diff --git a/cache.c b/cache.c
index 2ccdc4e..0901e6e 100644
--- a/cache.c
+++ b/cache.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ static int process_slot(struct cache_slot *slot)
 	/* If the cache slot does not exist (or its key doesn't match the
 	 * current key), lets try to create a new cache slot for this
 	 * request. If this fails (for whatever reason), lets just generate
-	 * the content without caching it and fool the caller to belive
+	 * the content without caching it and fool the caller to believe
 	 * everything worked out (but print a warning on stdout).
 	 */
 
diff --git a/cache.h b/cache.h
index 9392836..470da4f 100644
--- a/cache.h
+++ b/cache.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ typedef void (*cache_fill_fn)(void);
  *   fn      content generator function for this key
  *
  * Return value
- *   0 indicates success, everyting else is an error
+ *   0 indicates success, everything else is an error
  */
 extern int cache_process(int size, const char *path, const char *key, int ttl,
 			 cache_fill_fn fn);
diff --git a/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh b/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh
index 4fa7928..840bc34 100755
--- a/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh
+++ b/filters/syntax-highlighting.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # This script can be used to implement syntax highlighting in the cgit
-# tree-view by refering to this file with the source-filter or repo.source-
+# tree-view by referring to this file with the source-filter or repo.source-
 # filter options in cgitrc.
 #
 # This script requires a shell supporting the ${var##pattern} syntax.
diff --git a/tests/t0109-gitconfig.sh b/tests/t0109-gitconfig.sh
index 5a84258..3ba6684 100755
--- a/tests/t0109-gitconfig.sh
+++ b/tests/t0109-gitconfig.sh
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ test -n "$(which strace 2>/dev/null)" || {
 }
 
 test_no_home_access () {
-	non_existant_path="/path/to/some/place/that/does/not/possibly/exist"
-	while test -d "$non_existant_path"; do
-		non_existant_path="$non_existant_path/$(date +%N)"
+	non_existent_path="/path/to/some/place/that/does/not/possibly/exist"
+	while test -d "$non_existent_path"; do
+		non_existent_path="$non_existent_path/$(date +%N)"
 	done &&
 	strace \
-		-E HOME="$non_existant_path" \
+		-E HOME="$non_existent_path" \
 		-E CGIT_CONFIG="$PWD/cgitrc" \
 		-E QUERY_STRING="url=$1" \
 		-e access -f -o strace.out cgit &&
-	test_must_fail grep "$non_existant_path" strace.out
+	test_must_fail grep "$non_existent_path" strace.out
 }
 
 test_no_home_access_success() {