realpython · kennethreitz · Apr 2, 2013 · Apr 1, 2013
diff --git a/docs/_themes/README.rst b/docs/_themes/README.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ krTheme Sphinx Style
 ====================
 
 This repository contains sphinx styles Kenneth Reitz uses in most of 
-his projects. It is a drivative of Mitsuhiko's themes for Flask and Flask related
+his projects. It is a derivative of Mitsuhiko's themes for Flask and Flask related
 projects.  To use this style in your Sphinx documentation, follow
 this guide:
 

diff --git a/docs/scenarios/client.rst b/docs/scenarios/client.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ your URLs, or to form-encode your POST data. Keep-alive and HTTP connection
 pooling are 100% automatic, powered by urllib3, which is embedded within
 Requests.
 
-- `Documention <http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/index.html>`_
+- `Documentation <http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/index.html>`_
 - `PyPi <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/requests>`_
 - `GitHub <https://github.com/kennethreitz/requests>`_
 

diff --git a/docs/shipping/freezing.rst b/docs/shipping/freezing.rst
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Prerequisite is to install :ref:`Python on Windows <install-windows>`.
 
    $ python setup.py py2exe
 
-6. Provide the Microsoft Visual C runtime DLL. Two options: `globally install dll on target machine <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29>`_ or `distribute dll aloneside with .exe <http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial#Step52>`_.
+6. Provide the Microsoft Visual C runtime DLL. Two options: `globally install dll on target machine <https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29>`_ or `distribute dll alongside with .exe <http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial#Step52>`_.
 
 PyInstaller
 ~~~~~~~~~~~

diff --git a/docs/writing/gotchas.rst b/docs/writing/gotchas.rst
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ What You Should Do Instead
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Well. Here the general solution is arguably a bit of a hack. Due to Python's
-afformentioned behavior concerning evaluating default arguments to functions
+aforementioned behavior concerning evaluating default arguments to functions
 (see :ref:`default_args`), you can create a closure that binds immediately to
 its arguments by using a default arg like so:
 

diff --git a/docs/writing/style.rst b/docs/writing/style.rst
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ list of what is considered false.
     if not attr:
         print 'attr is falsey!'
 
-    # or, since None is considered false, explicity check for it
+    # or, since None is considered false, explicitly check for it
     if attr is None:
         print 'attr is None!'