diff --git a/README b/README
index a2ac161..fbe3640 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ CONFIG FILES
   Then when you run "linux_logo" it will automatically show an ASCII classic
   logo with the formatting command applied.
   
-  This is a bit ugly, but is was simpler and [at the time] seemed more elegant
+  This is a bit ugly, but it was simpler and [at the time] seemed more elegant
   than writing a separate dot file parser....
  
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@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ Notes:
   + The letter after the # must be capitalized.
   + Options not available are silently ignored.
   + Megahertz only available on some platforms and newer kernels.
-  + See "defaults.h" on how to have #N report in non-english numbers.
+  + See "defaults.h" on how to have #N report in non-English numbers.
   + Plural [#S] gives nothing if there is 1 cpu, gives 's' otherwise.
   + Processor [#P] gives "Processor" [or i18n equiv] when 1 cpu,
     "Processors" if more than 1.
diff --git a/README.CUSTOM_LOGOS b/README.CUSTOM_LOGOS
index f09e950..8f33f1d 100644
--- a/README.CUSTOM_LOGOS
+++ b/README.CUSTOM_LOGOS
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ Creating custom logo files:
           A classic logo is usually a picture 22 wide by 16 high, with 
 	  the OS name printed in block letters to the right of the first
 	  6 lines.   The system information is then printed starting on
-	  line 8 and until the sysinfo runs out [typicall between 5-8 lines].
+	  line 8 and until the sysinfo runs out [typically between 5-8 lines].
 	  
       BEGIN_ASCII_LOGO
       END_ASCII_LOGO
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Creating custom logo files:
     + Be sure to remember to end your directives, and not to nest logo
       directives.  I have not tested the parser to see how robust it is.
  
-    + Be sure to have both a LOGO and a ASCII_LOGO in the logo file 
+    + Be sure to have both a LOGO and an ASCII_LOGO in the logo file 
       if not, parse_logo will not be able to add them (core dump :(
       You might use the script in contrib/script/logo2ascii in order to
       convert them.
diff --git a/README.history b/README.history
index 434cb57..26806d3 100644
--- a/README.history
+++ b/README.history
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ It was a complete overhaul of the code, to sort out a lot of issues
 where my C coding had gotten better, and to also fix a lot of stupid
 decisions made earlier.
 
-linux_logo was in maintenence mode for a long time, but eventually
+linux_logo was in maintenance mode for a long time, but eventually
 made some changes to fix logo selection, and to make it easier
 to configure from the command line (that is, make it a more UNIX-like
 tool).  I initially wasn't planning on a new major number, but in the