diff --git a/src/util/vircgroup.c b/src/util/vircgroup.c
index 24917e7150..9232994945 100644
--- a/src/util/vircgroup.c
+++ b/src/util/vircgroup.c
@@ -2778,7 +2778,7 @@ virCgroupGetCpusetMemoryMigrate(virCgroupPtr group, bool *migrate)
  * @group: The cgroup to set cpuset.cpus for
  * @cpus: the cpus to set
  *
- * Retuens: 0 on success
+ * Returns: 0 on success
  */
 int
 virCgroupSetCpusetCpus(virCgroupPtr group, const char *cpus)
@@ -2796,7 +2796,7 @@ virCgroupSetCpusetCpus(virCgroupPtr group, const char *cpus)
  * @group: The cgroup to get cpuset.cpus for
  * @cpus: the cpus to get
  *
- * Retuens: 0 on success
+ * Returns: 0 on success
  */
 int
 virCgroupGetCpusetCpus(virCgroupPtr group, char **cpus)
diff --git a/src/util/vircrypto.c b/src/util/vircrypto.c
index 03410a1a44..8748e1c4e4 100644
--- a/src/util/vircrypto.c
+++ b/src/util/vircrypto.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ virCryptoHaveCipher(virCryptoCipher algorithm)
  *
  * Performs the AES gnutls encryption
  *
- * Same input as virCryptoEncryptData, except the algoritm is replaced
+ * Same input as virCryptoEncryptData, except the algorithm is replaced
  * by the specific gnutls algorithm.
  *
  * Encrypts the @data buffer using the @enckey and if available the @iv
diff --git a/src/util/virdbus.c b/src/util/virdbus.c
index 3f4dbe34a7..02edc5690b 100644
--- a/src/util/virdbus.c
+++ b/src/util/virdbus.c
@@ -1749,7 +1749,7 @@ int virDBusIsServiceEnabled(const char *name)
  * virDBusIsServiceRegistered
  * @name: service name
  *
- * Retruns 0 if service is registered, -1 on fatal error, or -2 if service is not registered
+ * Returns 0 if service is registered, -1 on fatal error, or -2 if service is not registered
  */
 int virDBusIsServiceRegistered(const char *name)
 {
diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.c b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
index f68176f387..42a52caa55 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ virHostCPUGetInfoPopulateLinux(FILE *cpuinfo,
      * subcores alone will be online on the host for a subcore in the
      * host. Even though the actual threads per core for P8 processor is 8,
      * depending on the subcores_per_core = 1, 2 or 4, the threads per
-     * subcore will vary accordingly to 8, 4 and 2 repectively.
+     * subcore will vary accordingly to 8, 4 and 2 respectively.
      * So, On host threads_per_core what is arrived at from sysfs in the
      * current logic is actually the subcores_per_core. Threads per subcore
      * can only be obtained from the kvm device. For example, on P8 wih 1
diff --git a/src/util/virhostdev.c b/src/util/virhostdev.c
index a038e13d3d..ee81ca9042 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostdev.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ virHostdevPreparePCIDevices(virHostdevManagerPtr mgr,
         virPCIDevicePtr actual;
 
         /* We need to look up the actual device because that's what
-         * virPCIDeviceReattach() exepects as its argument */
+         * virPCIDeviceReattach() expects as its argument */
         if (!(actual = virPCIDeviceListFind(mgr->inactivePCIHostdevs, pci)))
             continue;
 
diff --git a/src/util/virrotatingfile.c b/src/util/virrotatingfile.c
index 6654affcd8..914472970b 100644
--- a/src/util/virrotatingfile.c
+++ b/src/util/virrotatingfile.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ virRotatingFileWriterAppend(virRotatingFileWriterPtr file,
  * If no file with a inode matching @inode currently
  * exists, then seeks to the start of the oldest
  * file, on the basis that the requested file has
- * probably been rotated out of existance
+ * probably been rotated out of existence
  */
 int
 virRotatingFileReaderSeek(virRotatingFileReaderPtr file,
diff --git a/src/util/virstoragefile.c b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
index 272db672db..f6a1b5d30f 100644
--- a/src/util/virstoragefile.c
+++ b/src/util/virstoragefile.c
@@ -2022,7 +2022,7 @@ virStorageSourceCopy(const virStorageSource *src,
  * virStorageSourceInitChainElement:
  * @newelem: New backing chain element disk source
  * @old: Existing top level disk source
- * @transferLabels: Transfer security lables.
+ * @transferLabels: Transfer security labels.
  *
  * Transfers relevant information from the existing disk source to the new
  * backing chain element if they weren't supplied so that labelling info
diff --git a/src/util/virstring.c b/src/util/virstring.c
index 4a70620899..f93d6b1259 100644
--- a/src/util/virstring.c
+++ b/src/util/virstring.c
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ virStringStripControlChars(char *str)
  * Capitalize the string with replacement of all '-' characters for '_'
  * characters. Caller frees the result.
  *
- * Returns 0 if src is NULL, 1 if capitalization was successfull, -1 on failure.
+ * Returns 0 if src is NULL, 1 if capitalization was successful, -1 on failure.
  */
 int
 virStringToUpper(char **dst, const char *src)
diff --git a/src/util/virtypedparam.c b/src/util/virtypedparam.c
index 23109e1c2e..3b49ec82a4 100644
--- a/src/util/virtypedparam.c
+++ b/src/util/virtypedparam.c
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ virTypedParamsRemoteFree(virTypedParameterRemotePtr remote_params_val,
  *    parameters for @params to hold, followed by an allocation of @params and
  *    a second call to the deserializer to actually retrieve the data.
  * 2) Newer APIs rely completely on the deserializer to allocate the right
- *    ammount of memory for @params to hold all the data obtained in
+ *    amount of memory for @params to hold all the data obtained in
  *    @remote_params.
  *
  * If used with model 1, two checks are performed, first one comparing the user
diff --git a/src/util/virxml.c b/src/util/virxml.c
index 1438edc4dd..96c17fa9c0 100644
--- a/src/util/virxml.c
+++ b/src/util/virxml.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ virXPathString(const char *xpath,
 /**
  * virXPathStringLimit:
  * @xpath: the XPath string to evaluate
- * @maxlen: maximum length permittred string
+ * @maxlen: maximum length permitted string
  * @ctxt: an XPath context
  *
  * Wrapper for virXPathString, which validates the length of the returned
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index 894863848c..247d2357b7 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -1305,7 +1305,7 @@ a hint and the guest may not respect it). By increasing this value,
 the fstrim operation will complete more quickly for filesystems
 with badly fragmented free space, although not all blocks will
 be discarded.  The default value is zero, meaning "discard
-every free block". Moreover, a if user wants to trim only one mount
+every free block". Moreover, if a user wants to trim only one mount
 point, it can be specified via optional I<--mountpoint> parameter.
 
 =item B<domhostname> I<domain>