Fix typos

4 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/README b/README
index 19af6a6..87869d7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
       =======================================================
              libfaketime, version 0.9.6 (June 2014)
-        (previously also know as FakeTime Preload Library)
+        (previously also known as FakeTime Preload Library)
       =======================================================
 
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ FAKETIME="+1y i2,0"
 will make the clock step two seconds per each time(), etc. call, running
 completely independently of the system clock. It helps running programs
 with some determinism. In this single case all spawned processes will use
-the same global clock without restaring it at the start of each process.
+the same global clock without restarting it at the start of each process.
 
 For testing, your should run a command like
 
diff --git a/README.developers b/README.developers
index effe2ee..b8df57f 100644
--- a/README.developers
+++ b/README.developers
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ completely done via Github:
 - The "master" branch is updated with tested code only; it is ensured that
   it compiles and works cleanly at least on current Linux and OS X systems.
 
-Code contributions are highly welcome, preferrably via pull requests on Github.
+Code contributions are highly welcome, preferably via pull requests on Github.
 
 
 CODE STYLE
diff --git a/man/faketime.1 b/man/faketime.1
index 044da72..58a432c 100644
--- a/man/faketime.1
+++ b/man/faketime.1
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ faketime '2008-12-24 08:15:42' /bin/date
 faketime -f '+2,5y x10,0' /bin/bash -c 'date; while true; do echo $SECONDS ; sleep 1 ; done'
 faketime -f '+2,5y x0,50' /bin/bash -c 'date; while true; do echo $SECONDS ; sleep 1 ; done'
 faketime -f '+2,5y i2,0' /bin/bash -c 'while true; do date ; sleep 1 ; done'
-In this single case all spawned processes will use the same global clock without restaring it at the start of each process.
+In this single case all spawned processes will use the same global clock without restarting it at the start of each process.
 
 (Please note that it depends on your locale settings whether . or , has to be used for fractional offsets)
 .fi
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ When using relative time offsets or start-at timestamps (see ADVANCED TIMESTAMP
 .PP
 Faking times for multiple programs or even system-wide can be simplified by using ~/.faketimerc files and /etc/faketimerc. Please refer to the README that came with faketime for warnings and details.
 .SH AUTHOR
-Please see the README and NEWS files for contributers.
+Please see the README and NEWS files for contributors.
 .SH BUGS
 Due to limitations of the LD_PRELOAD mechanism, faketime will not work with suidroot and statically linked programs.
 While timestamps and time offsets will work for child processes, speeding the clock up or slowing it down might not
diff --git a/src/faketime.c b/src/faketime.c
index 2d3a96c..cdc7ab4 100644
--- a/src/faketime.c
+++ b/src/faketime.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void usage(const char *name)
   "%s -f '+2,5y x0,50' /bin/bash -c 'date; while true; do echo $SECONDS ; sleep 1 ; done'\n"
   "%s -f '+2,5y i2,0' /bin/bash -c 'date; while true; do date; sleep 1 ; done'\n"
   "In this single case all spawned processes will use the same global clock\n"
-  "without restaring it at the start of each process.\n\n"
+  "without restarting it at the start of each process.\n\n"
   "(Please note that it depends on your locale settings whether . or , has to be used for fractions)\n"
   "\n", name, name, name, name, name, name);
 }