diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 95e24b6..58e52de 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 0.4.0 (2016-03-14)
 =====
 * New developer.
-* Collector rewritten as shell script, losing some features along the way.
+* Collector rewritten as shell script, loosing some features along the way.
 
 0.3.7 (unreleased)
 =====
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93c35fb..ab8c595 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 bugs can be introduced in several ways:
 
 *   There are different ways of measuring "how full" a battery is.
-    Apparently, it can be measured by the charging current.  Such a
+    Apparantly, it can be measured by the charging current.  Such a
     measurement has to be "calibrated" with knowledge of the battery
     type (NiCad, LiIon etc), number of cells etc.
 
diff --git a/data/man/battery-graph.1 b/data/man/battery-graph.1
index 499298a..627a65c 100644
--- a/data/man/battery-graph.1
+++ b/data/man/battery-graph.1
@@ -41,9 +41,8 @@
 for how to specify the geometry.
 .TP
 .B \-D \fRdisplay\fB, \-\-display \fRdisplay
-Shows the graph on the given display. The same effect can be achieved
-by setting the DISPLAY environment variable. This disables text
-mode. See X(7) for valid values.
+Shows the graph on the given display. The same effect can be achived by setting
+the DISPLAY environment variable. This disables text mode. See X(7) for valid values.
 .TP
 .B \-\-title \fbstring
 Sets the title of the graph window. By default this will be "Battery