diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index d3f8b0a0e..9ce5d7074 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Features added
 
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
-* #5605 If the documentation language is set to Chinese, English words could not
+* #5605: with the documentation language set to Chinese, English words could not
   be searched.
 
 Testing
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #5419: incompatible math_block node has been generated
 * #5548: Fix ensuredir() in case of pre-existing file
 * #5549: graphviz Correctly deal with non-existing static dir
-* #3002: i18n: multiple footnote_references referring same footnote causes
+* #3002: i18n: multiple footnote_references referring same footnote cause
   duplicated node_ids
-* #5563: latex: footnote_references generated by extension causes LaTeX builder
-  crashed
+* #5563: latex: footnote_references generated by extension causes a LaTeX
+  builder crash
 * #5561: make all-pdf fails with old xindy version
 * #5557: quickstart: --no-batchfile isn't honored
 * #3080: texinfo: multiline rubrics are broken
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ Incompatible changes
   :py:meth:`.Sphinx.add_transform()`
 * #4827: All ``substitution_definition`` nodes are removed from doctree on
   reading phase
-* ``docutils.conf`` on ``$HOME`` and ``/etc`` directories are ignored.  Only
-  ``docutils.conf`` on confdir is refered.
+* ``docutils.conf`` in ``$HOME`` or ``/etc`` directories are ignored.  Only
+  ``docutils.conf`` from confdir is obeyed.
 * #789: ``:samp:`` role supports to escape curly braces with backslash
 * #4811: The files under :confval:`html_static_path` are excluded from source
   files.
@@ -187,8 +187,7 @@ Incompatible changes
   before new build.
 * #5163: html: hlist items are now aligned to top
 * ``highlightlang`` directive is processed on resolving phase
-* #4000: latex: LaTeX template has been chaned.  Following elements are moved
-  into the template:
+* #4000: LaTeX: template changed.  Following elements moved to it:
 
   - ``\begin{document}``
   - ``shorthandoff`` variable
@@ -379,9 +378,9 @@ Bugs fixed
 * C++, fixes for symbol addition and lookup. Lookup should no longer break
   in partial builds. See also #5337.
 * #5348: download reference to remote file is not displayed
-* #5282: html theme: ``pygments_style`` of theme was overrided by ``conf.py``
+* #5282: html theme: ``pygments_style`` of theme was overridden by ``conf.py``
   by default
-* #4379: toctree shows confusible warning when document is excluded
+* #4379: toctree shows confusing warning when document is excluded
 * #2401: autodoc: ``:members:`` causes ``:special-members:`` not to be shown
 * autodoc: ImportError is replaced by AttributeError for deeper module
 * #2720, #4034: Incorrect links with ``:download:``, duplicate names, and
@@ -403,7 +402,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #344: autosummary does not understand docstring of module level attributes
 * #5191: C++, prevent nested declarations in functions to avoid lookup problems.
 * #5126: C++, add missing isPack method for certain template parameter types.
-* #5187: C++, parse attributes on declerators as well.
+* #5187: C++, parse attributes on declarators as well.
 * C++, parse delete expressions and basic new expressions as well.
 * #5002: graphviz: SVGs do not adapt to the column width
 
@@ -528,7 +527,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #4924: html search: Upper characters problem in any other languages
 * #4932: apidoc: some subpackage is ignored if sibling subpackage contains a
   module starting with underscore
-* #4863, #4938, #4939: i18n doesn't handle node.title correctly tat used for
+* #4863, #4938, #4939: i18n doesn't handle correctly node.title as used for
   contents, topic, admonition, table and section.
 * #4913: i18n: literal blocks in bullet list are not translated
 * #4962: C++, raised TypeError on duplicate declaration.
@@ -562,7 +561,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
 * #4885, #4887: domains: Crashed with duplicated objects
-* #4889: latex: sphinx.writers.latex causes recusrive import
+* #4889: latex: sphinx.writers.latex causes recursive import
 
 Release 1.7.3 (released Apr 23, 2018)
 =====================================
@@ -693,7 +692,7 @@ Incompatible changes
   mock them, please specify the name of ancestors explicitly.
 * #3620: html theme: move DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS to independent JavaScript file
   (refs: #4295)
-* #4246: Limit width of text body for all themes. Conifigurable via theme
+* #4246: Limit width of text body for all themes. Configurable via theme
   options ``body_min_width`` and ``body_max_width``.
 * #4771: apidoc: The ``exclude_patterns`` arguments are ignored if they are
   placed just after command line options
@@ -849,7 +848,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 
 1.7.0b3
 
-* #4019: inheritance_diagram AttributeError stoping make process
+* #4019: inheritance_diagram AttributeError stopping make process
 * #4531: autosummary: methods are not treated as attributes
 * #4538: autodoc: ``sphinx.ext.autodoc.Options`` has been moved
 * #4539: autodoc emits warnings for partialmethods
@@ -882,7 +881,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #4434: pure numbers as link targets produce warning
 * #4477: Build fails after building specific files
 * #4449: apidoc: include "empty" packages that contain modules
-* #3917: citation labels are tranformed to ellipsis
+* #3917: citation labels are transformed to ellipsis
 * #4501: graphviz: epub3 validation error caused if graph is not clickable
 * #4514: graphviz: workaround for wrong map ID which graphviz generates
 * #4525: autosectionlabel does not support parallel build
@@ -1349,7 +1348,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #3614: Sphinx crashes with requests-2.5.0
 * #3618: autodoc crashes with tupled arguments
 * #3664: No space after the bullet in items of a latex list produced by Sphinx
-* #3657: EPUB builder crashes if document startswith genindex exists
+* #3657: EPUB builder crashes if a document starting with genindex exists
 * #3588: No compact (p tag) html output in the i18n document build even when
   :confval:`html_compact_lists` is True.
 * #3685: AttributeError when using 3rd party domains
@@ -1367,7 +1366,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
 * #3597: python domain raises UnboundLocalError if invalid name given
-* #3599: Move to new Mathjax CDN
+* #3599: Move to new MathJax CDN
 
 Release 1.5.4 (released Apr 02, 2017)
 =====================================
@@ -1530,7 +1529,7 @@ Incompatible changes
 
 1.5a1
 
-* latex, package fancybox is not longer a dependency of sphinx.sty
+* latex, package fancybox is not any longer a dependency of sphinx.sty
 * Use ``'locales'`` as a default value of `locale_dirs`
 * latex, package ifthen is not any longer a dependency of sphinx.sty
 * latex, style file does not modify fancyvrb's Verbatim (also available as
@@ -1553,7 +1552,7 @@ Incompatible changes
   (ref: #2510, #2753)
 * Internet Explorer 6-8, Opera 12.1x or Safari 5.1+ support is dropped
   because jQuery version is updated from 1.11.0 to 3.1.0 (ref: #2634, #2773)
-* QtHelpBuilder doens't generate search page (ref: #2352)
+* QtHelpBuilder doesn't generate search page (ref: #2352)
 * QtHelpBuilder uses ``nonav`` theme instead of default one
   to improve readability.
 * latex: To provide good default settings to Japanese documents, Sphinx uses
@@ -1848,12 +1847,12 @@ Bugs fixed
 
 * #2890: Quickstart should return an error consistently on all error conditions
 * #2870: flatten genindex columns' heights.
-* #2856: Search on generated HTML site doesnt find some symbols
+* #2856: Search on generated HTML site doesn't find some symbols
 * #2882: Fall back to a GET request on 403 status in linkcheck
 * #2902: jsdump.loads fails to load search index if keywords starts with
   underscore
 * #2900: Fix epub content.opf: add auto generated orphan files to spine.
-* #2899: Fix ``hasdoc()`` function in Jinja2 template. It can detect ``genindex``, ``search`` collectly.
+* #2899: Fix ``hasdoc()`` function in Jinja2 template. It will detect ``genindex``, ``search`` also.
 * #2901: Fix epub result: skip creating links from image tags to original image files.
 * #2917: inline code is hyphenated on HTML
 * #1462: autosummary warns for namedtuple with attribute with trailing underscore
@@ -1863,7 +1862,7 @@ Bugs fixed
   paths are used in `intersphinx_mapping`
 * #2931: code-block directive with same :caption: causes warning of duplicate
   target.  Now `code-block` and `literalinclude` does not define hyperlink
-  target using its caption automatially.
+  target using its caption automatically.
 * #2962: latex: missing label of longtable
 * #2968: autodoc: show-inheritance option breaks docstrings
 
@@ -1889,7 +1888,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 
 * #2778: Fix autodoc crashes if obj.__dict__ is a property method and raises exception
 * Fix duplicated toc in epub3 output.
-* #2775: Fix failing linkcheck with servers not supporting identidy encoding
+* #2775: Fix failing linkcheck with servers not supporting identity encoding
 * #2833: Fix formatting instance annotations in ext.autodoc.
 * #1911: ``-D`` option of ``sphinx-build`` does not override the ``extensions`` variable
 * #2789: `sphinx.ext.intersphinx` generates wrong hyperlinks if the inventory is given
@@ -1956,7 +1955,7 @@ Release 1.4.4 (released Jun 12, 2016)
 Bugs fixed
 ----------
 
-* #2630: Latex sphinx.sty Notice Enviroment formatting problem
+* #2630: latex: sphinx.sty notice environment formatting problem
 * #2632: Warning directives fail in quote environment latex build
 * #2633: Sphinx crashes with old styled indices
 * Fix a ``\begin{\minipage}`` typo in sphinx.sty from 1.4.2 (ref: 68becb1)
@@ -2030,7 +2029,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #1817, #2077: suppress pep8 warnings on conf.py generated by sphinx-quickstart
 * #2407: building docs crash if document includes large data image URIs
 * #2436: Sphinx does not check version by :confval:`needs_sphinx` if loading extensions failed
-* #2397: Setup shorthandoff for turkish documents
+* #2397: Setup shorthandoff for Turkish documents
 * #2447: VerbatimBorderColor wrongly used also for captions of PDF
 * #2456: C++, fix crash related to document merging (e.g., singlehtml and Latex builders).
 * #2446: latex(pdf) sets local tables of contents (or more generally topic
@@ -2067,7 +2066,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #2576: ``sphinx.ext.imgmath`` crashes if subprocess raises error
 * #2577: ``sphinx.ext.imgmath``: Invalid argument are passed to dvisvgm
 * #2556: Xapian search does not work with Python 3
-* #2581: The search doesn't work if language="es" (spanish)
+* #2581: The search doesn't work if language="es" (Spanish)
 * #2382: Adjust spacing after abbreviations on figure numbers in LaTeX writer
 * #2383: The generated footnote by `latex_show_urls` overflows lines
 * #2497, #2552: The label of search button does not fit for the button itself
@@ -2204,7 +2203,7 @@ Features added
 * #1921: Support figure substitutions by :confval:`language` and :confval:`figure_language_filename`
 * #2245: Add ``latex_elements["passoptionstopackages"]`` option to call PassOptionsToPackages
   in early stage of preambles.
-* #2340: Math extension: support alignment of multiple equations for MathJAX.
+* #2340: Math extension: support alignment of multiple equations for MathJax.
 * #2338: Define ``\titleref`` macro to redefine the style of ``title-reference`` roles.
 * Define ``\menuselection`` and ``\accelerator`` macros to redefine the style of `menuselection` roles.
 * Define ``\crossref`` macro to redefine the style of references
@@ -2243,7 +2242,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * The default highlight language is now ``default``.  This means that source code
   is highlighted as Python 3 (which is mostly a superset of Python 2) if possible.
   To get the old behavior back, add ``highlight_language = "python"`` to conf.py.
-* #2329: Refresh environment forcely if source directory has changed.
+* #2329: Refresh environment forcedly if source directory has changed.
 * #2331: Fix code-blocks are filled by block in dvi; remove ``xcdraw`` option from
   xcolor package
 * Fix the confval type checker emits warnings if unicode is given to confvals which expects string value
@@ -2253,11 +2252,11 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #2348: Move amsmath and amssymb to before fontpkg on LaTeX writer.
 * #2368: Ignore emacs lock files like ``.#foo.rst`` by default.
 * #2262: literal_block and its caption has been separated by pagebreak in LaTeX output.
-* #2319: Fix table counter is overrided by code-block's in LaTeX.  Thanks to jfbu.
-* Fix unpack warning if combinated with 3rd party domain extensions.
+* #2319: Fix table counter is overridden by code-block's in LaTeX.  Thanks to jfbu.
+* Fix unpack warning if combined with 3rd party domain extensions.
 * #1153: Fix figures in sidebar causes latex build error.
 * #2358: Fix user-preamble could not override the tocdepth definition.
-* #2358: Redece tocdepth if ``part`` or ``chapter`` is used for top_sectionlevel.
+* #2358: Reduce tocdepth if ``part`` or ``chapter`` is used for top_sectionlevel.
 * #2351: Fix footnote spacing
 * #2363: Fix ``toctree()`` in templates generates broken links in SingleHTMLBuilder.
 * #2366: Fix empty hyperref is generated on toctree in HTML builder.
@@ -2291,7 +2290,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #2290: Fix ``sphinx.ext.mathbase`` use of amsfonts may break user choice of math fonts
 * #2324: Print a hint how to increase the recursion limit when it is hit.
 * #1565, #2229: Revert new warning; the new warning will be triggered from version 1.4 on.
-* #2329: Refresh environment forcely if source directory has changed.
+* #2329: Refresh environment forcedly if source directory has changed.
 * #2019: Fix the domain objects in search result are not escaped
 
 Release 1.3.5 (released Jan 24, 2016)
@@ -2340,7 +2339,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #2071: Fix same footnote in more than two section titles => LaTeX/PDF Bug
 * #2040: Fix UnicodeDecodeError in sphinx-apidoc when author contains non-ascii characters
 * #2193: Fix shutil.SameFileError if source directory and destination directory are same
-* #2178: Fix unparseable C++ cross-reference when referencing a function with :cpp:any:
+* #2178: Fix unparsable C++ cross-reference when referencing a function with :cpp:any:
 * #2206: Fix Sphinx latex doc build failed due to a footnotes
 * #2201: Fix wrong table caption for tables with over 30 rows
 * #2213: Set <blockquote> in the classic theme to fit with <p>
@@ -2357,10 +2356,11 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #1580: Fix paragraphs in longtable don't work in Latex output
 * #1366: Fix centered image not centered in latex
 * #1860: Fix man page using ``:samp:`` with braces - font doesn't reset
-* #1610: Sphinx crashes in japanese indexing in some systems
+* #1610: Sphinx crashes in Japanese indexing in some systems
 * Fix Sphinx crashes if mecab initialization failed
 * #2160: Fix broken TOC of PDFs if section includes an image
-* #2172: Fix dysfunctional admonition \py@lightbox in sphinx.sty. Thanks to jfbu.
+* #2172: Fix dysfunctional admonition ``\py@lightbox`` in sphinx.sty. Thanks to
+  jfbu.
 * #2198,#2205: ``make gettext`` generate broken msgid for definition lists.
 * #2062: Escape characters in doctests are treated incorrectly with Python 2.
 * #2225: Fix if the option does not begin with dash, linking is not performed
@@ -2517,7 +2517,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 * #1753: C++, added missing support for more complex declarations.
 * #1700: Add ``:caption:`` option for :rst:dir:`toctree`.
 * #1742: ``:name:`` option is provided for :rst:dir:`toctree`, :rst:dir:`code-block` and
-  :rst:dir:`literalinclude` dirctives.
+  :rst:dir:`literalinclude` directives.
 * #1756: Incorrect section titles in search that was introduced from 1.3b3.
 * #1746: C++, fixed name lookup procedure, and added missing lookups in declarations.
 * #1765: C++, fix old id generation to use fully qualified names.
@@ -2525,7 +2525,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 Documentation
 -------------
 
-* #1651: Add ``vartype`` field descritpion for python domain.
+* #1651: Add ``vartype`` field description for python domain.
 
 
 Release 1.3b3 (released Feb 24, 2015)
@@ -2725,7 +2725,7 @@ Features added
   the order of documents before they are read by the environment.
 * #1284: Program options documented with :rst:dir:`option` can now start with
   ``+``.
-* PR#291: The caption of :rst:dir:`code-block` is recognised as a title of ref
+* PR#291: The caption of :rst:dir:`code-block` is recognized as a title of ref
   target. Thanks to Takeshi Komiya.
 * PR#298: Add new API: :meth:`~sphinx.application.Sphinx.add_latex_package`.
   Thanks to Takeshi Komiya.
diff --git a/doc/extdev/logging.rst b/doc/extdev/logging.rst
index 0d96c4eb9..e930db0c0 100644
--- a/doc/extdev/logging.rst
+++ b/doc/extdev/logging.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Logging API
 
       **color**
         The color of logs.  By default, info and verbose level logs are not colored,
-        and deug level ones are colored as ``"darkgray"``.
+        and debug level ones are colored as ``"darkgray"``.
 
 .. autofunction:: pending_logging()
 
diff --git a/doc/extdev/tutorial.rst b/doc/extdev/tutorial.rst
index 33b45035e..113cea119 100644
--- a/doc/extdev/tutorial.rst
+++ b/doc/extdev/tutorial.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ in which a Sphinx project is built: this works in several phases.
 
    Now that the metadata and cross-reference data of all existing documents is
    known, all temporary nodes are replaced by nodes that can be converted into
-   output using components called tranform.  For example, links are created for
+   output using components called transforms.  For example, links are created for
    object references that exist, and simple literal nodes are created for those
    that don't.
 
diff --git a/doc/man/sphinx-apidoc.rst b/doc/man/sphinx-apidoc.rst
index 15096d523..384374aa9 100644
--- a/doc/man/sphinx-apidoc.rst
+++ b/doc/man/sphinx-apidoc.rst
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Options
 
 .. option:: -f, --force
 
-   Force overwritting of any existing generated files.
+   Force overwriting of any existing generated files.
 
 .. option:: -l, --follow-links
 
diff --git a/doc/usage/configuration.rst b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
index 49265fcc8..bef43c81a 100644
--- a/doc/usage/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/configuration.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ General configuration
 .. confval:: source_suffix
 
    The file extensions of source files.  Sphinx considers the files with this
-   suffix as sources.  This value can be a dictionary mapping file extensions
+   suffix as sources.  The value can be a dictionary mapping file extensions
    to file types.  For example::
 
       source_suffix = {
@@ -98,15 +98,16 @@ General configuration
           '.md': 'markdown',
       }
 
-   By default, Sphinx only supports ``'restrcturedtext'`` file type.  You can
+   By default, Sphinx only supports ``'restructuredtext'`` file type.  You can
    add a new file type using source parser extensions.  Please read a document
-   of the extension to know what file type the extension supports.
+   of the extension to know which file type the extension supports.
 
-   This also allows a list of file extensions.  In that case, Sphinx conciders
-   that all they are ``'restructuredtext'``.  Default is
-   ``{'.rst': 'restructuredtext'}``.
+   The value may also be a list of file extensions: then Sphinx will consider
+   that they all map to the ``'restructuredtext'`` file type.
 
-   .. note:: file extensions have to start with dot (like ``.rst``).
+   Default is ``{'.rst': 'restructuredtext'}``.
+
+   .. note:: file extensions have to start with a dot (e.g. ``.rst``).
 
    .. versionchanged:: 1.3
       Can now be a list of extensions.
@@ -787,10 +788,10 @@ These options influence Math notations.
 
 .. confval:: math_eqref_format
 
-   A string that are used for format of label of references to equations.
-   As a special character, ``{number}`` will be replaced to equaition number.
+   A string used for formatting the labels of references to equations.
+   The ``{number}`` place-holder stands for the equation number.
 
-   Example: ``'Eq.{number}'`` is rendered as ``Eq.10``
+   Example: ``'Eq.{number}'`` gets rendered as, for example, ``Eq.10``.
 
 .. confval:: math_numfig
 
@@ -2630,7 +2631,7 @@ Options for the C++ domain
    A list of strings that the parser additionally should accept as attributes
    with one argument.  That is, if ``my_align_as`` is in the list, then
    ``my_align_as(X)`` is parsed as an attribute for all strings ``X`` that have
-   balanced brances (``()``, ``[]``, and ``{}``).  This can for example be used
+   balanced braces (``()``, ``[]``, and ``{}``).  This can for example be used
    when attributes have been ``#define`` d for portability.
 
    .. versionadded:: 1.5
diff --git a/doc/usage/extensions/autodoc.rst b/doc/usage/extensions/autodoc.rst
index d33378435..064463691 100644
--- a/doc/usage/extensions/autodoc.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/extensions/autodoc.rst
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ There are also new config values that you can set:
 
    This value controls the behavior of :option:`sphinx-build -W` during
    importing modules.
-   If ``False`` is given, autodoc forcely suppresses the error if the imported
+   If ``False`` is given, autodoc forcedly suppresses the error if the imported
    module emits warnings.  By default, ``True``.
 
 .. confval:: autodoc_inherit_docstrings
diff --git a/doc/usage/extensions/doctest.rst b/doc/usage/extensions/doctest.rst
index e321e3a54..79a75536e 100644
--- a/doc/usage/extensions/doctest.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/extensions/doctest.rst
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ a comma-separated list of group names.
 
    * ``pyversion``, a string option, can be used to specify the required Python
      version for the example to be tested. For instance, in the following case
-     the example will be tested only for Python versions greather than 3.3::
+     the example will be tested only for Python versions greater than 3.3::
 
          .. doctest::
             :pyversion: > 3.3
diff --git a/doc/usage/extensions/napoleon.rst b/doc/usage/extensions/napoleon.rst
index 504ef015a..160375fe7 100644
--- a/doc/usage/extensions/napoleon.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/extensions/napoleon.rst
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Google vs NumPy
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Napoleon supports two styles of docstrings: `Google`_ and `NumPy`_. The
-main difference between the two styles is that Google uses indention to
+main difference between the two styles is that Google uses indentation to
 separate sections, whereas NumPy uses underlines.
 
 Google style:
diff --git a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
index 5678c82f4..e9fe2e23d 100644
--- a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/directives.rst
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ Glossary
 .. rst:directive:: .. glossary::
 
    This directive must contain a reST definition-list-like markup with terms and
-   definitions.  The definitions will then be referencable with the
+   definitions.  The definitions will then be referenceable with the
    :rst:role:`term` role.  Example::
 
       .. glossary::
diff --git a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/domains.rst b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/domains.rst
index e77075c1a..a868fa602 100644
--- a/doc/usage/restructuredtext/domains.rst
+++ b/doc/usage/restructuredtext/domains.rst
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ Some directives support options:
 Anonymous Entities
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-C++ supposrts anonymous namespaces, classes, enums, and unions.
+C++ supports anonymous namespaces, classes, enums, and unions.
 For the sake of documentation they must be given some name that starts with ``@``,
 e.g., ``@42`` or ``@data``.
 These names can also be used in cross-references and (type) expressions,
@@ -850,8 +850,8 @@ Note however that no checking is performed with respect to parameter
 compatibility. E.g., ``Iterator{A, B, C}`` will be accepted as an introduction
 even though it would not be valid C++.
 
-Inline Expressions and Tpes
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Inline Expressions and Types
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 .. rst:role:: cpp:expr
               cpp:texpr
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ There is a set of directives allowing documenting command-line programs:
          Run a module as a script.
 
    The directive will create cross-reference targets for the given options,
-   referencable by :rst:role:`option` (in the example case, you'd use something
+   referenceable by :rst:role:`option` (in the example case, you'd use something
    like ``:option:`dest_dir```, ``:option:`-m```, or ``:option:`--module```).
 
    ``cmdoption`` directive is a deprecated alias for the ``option`` directive.
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ There is a set of directives allowing documenting command-line programs:
 .. rst:directive:: .. envvar:: name
 
    Describes an environment variable that the documented code or program uses
-   or defines.  Referencable by :rst:role:`envvar`.
+   or defines.  Referenceable by :rst:role:`envvar`.
 
 .. rst:directive:: .. program:: name
 
diff --git a/sphinx/addnodes.py b/sphinx/addnodes.py
index 8ced71d09..03de7cb7e 100644
--- a/sphinx/addnodes.py
+++ b/sphinx/addnodes.py
@@ -251,8 +251,8 @@ class index(nodes.Invisible, nodes.Inline, nodes.TextElement):
 
     *entrytype* is one of "single", "pair", "double", "triple".
 
-    *key* is categolziation characters (usually it is single character) for
-    general index page. For the detail of this, please see also:
+    *key* is categorization characters (usually a single character) for
+    general index page. For the details of this, please see also:
     :rst:dir:`glossary` and issue #2320.
     """
 
diff --git a/sphinx/application.py b/sphinx/application.py
index 1f8ec58df..35ff80d33 100644
--- a/sphinx/application.py
+++ b/sphinx/application.py
@@ -1028,10 +1028,10 @@ class Sphinx(object):
         Example::
 
             app.add_js_file('example.js')
-            # => <scrtipt src="_static/example.js"></script>
+            # => <script src="_static/example.js"></script>
 
             app.add_js_file('example.js', async="async")
-            # => <scrtipt src="_static/example.js" async="async"></script>
+            # => <script src="_static/example.js" async="async"></script>
 
         .. versionadded:: 0.5
 
@@ -1237,13 +1237,14 @@ class Sphinx(object):
         # type: (unicode, Tuple[Callable, Callable], Tuple[Callable, Callable]) -> None
         """Register a math renderer for HTML.
 
-        The *name* is a name of the math renderer.  Both *inline_renderers* and
-        *block_renderes* are used as visitor functions for HTML writer.
-        *inline_renderers* is used for inline math node (``nodes.math`)).  The
-        another is used for block math node (``nodes.math_block``).  About
-        visitor functions, see :meth:`add_node` for more details.
+        The *name* is a name of math renderer.  Both *inline_renderers* and
+        *block_renderers* are used as visitor functions for the HTML writer:
+        the former for inline math node (``nodes.math``), the latter for
+        block math node (``nodes.math_block``).  Regarding visitor functions,
+        see :meth:`add_node` for details.
 
         .. versionadded:: 1.8
+
         """
         self.registry.add_html_math_renderer(name, inline_renderers, block_renderers)
 
diff --git a/sphinx/builders/__init__.py b/sphinx/builders/__init__.py
index 6e4464cd1..a10ca9e0a 100644
--- a/sphinx/builders/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/builders/__init__.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Builder(object):
     #: ``project``
     epilog = ''  # type: unicode
 
-    #: default translator class for the builder.  This can be overrided by
+    #: default translator class for the builder.  This can be overridden by
     #: :py:meth:`app.set_translator()`.
     default_translator_class = None  # type: nodes.NodeVisitor
     # doctree versioning method
diff --git a/sphinx/locale/__init__.py b/sphinx/locale/__init__.py
index e136d9af2..62f955535 100644
--- a/sphinx/locale/__init__.py
+++ b/sphinx/locale/__init__.py
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ def init(locale_dirs, language, catalog='sphinx', namespace='general'):
     """Look for message catalogs in `locale_dirs` and *ensure* that there is at
     least a NullTranslations catalog set in `translators`.  If called multiple
     times or if several ``.mo`` files are found, their contents are merged
-    together (thus making ``init`` reentrable).
+    together (thus making ``init`` reentrant).
     """
     global translators
     translator = translators.get((namespace, catalog))
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@ admonitionlabels = {
     'warning':   _('Warning'),
 }  # type: Dict[unicode, unicode]
 
-# Moved to sphinx.directives.other (will be overrided later)
+# Moved to sphinx.directives.other (will be overridden later)
 versionlabels = {}  # type: Dict[unicode, unicode]
 
-# Moved to sphinx.domains.python (will be overrided later)
+# Moved to sphinx.domains.python (will be overridden later)
 pairindextypes = {}  # type: Dict[unicode, unicode]
diff --git a/sphinx/parsers.py b/sphinx/parsers.py
index 5f15c4103..780b2e970 100644
--- a/sphinx/parsers.py
+++ b/sphinx/parsers.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if False:
 
 class Parser(docutils.parsers.Parser):
     """
-    A base class of source parsers.  The additonal parsers should inherits this class instead
+    A base class of source parsers.  The additional parsers should inherit this class instead
     of ``docutils.parsers.Parser``.  Compared with ``docutils.parsers.Parser``, this class
     improves accessibility to Sphinx APIs.