diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml
index 4aafc4e2a0..789381e5ef 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml,v 1.76 2009/06/17 21:58:49 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/docguide.sgml,v 1.76.2.1 2010/08/17 04:49:33 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <appendix id="docguide">
  <title>Documentation</title>
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
    <para>
     It's possible that the ports do not update the main catalog file
     in <filename>/usr/local/share/sgml/catalog.ports</filename> or order 
-    isn't proper .  Be sure to have the following lines in begining of file:
+    isn't proper .  Be sure to have the following lines in beginning of file:
 <programlisting>
 CATALOG "openjade/catalog"
 CATALOG "iso8879/catalog"
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/earthdistance.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/earthdistance.sgml
index a732b1d54a..220771a0d5 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/earthdistance.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/earthdistance.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/earthdistance.sgml,v 1.3 2007/12/06 04:12:10 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/earthdistance.sgml,v 1.3.4.1 2010/08/17 04:49:33 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <sect1 id="earthdistance">
  <title>earthdistance</title>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
    The radius of the Earth is obtained from the <function>earth()</>
    function. It is given in meters. But by changing this one function you can
    change the module to use some other units, or to use a different value of
-   the radius that you feel is more appropiate.
+   the radius that you feel is more appropriate.
   </para>
 
   <para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml
index ce81de3a18..de7f7440b1 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml,v 2.10 2009/06/25 12:03:11 heikki Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/pgstandby.sgml,v 2.10.2.1 2010/08/17 04:49:33 petere Exp $ -->
 
 <sect1 id="pgstandby">
  <title>pg_standby</title>
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ recovery_end_command = 'del C:\pgsql.trigger.5442'
 
   <para>
    The <literal>copy</> command on Windows sets the final file size
-   before the file is completely copied, which would ordinarly confuse
+   before the file is completely copied, which would ordinarily confuse
    <application>pg_standby</application>.  Therefore
    <application>pg_standby</application> waits <literal>sleeptime</>
    seconds once it sees the proper file size.  GNUWin32's <literal>cp</>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
index 6e3bbed05b..97ac2f6a32 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.225.2.4 2010/03/08 12:39:51 mha Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.225.2.5 2010/08/17 04:49:33 petere Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ testdb=&gt;
         If <replaceable class="parameter">pattern</replaceable> is
         specified, only those servers whose name matches the pattern
         are listed.  If the form <literal>\des+</literal> is used, a
-        full desription of each server is shown, including the
+        full description of each server is shown, including the
         server's ACL, type, version, and options.
         </para>
         </listitem>