diff --git a/contrib/svn-fe/svnrdump_sim.py b/contrib/svn-fe/svnrdump_sim.py
index 50c6a4f89dd435..8a3cee617524a4 100755
--- a/contrib/svn-fe/svnrdump_sim.py
+++ b/contrib/svn-fe/svnrdump_sim.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def writedump(url, lower, upper):
         print("usage: %s dump URL -rLOWER:UPPER")
         sys.exit(1)
     if not sys.argv[1] == 'dump':
-        raise NotImplementedError('only "dump" is suppported.')
+        raise NotImplementedError('only "dump" is supported.')
     url = sys.argv[2]
     r = ('0', 'HEAD')
     if len(sys.argv) == 4 and sys.argv[3][0:2] == '-r':
diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index b31613cb8aa8de..1057f389d3b299 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ package main;
 sub pdate($) {
 	my ($d) = @_;
 	m#(\d{2,4})/(\d\d)/(\d\d)\s(\d\d):(\d\d)(?::(\d\d))?#
-		or die "Unparseable date: $d\n";
+		or die "Unparsable date: $d\n";
 	my $y=$1;
 	$y+=100 if $y<70;
 	$y+=1900 if $y<1000;
diff --git a/help.c b/help.c
index 9ff2be6b188fe8..cf67624a94bc47 100644
--- a/help.c
+++ b/help.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static struct category_description main_categories[] = {
 	{ CAT_foreignscminterface, N_("Interacting with Others") },
 	{ CAT_plumbingmanipulators, N_("Low-level Commands / Manipulators") },
 	{ CAT_plumbinginterrogators, N_("Low-level Commands / Interrogators") },
-	{ CAT_synchingrepositories, N_("Low-level Commands / Synching Repositories") },
+	{ CAT_synchingrepositories, N_("Low-level Commands / Syncing Repositories") },
 	{ CAT_purehelpers, N_("Low-level Commands / Internal Helpers") },
 	{ 0, NULL }
 };
diff --git a/t/perf/bisect_regression b/t/perf/bisect_regression
index a94d9955d01209..ce47e1662a9283 100755
--- a/t/perf/bisect_regression
+++ b/t/perf/bisect_regression
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ oldtime=$(echo "$oldtime" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\).*$/\1/')
 newtime=$(echo "$newtime" | sed -e 's/^\([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\).*$/\1/')
 
 test $(echo "$newtime" "$oldtime" | awk '{ print ($1 > $2) }') = 1 ||
-	die "New time '$newtime' shoud be greater than old time '$oldtime'"
+	die "New time '$newtime' should be greater than old time '$oldtime'"
 
 tmpdir=$(mktemp -d -t bisect_regression_XXXXXX) || die "Failed to create temp directory"
 echo "$oldtime" >"$tmpdir/oldtime" || die "Failed to write to '$tmpdir/oldtime'"