Fix spelling and typos (affecting binary data / module messages)

26 files changed, 64 insertions, 59 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/FindCUDA/make2cmake.cmake b/Modules/FindCUDA/make2cmake.cmake
index c2405f44f2..1b53d177d0 100644
--- a/Modules/FindCUDA/make2cmake.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindCUDA/make2cmake.cmake
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if (${depend_text} MATCHES ".+")
       if (EXISTS "/${file}")
         set(file "/${file}")
       else()
-        message(WARNING " Removing non-existant dependency file: ${file}")
+        message(WARNING " Removing non-existent dependency file: ${file}")
         set(file "")
       endif()
     endif()
diff --git a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx
index 6a841fa8d4..1dfaaf990b 100644
--- a/Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx
+++ b/Source/CPack/cmCPackDocumentVariables.cxx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ void cmCPackDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
            "It is usually invoked like this:\n"
            " make DESTDIR=/home/john install\n"
            "which will install the concerned software using the"
-           " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" pre-pended with "
+           " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" prepended with "
            "the DESTDIR value which finally gives \"/home/john/usr/local\"."
            " When preparing a package, CPack first installs the items to be "
            "packaged in a local (to the build tree) directory by using the "
diff --git a/Source/cmAddDefinitionsCommand.h b/Source/cmAddDefinitionsCommand.h
index 7bb37674d2..6705d116ec 100644
--- a/Source/cmAddDefinitionsCommand.h
+++ b/Source/cmAddDefinitionsCommand.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public:
       "but it was originally intended to add preprocessor definitions.  "
       "Flags beginning in -D or /D that look like preprocessor definitions "
       "are automatically added to the COMPILE_DEFINITIONS property for "
-      "the current directory.  Definitions with non-trival values may be "
+      "the current directory.  Definitions with non-trivial values may be "
       "left in the set of flags instead of being converted for reasons of "
       "backwards compatibility.  See documentation of the directory, "
       "target, and source file COMPILE_DEFINITIONS properties for details "
diff --git a/Source/cmCTest.cxx b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
index 322a6a26f1..9a042c478d 100644
--- a/Source/cmCTest.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCTest.cxx
@@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@ int cmCTest::Run(std::vector<std::string> &args, std::string* output)
 #endif
     if(retv != 0)
       {
-      cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "build and test failing returing: " << retv
+      cmCTestLog(this, DEBUG, "build and test failing returning: " << retv
                  << std::endl);
       }
     return retv;
diff --git a/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx b/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx
index 3d5b24b84e..864df8e054 100644
--- a/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCacheManager.cxx
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ bool cmCacheManager::SaveCache(const char* path)
        << "# The syntax for the file is as follows:\n"
        << "# KEY:TYPE=VALUE\n"
        << "# KEY is the name of a variable in the cache.\n"
-       << "# TYPE is a hint to GUI's for the type of VALUE, DO NOT EDIT "
+       << "# TYPE is a hint to GUIs for the type of VALUE, DO NOT EDIT "
        "TYPE!." << std::endl
        << "# VALUE is the current value for the KEY.\n\n";
 
diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentGeneratorExpressions.h b/Source/cmDocumentGeneratorExpressions.h
index 6cc3f25aea..7edc8ffe26 100644
--- a/Source/cmDocumentGeneratorExpressions.h
+++ b/Source/cmDocumentGeneratorExpressions.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define cmDocumentGeneratorExpressions_h
 
 #define CM_DOCUMENT_ADD_TEST_GENERATOR_EXPRESSIONS                      \
-  "Generator expressions are evaluted during build system generation "  \
+  "Generator expressions are evaluated during build system generation " \
   "to produce information specific to each build configuration.  "      \
   "Valid expressions are:\n"                                            \
   "  $<0:...>                  = empty string (ignores \"...\")\n"      \
diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
index 50509a0b35..1ea1c72c16 100644
--- a/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDocumentVariables.cxx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_AR", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Name of archiving tool for static libraries.",
-     "This specifies name of the program that creates archive "
+     "This specifies the name of the program that creates archive "
      "or static libraries.",false,
      "Variables that Provide Information");
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_CACHE_MAJOR_VERSION", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Major version of CMake used to create the CMakeCache.txt file",
-     "This is stores the major version of CMake used to "
+     "This stores the major version of CMake used to "
      "write a CMake cache file. It is only different when "
      "a different version of CMake is run on a previously "
      "created cache file.", false,
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_CACHE_MINOR_VERSION", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Minor version of CMake used to create the CMakeCache.txt file",
-     "This is stores the minor version of CMake used to "
+     "This stores the minor version of CMake used to "
      "write a CMake cache file. It is only different when "
      "a different version of CMake is run on a previously "
      "created cache file.", false,
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_CACHE_PATCH_VERSION", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Patch version of CMake used to create the CMakeCache.txt file",
-     "This is stores the patch version of CMake used to "
+     "This stores the patch version of CMake used to "
      "write a CMake cache file. It is only different when "
      "a different version of CMake is run on a previously "
      "created cache file.", false,
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
     ("CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Install directory used by install.",
      "If \"make install\" is invoked or INSTALL is built"
-     ", this directory is pre-pended onto all install "
+     ", this directory is prepended onto all install "
      "directories. This variable defaults to /usr/local"
      " on UNIX and c:/Program Files on Windows.\n"
      "On UNIX one can use the DESTDIR mechanism in order"
@@ -627,11 +627,11 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
      "It is usually invoked like this:\n"
      " make DESTDIR=/home/john install\n"
      "which will install the concerned software using the"
-     " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" pre-pended with "
+     " installation prefix, e.g. \"/usr/local\" prepended with "
      "the DESTDIR value which finally gives \"/home/john/usr/local\".\n"
      "WARNING: DESTDIR may not be used on Windows because installation"
      " prefix usually contains a drive letter like in \"C:/Program Files\""
-     " which cannot be pre-pended with some other prefix."
+     " which cannot be prepended with some other prefix."
      ,false,
      "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
      "This switch should be used during the initial CMake run. Otherwise if "
      "the package has already been found in a previous CMake run, the "
      "variables which have been stored in the cache will still be there. "
-     "In the case it is recommended to remove the cache variables for "
+     "In that case it is recommended to remove the cache variables for "
      "this package from the cache using the cache editor or cmake -U", false,
      "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
       " an ABSOLUTE DESTINATION path.",
       "This variable is defined by CMake-generated cmake_install.cmake "
       "scripts."
-      " It can be used (read-only) by program or script that source those"
+      " It can be used (read-only) by programs or scripts that source those"
       " install scripts. This is used by some CPack generators (e.g. RPM).",
       false,
       "Variables That Change Behavior");
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
       "Ask cmake_install.cmake script to warn each time a file with "
       "absolute INSTALL DESTINATION is encountered.",
       "This variable is used by CMake-generated cmake_install.cmake"
-      " scripts. If ones set this variable to ON while running the"
+      " scripts. If one sets this variable to ON while running the"
       " script, it may get warning messages from the script.", false,
       "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
       "The fatal error is emitted before the installation of "
       "the offending file takes place."
       " This variable is used by CMake-generated cmake_install.cmake"
-      " scripts. If ones set this variable to ON while running the"
+      " scripts. If one sets this variable to ON while running the"
       " script, it may get fatal error messages from the script.",false,
       "Variables That Change Behavior");
 
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_HOST_APPLE", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "True for Apple OSXoperating systems.",
+     "True for Apple OSX operating systems.",
      "Set to true when the host system is Apple OSX.",
      false,
      "Variables That Describe the System");
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_USE_RELATIVE_PATHS", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Use relative paths (May not work!).",
-     "If this is set to TRUE, then the CMake will use "
+     "If this is set to TRUE, then CMake will use "
      "relative paths between the source and binary tree. "
      "This option does not work for more complicated "
      "projects, and relative paths are used when possible.  "
@@ -1591,7 +1591,8 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
     ("CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILE_OBJECT", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Rule variable to compile a single object file.",
      "This is a rule variable that tells CMake how to "
-     "compile a single object file for for the language <LANG>.",false,
+     "compile a single object file for the language <LANG>."
+     ,false,
      "Variables for Languages");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -1727,8 +1728,9 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("CMAKE_<LANG>_LINK_EXECUTABLE ", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
-     "Rule variable to link and executable.",
-     "Rule variable to link and executable for the given language.",false,
+     "Rule variable to link an executable.",
+     "Rule variable to link an executable for the given language."
+     ,false,
      "Variables for Languages");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -1742,7 +1744,9 @@ void cmDocumentVariables::DefineVariables(cmake* cm)
     ("CMAKE_<LANG>_SOURCE_FILE_EXTENSIONS", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
      "Extensions of source files for the given language.",
      "This is the list of extensions for a "
-     "given languages source files.",false,"Variables for Languages");
+     "given language's source files."
+     ,false,
+     "Variables for Languages");
 
   cm->DefineProperty(
     "CMAKE_<LANG>_COMPILER_LOADED", cmProperty::VARIABLE,
diff --git a/Source/cmDocumentation.cxx b/Source/cmDocumentation.cxx
index debde3be9a..4edacbb1a7 100644
--- a/Source/cmDocumentation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmDocumentation.cxx
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static const char *cmModulesDocumentationDescription[][3] =
   "This is the documentation for the modules and scripts coming with CMake. "
   "Using these modules you can check the computer system for "
   "installed software packages, features of the compiler and the "
-  "existance of headers to name just a few.", 0},
+  "existence of headers to name just a few.", 0},
   {0,0,0}
 };
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static const char *cmCustomModulesDocumentationDescription[][3] =
   "This is the documentation for additional modules and scripts for CMake. "
   "Using these modules you can check the computer system for "
   "installed software packages, features of the compiler and the "
-  "existance of headers to name just a few.", 0},
+  "existence of headers to name just a few.", 0},
   {0,0,0}
 };
 
diff --git a/Source/cmExportCommand.cxx b/Source/cmExportCommand.cxx
index 1cc17545ad..ffa8b51152 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportCommand.cxx
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ bool cmExportCommand::HandlePackage(std::vector<std::string> const& args)
     else
       {
       cmOStringStream e;
-      e << "PACKAGE given unknown argumsnt: " << args[i];
+      e << "PACKAGE given unknown argument: " << args[i];
       this->SetError(e.str().c_str());
       return false;
       }
diff --git a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
index 018ce7ecd2..2e6f3e0096 100644
--- a/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmFileCommand.cxx
@@ -1970,7 +1970,7 @@ bool cmFileInstaller
   else
     {
     cmOStringStream e;
-    e << "Option TYPE given uknown value \"" << stype << "\".";
+    e << "Option TYPE given unknown value \"" << stype << "\".";
     this->FileCommand->SetError(e.str().c_str());
     return false;
     }
@@ -1985,7 +1985,7 @@ bool cmFileInstaller::HandleInstallDestination()
   // allow for / to be a valid destination
   if ( destination.size() < 2 && destination != "/" )
     {
-    this->FileCommand->SetError("called with inapropriate arguments. "
+    this->FileCommand->SetError("called with inappropriate arguments. "
         "No DESTINATION provided or .");
     return false;
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index df1433105d..bff4681372 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ cmGlobalGenerator::EnableLanguage(std::vector<std::string>const& languages,
       {
       if (this->CMakeInstance->GetIsInTryCompile())
         {
-        cmSystemTools::Error("This should not have happen. "
+        cmSystemTools::Error("This should not have happened. "
                              "If you see this message, you are probably "
                              "using a broken CMakeLists.txt file or a "
                              "problematic release of CMake");
diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index ee5b9d812d..69fb4d8c7f 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ void cmLocalGenerator::GenerateTestFiles()
        << "# Build directory: "
        << this->Makefile->GetStartOutputDirectory() << std::endl
        << "# " << std::endl
-       << "# This file includes the relevent testing commands "
+       << "# This file includes the relevant testing commands "
        << "required for " << std::endl
        << "# testing this directory and lists subdirectories to "
        << "be tested as well." << std::endl;
diff --git a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
index 47a6d2e66c..7cf9d91808 100644
--- a/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmMakefile.cxx
@@ -1436,7 +1436,7 @@ void cmMakefile::AddLinkDirectoryForTarget(const char *target,
   else
     {
     cmSystemTools::Error
-      ("Attempt to add link directories to non-existant target: ",
+      ("Attempt to add link directories to non-existent target: ",
        target, " for directory ", d);
     }
 }
@@ -4043,7 +4043,7 @@ void cmMakefile::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "\n"
      "This property only works for Visual Studio 7 and above; it is ignored "
      "on other generators. The property only applies when set on a directory "
-     "whose CMakeLists.txt conatins a project() command.");
+     "whose CMakeLists.txt contains a project() command.");
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("VS_GLOBAL_SECTION_POST_<section>", cmProperty::DIRECTORY,
      "Specify a postSolution global section in Visual Studio.",
@@ -4059,7 +4059,7 @@ void cmMakefile::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "\n"
      "This property only works for Visual Studio 7 and above; it is ignored "
      "on other generators. The property only applies when set on a directory "
-     "whose CMakeLists.txt conatins a project() command."
+     "whose CMakeLists.txt contains a project() command."
      "\n"
      "Note that CMake generates postSolution sections ExtensibilityGlobals "
      "and ExtensibilityAddIns by default. If you set the corresponding "
diff --git a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx
index 831e92e925..d2b8adf65c 100644
--- a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ cmPolicies::cmPolicies()
 
     this->DefinePolicy(
     CMP0016, "CMP0016",
-    "target_link_libraries() reports error if only argument is not a target.",
+    "target_link_libraries() reports error if its only argument "
+    "is not a target.",
     "In CMake 2.8.2 and lower the target_link_libraries() command silently "
     "ignored if it was called with only one argument, and this argument "
     "wasn't a valid target. "
@@ -452,7 +453,7 @@ cmPolicies::cmPolicies()
     "Prefer files from the CMake module directory when including from there.",
     "Starting with CMake 2.8.4, if a cmake-module shipped with CMake (i.e. "
     "located in the CMake module directory) calls include() or "
-    "find_package(), the files located in the the CMake module directory are "
+    "find_package(), the files located in the CMake module directory are "
     "preferred over the files in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH.  "
     "This makes sure that the modules belonging to "
     "CMake always get those files included which they expect, and against "
@@ -770,7 +771,7 @@ std::string cmPolicies::GetRequiredPolicyError(cmPolicies::PolicyID id)
   {
     cmSystemTools::Error(
       "Request for error text for undefined policy!");
-    return "Request for warning text for undefined policy!";
+    return "Request for error text for undefined policy!";
   }
 
   cmOStringStream error;
diff --git a/Source/cmSourceFile.cxx b/Source/cmSourceFile.cxx
index 1d4b0c8b40..8bb7d96f50 100644
--- a/Source/cmSourceFile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSourceFile.cxx
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ void cmSourceFile::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "the source file is. If it is not set the language is determined "
      "based on the file extension. Typical values are CXX C etc. Setting "
      "this property for a file means this file will be compiled. "
-     "Do not set this for header or files that should not be compiled.");
+     "Do not set this for headers or files that should not be compiled.");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("LOCATION", cmProperty::SOURCE_FILE,
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ void cmSourceFile::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "Some packages can wrap source files into alternate languages "
      "to provide additional functionality. For example, C++ code "
      "can be wrapped into Java or Python etc using SWIG etc. "
-     "If WRAP_EXCLUDE is set to true (1 etc) that indicates then "
+     "If WRAP_EXCLUDE is set to true (1 etc) that indicates that "
      "this source file should not be wrapped.");
 }
 
diff --git a/Source/cmSubdirCommand.cxx b/Source/cmSubdirCommand.cxx
index 0cfe7722da..e497b4642d 100644
--- a/Source/cmSubdirCommand.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSubdirCommand.cxx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ bool cmSubdirCommand
     else
       {
       std::string error = "Incorrect SUBDIRS command. Directory: ";
-      error += *i + " does not exists.";
+      error += *i + " does not exist.";
       this->SetError(error.c_str());
       res = false;
       }
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.cxx b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
index 66c22b16e4..f6dea4af89 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.cxx
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
      "If not set here then it is set to target_EXPORTS by default "
      "(with some substitutions if the target is not a valid C "
      "identifier). This is useful for headers to know whether they are "
-     "being included from inside their library our outside to properly "
+     "being included from inside their library or outside to properly "
      "setup dllexport/dllimport decorations. ");
 
   cm->DefineProperty
@@ -1143,7 +1143,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("MACOSX_FRAMEWORK_INFO_PLIST", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Specify a custom Info.plist template for a Mac OS X Framework.",
-     "An library target with FRAMEWORK enabled will be built as a "
+     "A library target with FRAMEWORK enabled will be built as a "
      "framework on Mac OS X.  "
      "By default its Info.plist file is created by configuring a template "
      "called MacOSXFrameworkInfo.plist.in located in the CMAKE_MODULE_PATH.  "
@@ -1234,7 +1234,7 @@ void cmTarget::DefineProperties(cmake *cm)
   cm->DefineProperty
     ("GENERATOR_FILE_NAME", cmProperty::TARGET,
      "Generator's file for this target.",
-     "An internal property used by some generators to record the name of "
+     "An internal property used by some generators to record the name of the "
      "project or dsp file associated with this target. Note that at configure "
      "time, this property is only set for targets created by "
      "include_external_msproject().");
diff --git a/Source/cmake.cxx b/Source/cmake.cxx
index ca6b6617fb..5303826994 100644
--- a/Source/cmake.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmake.cxx
@@ -4173,7 +4173,7 @@ int cmake::VisualStudioLink(std::vector<std::string>& args, int type)
     {
     if(verbose)
       {
-      std::cout << "Visual Studio Incremental Link with embeded manifests\n";
+      std::cout << "Visual Studio Incremental Link with embedded manifests\n";
       }
     return cmake::VisualStudioLinkIncremental(expandedArgs, type, verbose);
     }
diff --git a/Source/cmakemain.cxx b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
index 42678419e4..77a5e43949 100644
--- a/Source/cmakemain.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmakemain.cxx
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
   {"-L[A][H]", "List non-advanced cached variables.",
    "List cache variables will run CMake and list all the variables from the "
    "CMake cache that are not marked as INTERNAL or ADVANCED. This will "
-   "effectively display current CMake settings, which can be then changed "
-   "with -D option. Changing some of the variable may result in more "
+   "effectively display current CMake settings, which can then be changed "
+   "with -D option. Changing some of the variables may result in more "
    "variables being created. If A is specified, then it will display also "
    "advanced variables. If H is specified, it will also display help for "
    "each variable."},
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
    "format is determined depending on the filename suffix. Supported are man "
    "page, HTML, DocBook and plain text."},
   {"--help-commands [file]", "Print help for all commands and exit.",
-   "Full documentation specific for all current command is displayed."
+   "Full documentation specific for all current commands is displayed."
    "If a file is specified, the documentation is written into and the output "
    "format is determined depending on the filename suffix. Supported are man "
    "page, HTML, DocBook and plain text."},
diff --git a/Source/ctest.cxx b/Source/ctest.cxx
index 3e63183ebc..285ec170b3 100644
--- a/Source/ctest.cxx
+++ b/Source/ctest.cxx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
    "Test output is normally suppressed and only summary information is "
    "displayed.  This option will show even more test output."},
   {"--debug", "Displaying more verbose internals of CTest.",
-    "This feature will result in large number of output that is mostly "
+    "This feature will result in a large number of output that is mostly "
     "useful for debugging dashboard problems."},
   {"--output-on-failure", "Output anything outputted by the test program "
    "if the test should fail.  This option can also be enabled by setting "
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
    "This option tells ctest to NOT run the tests whose labels match the "
    "given regular expression."},
   {"-D <dashboard>, --dashboard <dashboard>", "Execute dashboard test",
-   "This option tells ctest to perform act as a Dart client and perform "
+   "This option tells ctest to act as a Dart client and perform "
    "a dashboard test. All tests are <Mode><Test>, where Mode can be "
    "Experimental, Nightly, and Continuous, and Test can be Start, Update, "
    "Configure, Build, Test, Coverage, and Submit."},
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static const char * cmDocumentationOptions[][3] =
    "to this command line are the source and binary directories. By default "
    "this will run CMake on the Source/Bin directories specified unless "
    "--build-nocmake is specified. Both --build-makeprogram and "
-   "--build-generator MUST be provided to use --built-and-test. If "
+   "--build-generator MUST be provided to use --build-and-test. If "
    "--test-command is specified then that will be run after the build is "
    "complete. Other options that affect this mode are --build-target "
    "--build-nocmake, --build-run-dir, "
diff --git a/Tests/CompatibleInterface/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CompatibleInterface/CMakeLists.txt
index cd0a37d20a..fc76e4855b 100644
--- a/Tests/CompatibleInterface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CompatibleInterface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ set_property(TARGET iface2 APPEND PROPERTY
 # properties defined only in the interface - they should be implicitly zero
 set_property(TARGET iface2
   APPEND PROPERTY
-    LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES $<$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:BOOL_PROP4>>:nonexistant>
+    LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES $<$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:BOOL_PROP4>>:nonexistent>
 )
 target_link_libraries(CompatibleInterface iface2
-      $<$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Iface2_PROP>>:nonexistant>
+      $<$<BOOL:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Iface2_PROP>>:nonexistent>
 )
 # Test that this does not segfault:
 target_compile_definitions(CompatibleInterface
diff --git a/Tests/ReturnTest/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ReturnTest/CMakeLists.txt
index 3bd7ce0991..c4c606c58c 100644
--- a/Tests/ReturnTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/ReturnTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ endwhile()
 if ("${iter}" STREQUAL "aaa")
   pass ("break in a while")
 else ()
-  failed ("break in a whi;e got: ${whiletestResult}")
+  failed ("break in a while got: ${whiletestResult}")
 endif ()
 
 
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget-stderr.txt
index 3b3bab07d0..3adf73ea0f 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget-stderr.txt
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget-stderr.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 CMake Error at BadNonTarget.cmake:7 \(include_directories\):
   Error evaluating generator expression:
 
-    \$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NonExistant,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
+    \$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NonExistent,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
 
-  Target "NonExistant" not found.
+  Target "NonExistent" not found.
 Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
   CMakeLists.txt:8 \(include\)$
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget.cmake
index b020c08218..97d81e9f17 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions/BadNonTarget.cmake
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/main.cpp"
 
 add_executable(TargetPropertyGeneratorExpressions
            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/main.cpp")
-include_directories("$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NonExistant,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>")
+include_directories("$<TARGET_PROPERTY:NonExistent,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>")
diff --git a/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_7zip.c b/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_7zip.c
index 5bb248c550..b6589dda98 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_7zip.c
+++ b/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_7zip.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ _7z_options(struct archive_write *a, const char *key, const char *value)
 		else {
 			archive_set_error(&(a->archive),
 			    ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
-			    "Unkonwn compression name: `%s'",
+			    "Unknown compression name: `%s'",
 			    value);
 			return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
 		}
diff --git a/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_xar.c b/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_xar.c
index 96b7b2f927..4515157bca 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_xar.c
+++ b/Utilities/cmlibarchive/libarchive/archive_write_set_format_xar.c
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ xar_options(struct archive_write *a, const char *key, const char *value)
 		else {
 			archive_set_error(&(a->archive),
 			    ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
-			    "Unkonwn checksum name: `%s'",
+			    "Unknown checksum name: `%s'",
 			    value);
 			return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
 		}
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ xar_options(struct archive_write *a, const char *key, const char *value)
 		else {
 			archive_set_error(&(a->archive),
 			    ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
-			    "Unkonwn compression name: `%s'",
+			    "Unknown compression name: `%s'",
 			    value);
 			return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
 		}
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ xar_options(struct archive_write *a, const char *key, const char *value)
 		else {
 			archive_set_error(&(a->archive),
 			    ARCHIVE_ERRNO_MISC,
-			    "Unkonwn checksum name: `%s'",
+			    "Unknown checksum name: `%s'",
 			    value);
 			return (ARCHIVE_FAILED);
 		}