11 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/doc/NEW_STARTERS b/doc/NEW_STARTERS
index 2c5aac88..4fda35fb 100644
--- a/doc/NEW_STARTERS
+++ b/doc/NEW_STARTERS
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Need to know:
 
 1. Add member to team mailing list (https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/list/listinfo/team/)
    and to the commits mailing list (https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/list/listinfo/commits/),
-   add sourceforge email address via Privacy Options->Sender filters)
+   add sourceforge email address via Privacy Options->Sender filters
 2. Add Sourceforge access:
   - Translator: CVS access, Shell access, Release Tech (no)
   - Developer: Project role: Developer, CVS access, Shell access, Release Tech (no), Task Manager (A&T),
diff --git a/doc/RELEASING.md b/doc/RELEASING.md
index e1f3bf74..700683e7 100644
--- a/doc/RELEASING.md
+++ b/doc/RELEASING.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using the remote name `monitoring-plugins` (rather than `origin`).
 Before you start
 ----------------
 
-- Check Github Actions status.
+- Check GitHub Actions status.
 - Update local Git repository to the current `master` tip.  For a
   maintenance release (e.g., version 2.4.1), update to the current
   `maint-2.4` tip, instead.
diff --git a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
index 0afa733b..8288b897 100644
--- a/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
+++ b/doc/developer-guidelines.sgml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
 
 
 <preface id="preface"><title>Preface</title>
-    <para>The purpose of this guidelines is to provide a reference for
+    <para>The purpose of these guidelines is to provide a reference for
     the plugin developers and encourage the standardization of the
-    different kind of plugins: C, shell, perl, python, etc.</para>
+    different kinds of plugins: C, shell, perl, python, etc.</para>
 
         <para>Monitoring Plugins Development Guidelines Copyright (C) 2000-2024
         (Monitoring Plugins Team)</para>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
                 <para>You should always print something to STDOUT that tells if the
                 service is working or why it is failing. Try to keep the output short -
-                probably less that 80 characters. Remember that you ideally would like
+                probably less than 80 characters. Remember that you ideally would like
                 the entire output to appear in a pager message, which will get chopped
                 off after a certain length.</para>
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@
                 back a numerical value, or metric, which is then compared to the warning and
                 critical thresholds. Use the get_status(double, thresholds *) function to
                 compare the value against the thresholds.</para>
-                <para>This is the generalised format for ranges:</para>
+                <para>This is the generalized format for ranges:</para>
 
                 <literallayout>
                 [@]start:end
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@
                         </listitem>
 
                         <listitem><para>If writing to a file (perhaps recording
-                        performance data) explicitly close close it.  The plugin never
+                        performance data) explicitly close it.  The plugin never
                         calls <emphasis role="strong">exit</emphasis>; that is caught by
                         p1.pl, so output streams are never closed.</para>
                         </listitem>
diff --git a/lib/extra_opts.c b/lib/extra_opts.c
index 3fe69014..fa64d650 100644
--- a/lib/extra_opts.c
+++ b/lib/extra_opts.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ char **np_extra_opts(int *argc, char **argv, const char *plugin_name) {
                         }
                         ea1 = ea_tmp = NULL;
                 }
-        } /* lather, rince, repeat */
+        } /* lather, rinse, repeat */
 
         if (ea_num == (size_t)*argc && extra_args == NULL) {
                 /* No extra-opts */
diff --git a/lib/extra_opts.h b/lib/extra_opts.h
index 3f64360f..3c2d5eb1 100644
--- a/lib/extra_opts.h
+++ b/lib/extra_opts.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 /* np_extra_opts: Process the --extra-opts arguments and create a new argument
  * array with ini-processed and argument-passed arguments together. The
- * ini-procesed arguments always come first (in the order of --extra-opts
+ * ini-processed arguments always come first (in the order of --extra-opts
  * arguments). If no --extra-opts arguments are provided or returned nothing
  * it returns **argv otherwise the new array is returned. --extra-opts are
  * always removed from **argv. The original pointers from **argv are kept in
diff --git a/lib/output.c b/lib/output.c
index d650a3c5..d1a8d3b9 100644
--- a/lib/output.c
+++ b/lib/output.c
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ int mp_add_subcheck_to_subcheck(mp_subcheck check[static 1], mp_subcheck subchec
 void mp_add_summary(mp_check check[static 1], char *summary) { check->summary = summary; }
 
 /*
- * Generate the summary string of a mp_check object based on it's subchecks
+ * Generate the summary string of a mp_check object based on its subchecks
  */
 char *get_subcheck_summary(mp_check check) {
         mp_subcheck_list *subchecks = check.subchecks;
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ mp_state_enum mp_compute_check_state(const mp_check check) {
 }
 
 /*
- * Generate the result state of a mp_check object based on it's own state and it's subchecks states
+ * Generate the result state of a mp_check object based on its own state and its subchecks states
  */
 mp_state_enum mp_eval_check_default(const mp_check check) {
         assert(check.subchecks != NULL); // a mp_check without subchecks is invalid, die here
diff --git a/lib/parse_ini.c b/lib/parse_ini.c
index 196cac79..8a54af58 100644
--- a/lib/parse_ini.c
+++ b/lib/parse_ini.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static bool read_defaults(FILE *defaults_file, const char *stanza, np_arg_list *
                         continue;
                 }
                 switch (current_char) {
-                        /* globble up comment lines */
+                        /* gobble up comment lines */
                 case ';':
                 case '#':
                         GOBBLE_TO(defaults_file, current_char, '\n');
diff --git a/lib/perfdata.c b/lib/perfdata.c
index 2930a8bc..b447b8ea 100644
--- a/lib/perfdata.c
+++ b/lib/perfdata.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ char *pd_to_string(mp_perfdata pd) {
         if (strchr(pd.label, '\'') == NULL) {
                 asprintf(&result, "'%s'=", pd.label);
         } else {
-                // we have a illegal single quote in the string
+                // we have an illegal single quote in the string
                 // replace it silently instead of complaining
                 for (char *ptr = pd.label; *ptr == '\0'; ptr++) {
                         if (*ptr == '\'') {
diff --git a/lib/states.h b/lib/states.h
index 4a170caa..43926f0c 100644
--- a/lib/states.h
+++ b/lib/states.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static inline mp_state_enum max_state(mp_state_enum a, mp_state_enum b) {
  * STATE_OK < STATE_DEPENDENT < STATE_UNKNOWN < STATE_WARNING < STATE_CRITICAL
  *
  * The main difference between max_state_alt and max_state it that it doesn't
- * allow setting a default to UNKNOWN. It will instead prioritixe any valid
+ * allow setting a default to UNKNOWN. It will instead prioritize any valid
  * non-OK state.
  ****************************************************************************/
 
diff --git a/tools/distclean b/tools/distclean
index 961cc801..1ddc7532 100755
--- a/tools/distclean
+++ b/tools/distclean
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ find . -type f -name Makefile.in -print| xargs rm -f
 rm -f aclocal.m4 compile config.guess config.h.in config.sub configure depcomp
 rm -f m4/Makefile.am
 
-echo "$0: Removing miscelanious files..."
+echo "$0: Removing miscellaneous files..."
 rm -f po/*.gmo po/stamp-po
 rm -f lib/tests/*.Po
 rm -f doc/developer-guidelines.html
diff --git a/tools/p1.pl b/tools/p1.pl
index 9cbe6dc0..ea80c334 100644
--- a/tools/p1.pl
+++ b/tools/p1.pl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ use IO::File;
 
 sub TIEHANDLE {
         my ($class, $fn) = @_;
-        my $handle = new IO::File "> $fn" or die "Cannot open embedded work filei $!\n";
+        my $handle = new IO::File "> $fn" or die "Cannot open embedded work file $!\n";
         bless { FH => $handle, Value => 0}, $class;
 }