*: fix a bunch of typos in README and various documentation files.

4 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56a54dd9384..43d55f6b832 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ It produces binary packages, which can be managed with tools such as
 [pkgin](http://pkgin.net/). pkgsrc is highly configurable, supporting
 building packages for an arbitrary installation prefix (the default is
 `/usr/pkg`), allowing multiple branches to coexist on one machine, a
-build options framework, and a compiler trasformation framework, among
+build options framework, and a compiler transformation framework, among
 other advanced features. Unprivileged use and installation is also supported.
 
 pkgsrc is the default package manager for [NetBSD](https://www.NetBSD.org)
diff --git a/doc/HOWTO-distcc b/doc/HOWTO-distcc
index 8f4b85b187c..08528ccbcdd 100644
--- a/doc/HOWTO-distcc
+++ b/doc/HOWTO-distcc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-$NetBSD: HOWTO-distcc,v 1.2 2013/05/10 00:00:46 riastradh Exp $
+$NetBSD: HOWTO-distcc,v 1.3 2020/12/12 10:42:47 fcambus Exp $
 
 Crosscompiling with distcc HOWTO
 ================================
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ crosscompilation tools.
 	distccd -a 192.168.0.137/24  --listen 192.168.0.137 -p 3632
 	-----------
 this will start the `distcc' daemon to listen on the 192.168.0/24 network 
-and listen on 192.168.0.137 specificly and on port 3632 (why doesn't it do 
+and listen on 192.168.0.137 specifically and on port 3632 (why doesn't it do 
 this on default?)
 
 
diff --git a/doc/NEWS b/doc/NEWS
index 59083ce3fb0..43fb26e088c 100644
--- a/doc/NEWS
+++ b/doc/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $NetBSD: NEWS,v 1.15 2020/12/05 15:50:32 wiz Exp $
+# $NetBSD: NEWS,v 1.16 2020/12/12 10:42:47 fcambus Exp $
 
 PKGSRC NEWS
 ===========
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ Check for stripped/unstripped binaries [rillig 20080213]
 
 OpenSSL update [tnn 20080118]
 	OpenSSL in pkgsrc switched from the 0.9.7 to the 0.9.8 branch. To
-	accomodate for this, 596 packages dependent on openssl had their
+	accommodate for this, 596 packages dependent on openssl had their
 	revisions bumped.
 
 pkgsrc-2007Q4 released [agc 20080105]
diff --git a/doc/pkgsrc.txt b/doc/pkgsrc.txt
index d5ebf2d5ea2..ed097020250 100644
--- a/doc/pkgsrc.txt
+++ b/doc/pkgsrc.txt
@@ -4520,7 +4520,7 @@ checking for gtk-config... /home/roland/pkg/bin/gtk-config
 checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0... no
 *** Could not run GTK test program, checking why...
 *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the
-*** exact error that occured. This usually means GTK was incorrectly installed
+*** exact error that occurred. This usually means GTK was incorrectly installed
 *** or that you have moved GTK since it was installed. In the latter case, you
 *** may want to edit the gtk-config script: /home/roland/pkg/bin/gtk-config
 configure: error: Test for GTK failed.
@@ -5561,7 +5561,7 @@ ${PLIST.foo}share/bar/foo.data
 
 An artificial space has been added between NetBSD and $, this is a workaround
 here to prevent CVS expanding to the filename of the guide. When adding the RCS
-ID the space should be ommited.
+ID the space should be omitted.
 
 19.5. Man page compression
 
@@ -7003,7 +7003,7 @@ handling perl modules.
 21.4.4. Packages containing shell scripts
 
 REPLACE_SH, REPLACE_BASH, REPLACE_CSH, and REPLACE_KSH can be used to replace
-shell hash bangs in files. Please use the appropriate one, prefering REPLACE_SH
+shell hash bangs in files. Please use the appropriate one, preferring REPLACE_SH
 in case this shell is sufficient. Each should contain a list of scripts,
 relative to WRKSRC, that you want adjusted. Every occurrence of the matching
 shell in a she-bang line will be replaced with the full path to the shell