot
         loader entry for all future boots, but may be used for other operations too.
-        When an emptry string ("") is specified as an ID, then the corresponding EFI variable will be unset.
+        When an empty string ("") is specified as an ID, then the corresponding EFI variable will be unset.
         </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
diff --git a/src/basic/escape.h b/src/basic/escape.h
index 15e4df7ca1..691b6d802c 100644
--- a/src/basic/escape.h
+++ b/src/basic/escape.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 /* Those that can be escaped or double-quoted.
  *
- * Stricly speaking, ! does not need to be escaped, except in interactive
+ * Strictly speaking, ! does not need to be escaped, except in interactive
  * mode, but let's be extra nice to the user and quote ! in case this
  * output is ever used in interactive mode. */
 #define SHELL_NEED_QUOTES SHELL_NEED_ESCAPE GLOB_CHARS "'()<>|&;!"