4 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/biblio b/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/biblio
index 0be09fa005..f2880dc490 100644
--- a/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/biblio
+++ b/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/biblio
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 %K torek
 
 %A Rich Wales
-%T Discusson of "dbm" data base system
+%T Discussion of "dbm" data base system
 %B USENET newsgroup unix.wizards
 %D Jan. 1984
 %K rich
diff --git a/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/dbe.c b/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/dbe.c
index 166e64efdf..f2aa29075a 100644
--- a/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/dbe.c
+++ b/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/dbe.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (giveusage || what == YOW || argn < 1) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s databse [-m r|w|rw] [-crtx] -a|-d|-f|-F|-s [key [content]]\n", argv[0]);
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s database [-m r|w|rw] [-crtx] -a|-d|-f|-F|-s [key [content]]\n", argv[0]);
 		exit(-1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.3 b/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.3
index fe6fe76e25..25afcbe4fe 100644
--- a/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.3
+++ b/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.3
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ you notice clustering or other effects that may be due to the hashing
 algorithm used by this package, you can override it by supplying your
 own
 .BR sdbm_hash (\|)
-routine.  Doing so will make the database unintelligable to any other
+routine.  Doing so will make the database unintelligible to any other
 applications that do not use your specialized hash function.
 .sp
 .LP
diff --git a/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c b/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
index c5f7aa8059..c554e527ea 100644
--- a/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
+++ b/ext/SDBM_File/sdbm/sdbm.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ sdbm_open(register char *file, register int flags, register int mode)
 	if (file == NULL || !*file)
 		return errno = EINVAL, (DBM *) NULL;
 /*
- * need space for two seperate filenames
+ * need space for two separate filenames
  */
 	filelen = strlen(file);
 
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ makroom(register DBM *db, long int hash, int need)
 		newp = (hash & db->hmask) | (db->hmask + 1);
 
 /*
- * write delay, read avoidence/cache shuffle:
+ * write delay, read avoidance/cache shuffle:
  * select the page for incoming pair: if key is to go to the new page,
  * write out the previous one, and copy the new one over, thus making
  * it the current page. If not, simply write the new page, and we are