diff --git a/man/portablectl.xml b/man/portablectl.xml
index 962429683d..d24c010e2c 100644
--- a/man/portablectl.xml
+++ b/man/portablectl.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
         <command>attach</command> command above, and removes the unit file copies, drop-ins and image symlink
         again. This command expects an image name or path as parameter. Note that if a path is specified only the last
         component of it (i.e. the file or directory name itself, not the path to it) is used for finding matching unit
-        files. This is a convencience feature to allow all arguments passed as <command>attach</command> also to
+        files. This is a convenience feature to allow all arguments passed as <command>attach</command> also to
         <command>detach</command>.</para></listitem>
 
         <para>If <option>--now</option> and/or <option>--enable</option> are passed, the portable service(s) are
diff --git a/man/sd_bus_default.xml b/man/sd_bus_default.xml
index 8532c2bf46..06ce1386ac 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_default.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_default.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
     is equivalent to <function>sd_bus_open()</function>. This description string is used in log
     messages about the bus object, and including a "name" for the bus makes them easier to
     understand. Some messages are emitted during bus initialization, hence using this function is
-    prefereable to setting the description later with
+    preferable to setting the description later with
     <function>sd_bus_open_with_description()</function>. The argument is copied internally and will
     not be referenced after the function returns.</para>
 
diff --git a/man/sd_event_add_inotify.xml b/man/sd_event_add_inotify.xml
index 8860699db3..826f4c4ada 100644
--- a/man/sd_event_add_inotify.xml
+++ b/man/sd_event_add_inotify.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     function to call when the inode changes. The handler function will be passed the <parameter>userdata</parameter>
     pointer, which may be chosen freely by the caller. The handler also receives a pointer to a <structname>struct
     inotify_event</structname> structure containing information about the inode event. The <parameter>mask</parameter>
-    parameter specifie which types of inode events to watch specifically. It must contain an OR-ed combination of
+    parameter specifies which types of inode events to watch specifically. It must contain an OR-ed combination of
     <constant>IN_ACCESS</constant>, <constant>IN_ATTRIB</constant>, <constant>IN_CLOSE_WRITE</constant>, … flags. See
     <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>inotify</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
     further information.</para>
diff --git a/man/systemd.exec.xml b/man/systemd.exec.xml
index c0ca647b10..c0e9ec6fc1 100644
--- a/man/systemd.exec.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.exec.xml
@@ -2025,7 +2025,7 @@ RestrictNamespaces=~cgroup net</programlisting>
               </row>
               <row>
                 <entry>@process</entry>
-                <entry>Process control, execution, namespaceing operations (<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>clone</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>namespaces</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, …)</entry>
+                <entry>Process control, execution, namespacing operations (<citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>clone</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>kill</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>, <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>namespaces</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, …)</entry>
               </row>
               <row>
                 <entry>@raw-io</entry>
diff --git a/man/systemd.service.xml b/man/systemd.service.xml
index aec3a764a8..d8690f08db 100644
--- a/man/systemd.service.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.service.xml
@@ -1160,7 +1160,7 @@
     into words, and afterwards removed.</para>
 
     <para>If the command is not a full (absolute) path, it will be resolved to a full path using a
-    fixed search path determinted at compilation time. Searched directories include
+    fixed search path determined at compilation time. Searched directories include
     <filename>/usr/local/bin/</filename>, <filename>/usr/bin/</filename>, <filename>/bin/</filename>
     on systems using split <filename>/usr/bin/</filename> and <filename>/bin/</filename>
     directories, and their <filename>sbin/</filename> counterparts on systems using split
diff --git a/man/udev.conf.xml b/man/udev.conf.xml
index 0b5669b442..aa695b5e04 100644
--- a/man/udev.conf.xml
+++ b/man/udev.conf.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <term><varname>resolve_names=</varname></term>
 
         <listitem>
-          <para>Specifes when systemd-udevd should resolve names of users and groups.  When set to
+          <para>Specifies when systemd-udevd should resolve names of users and groups.  When set to
           <option>early</option> (the default), names will be resolved when the rules are parsed.
           When set to <option>late</option>, names will be resolved for every event.  When set to
           <option>never</option>, names will never be resolved and all devices will be owned by
diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.c b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
index 6cacde90ba..ac83688531 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ int vt_release(int fd, bool restore) {
 
 void get_log_colors(int priority, const char **on, const char **off, const char **highlight) {
         /* Note that this will initialize output variables only when there's something to output.
-         * The caller must pre-initalize to "" or NULL as appropriate. */
+         * The caller must pre-initialize to "" or NULL as appropriate. */
 
         if (priority <= LOG_ERR) {
                 if (on)