diff --git a/docs/behind-the-scenes.txt b/docs/behind-the-scenes.txt
index 62b4315..b82edd6 100644
--- a/docs/behind-the-scenes.txt
+++ b/docs/behind-the-scenes.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Everything stops here if the cache entry exists.
 Second step: parsing and file list
 ----------------------------------
 
-A compressor instance is created, which in turns instanciates the HTML parser.
+A compressor instance is created, which in turns instantiates the HTML parser.
 The parser is used to determine a file or code hunk list. Each file mtime is
 checked, first in cache and then on disk/storage, and this is used to
 determine an unique cache key.
diff --git a/docs/installation.txt b/docs/installation.txt
index 6f0583c..6fa198f 100644
--- a/docs/installation.txt
+++ b/docs/installation.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Installation
     )
 
 * See the list of :ref:`settings` to modify Django Compressor's
-  default behaviour and make adjustements for your website.
+  default behaviour and make adjustments for your website.
 
 * In case you use Django 1.3's staticfiles_ contrib app (or its standalone
   counterpart django-staticfiles_) you have to add Django Compressor's file
diff --git a/docs/settings.txt b/docs/settings.txt
index 6bf4c19..6d5e872 100644
--- a/docs/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/settings.txt
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ A list of filters that will be applied to javascript. Possible options are:
 ``compressor.filters.jsmin.JSMinFilter``
 """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 
-A filter that uses the jsmin implementation rJSmin_ to compess JavaScript code.
+A filter that uses the jsmin implementation rJSmin_ to compress JavaScript code.
 
 ``compressor.filters.closure.ClosureCompilerFilter``
 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ back to ``HtmlParser`` if ``lxml`` is not available.
 
 ``LxmlParser`` is the fastest available parser, but ``HtmlParser`` is not much
 slower. ``AutoSelectParser`` adds a slight overhead, but in most cases it
-won't be necesarry to change the default parser.
+won't be necessary to change the default parser.
 
 The other two included parsers are considerably slower and should only be
 used if absolutely necessary.
diff --git a/docs/usage.txt b/docs/usage.txt
index 316cd87..fa8727d 100644
--- a/docs/usage.txt
+++ b/docs/usage.txt
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ Which would be rendered something like:
 
     <script type="text/javascript" src="/static/CACHE/js/3f33b9146e12.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
-Linked files **must** be accesible via :ref:`COMPRESS_URL <compress_url>`.
+Linked files **must** be accessible via :ref:`COMPRESS_URL <compress_url>`.
 
 If the :ref:`COMPRESS <compress>` setting is ``False`` (defaults to the
 opposite of DEBUG) the ``compress`` template tag does nothing and simply returns
 exactly what it was given.
 
-If both DEBUG and :ref:`COMPRESS <compress>` are set to ``True``, uncompressable
-files (off-site or non existent) will throw and exception. If DEBUG is ``False``
+If both DEBUG and :ref:`COMPRESS <compress>` are set to ``True``, incompressible
+files (off-site or non existent) will throw an exception. If DEBUG is ``False``
 these files will be silently stripped.
 
 .. warning::
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ these files will be silently stripped.
     :ref:`COMPRESS_CACHE_BACKEND <compress_cache_backend>` and
     Django's `caching documentation`_).
 
-The compress template tag supports a second arguemnt specifying the output
+The compress template tag supports a second argument specifying the output
 mode and defaults to saving the result in a file. Alternatively you can
 pass '``inline``' to the template tag to return the content directly to the
 rendered page, e.g.:
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ would be rendered something like::
 Pre-compression
 ---------------
 
-Django Compressor comes with an optional ``compress`` mangement command to
+Django Compressor comes with an optional ``compress`` management command to
 run the compression outside of the request/response loop -- independent
 from user requests. This allows to pre-compress CSS and JavaScript files and
 works just like the automatic compression with the ``{% compress %}`` tag.