diff --git a/checkrestart b/checkrestart
index f564443..870f13d 100755
--- a/checkrestart
+++ b/checkrestart
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
     if f.startswith('/usr/lib/locale/'):
         return 0
     # Skip files from the user's home directories
-    # many processes hold temporafy files there
+    # many processes hold temporary files there
     if f.startswith('/home/'):
         return 0
     # Skip automatically generated files
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@
     # Skip nagios spool files
     if f.startswith('/var/lib/nagios3/spool/checkresults/'):
         return 0
-    # Skip Postgresql files
+    # Skip PostgreSQL files
     if f.startswith('/var/lib/postgresql/'):
         return 0
     # Skip VDR lib files
diff --git a/checkrestart.1 b/checkrestart.1
index 4b40831..c4fa81e 100644
--- a/checkrestart.1
+++ b/checkrestart.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" checkrestart.1 - provide a list of processess that need to be restarted
+.\" checkrestart.1 - provide a list of processes that need to be restarted
 .\" Copyright (C) 2006-2014 Javier Fernandez-Sanguino
 .\"
 .\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 464edfc..2b0bc11 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
        administrators to prevent false positives or known issues
        from reports (Closes: #649168, 632032)
      - Fix behaviour of the -p option in several ways to both ensure that the
-       test is done properly and that it does not consume unnecesary CPU
+       test is done properly and that it does not consume unnecessary CPU
        resources. Also process STDERR instead of showing its contents to the
        end-user. (Closes: #657653, #513189)
      - The -p option now works also when libraries have been upgraded and the
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
 debian-goodies (0.47) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * debget: use 'head' instead of 'tail' when using apt-get --print-uris to
-    get the first occurence of a package. This makes it properly download
+    get the first occurrence of a package. This makes it properly download
     -data packages instead of the  (Closes: #491588)
 
  -- Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a <jfs@debian.org>  Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:46:37 +0200
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@
   * checkrestart:
     - Add /usr/lib/locale/ to the list of exceptions to prevent false
     positives when locales are reconfigured.
-    - Change os.popen call to a subprocess.Popen call since python 2.5 does
+    - Change os.popen call to a subprocess.Popen call since Python 2.5 does
     not seem to like lists in os.popen and because subprocess is preferable
     here.
     - Recode the utility so that the checks for deleted files and descriptors
diff --git a/debmany/TODO b/debmany/TODO
index 2084445..43a7752 100644
--- a/debmany/TODO
+++ b/debmany/TODO
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 Provide a desktop menu file that uses "debmany.png". When configuring the desktop
 call follow this table:
 
-             kde      gnome    xfce
+             KDE      GNOME    Xfce
              required     zenity   zenity   zenity,xdg-utils
              parameters   -k -z    -g -z    -x -z
 
 It is better to use the -l parameter for ISO 639 two-letter language code and
 "*" at the end.
 
-Example parameters for a german Kde user: -k -z -l "de*"
+Example parameters for a German KDE user: -k -z -l "de*"
 
 Optionally, Depend: on xdg-utils package, too. Then the desktop file can use the arguments
 -x instead of -k, -g or -x for all desktops.
diff --git a/debmany/debmany b/debmany/debmany
index e3757ff..871c7b7 100755
--- a/debmany/debmany
+++ b/debmany/debmany
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # script:      debmany
 # author:      Michael Arlt
-# description: select manpages+docs of any [not] installed debian package
+# description: select manpages+docs of any [not] installed Debian package
 # comment:     debmany is based on the work of debman and debget
 # gui uses:    whiptail (preferred), dialog or zenity as well
 # other uses:  curl, $PAGER or sensible-pager (can be overwritten: -o)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
   echo "debmany $version
 Description: Display a manpage or documentation files from a Debian package.
              The list of files is displayed in a dialog.
-             Supported locations for debian packages are: Local .deb-file,
+             Supported locations for Debian packages are: Local .deb-file,
              a package in the repository or an installed package.
              The default for manpages is man - sensible-pager is used for other files.
              Default can be overridden with -k|-g|-x and -m -o.
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@
 do
   case $1 in
   "-?"|-h|--help) usage ;;
-  -k) mancmdline='kfmclient exec man:%s'        # set kde viewers
+  -k) mancmdline='kfmclient exec man:%s'        # set KDE viewers
       othercmdline='kfmclient exec %s';;
-  -g) mancmdline='gnome-open man:%s'            # set gnome viewers
+  -g) mancmdline='gnome-open man:%s'            # set GNOME viewers
       othercmdline='gnome-open %s';;
-  -x) mancmdline='xdg-open man:%s'              # set independant viewers
+  -x) mancmdline='xdg-open man:%s'              # set independent viewers
       othercmdline='xdg-open %s';;
   -m) # override default manpageviewer
       shift
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
   -v) debug=1;;
   -vv) debug=2;;
   -z) cmd="zenity"
-      # is zenity executeable?
+      # is zenity executable?
       which $cmd >/dev/null 2>&1 || error "$cmd must be installed if you use parameter -z"
       ;;
   -*) usage "Unknown option '$1'.";;
@@ -129,14 +129,14 @@
 done
 
 mancmd=($mancmdline) # get first word !dash
-if which $mancmd >/dev/null 2>&1 # is the manpageviewer(first word) executeable?
+if which $mancmd >/dev/null 2>&1 # is the manpageviewer(first word) executable?
 then
   echo "$mancmdline" | grep -q "%s" || mancmdline="$mancmdline %s"
 else
   usage "Manpageviewer '$mancmd' is not available or executable"
 fi
 othercmd=($othercmdline) # get first word !dash
-if which $othercmd >/dev/null 2>&1 # is the manpageviewer executeable?
+if which $othercmd >/dev/null 2>&1 # is the manpageviewer executable?
 then
   echo "$othercmdline" | grep -q "%s" || othercmdline="$othercmdline %s"
 else
diff --git a/debmany/debmany.changes b/debmany/debmany.changes
index c6d504e..55886bb 100755
--- a/debmany/debmany.changes
+++ b/debmany/debmany.changes
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 ### quality
 # added a checklist (comment in debmany) for new releases of debmany
 ### technical
-# removed search in usr/share/X11R6 (last seen in debian sarge)
+# removed search in usr/share/X11R6 (last seen in Debian sarge)
 # small parts rewritten for better dash compatibility - remaining is marked "!dash"
 # less should be a dependency because it is the default viewer for other files
 # zenity should be a suggested package because it is a graphical alternative for dialog
 ### remaining but no reason to operate
-# blanks in filenames do not work - checked in debian etch: no packages found
+# blanks in filenames do not work - checked in Debian etch: no packages found
diff --git a/popbugs.1 b/popbugs.1
index 9b7bcec..9c76e51 100644
--- a/popbugs.1
+++ b/popbugs.1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .\" popbugs.1 - find RC bugs in packages you commonly use
 .\" Copyright (C) 2004 Jochen Voss
 .\" Everybody is allowed to distribute this manual page,
-.\" to modify it, and to distribute modifed versions of it.
+.\" to modify it, and to distribute modified versions of it.
 .TH popbugs 1 "January 10 2004" "debian\-goodies" "debian\-goodies"
 .SH NAME
 popbugs \- find RC bugs in packages you commonly use