diff --git a/README b/README
index dea5506..f4b491d 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ xemacs/
     until version 4.37, but no longer.
 
 CONTRIB/
-    A diretory with third-party additions for Org.  Some really cool
+    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 26e9757..85b207a 100644
--- a/README_DIST
+++ b/README_DIST
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ xemacs/
     until version 4.37, but no longer.
 
 CONTRIB/
-    A diretory with third-party additions for Org.  Some really cool
+    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 04d6725..357520b 100644
--- a/doc/Documentation_Standards.org
+++ b/doc/Documentation_Standards.org
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #+EMAIL:    address@hidden
 #+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