diff --git a/bin/cfn-hup b/bin/cfn-hup
index ab6f2a1..690eca4 100755
--- a/bin/cfn-hup
+++ b/bin/cfn-hup
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ parser.add_argument('-c', '--config',
                     required=False,
                     default='/etc/cfn/hooks.d')
 parser.add_argument('-f', '--no-daemon',
-                    dest="no_deamon",
+                    dest="no_daemon",
                     action="store_true",
-                    help="Do not run as a deamon",
+                    help="Do not run as a daemon",
                     required=False)
 parser.add_argument('-v', '--verbose',
                     action="store_true",
diff --git a/bin/cfn-push-stats b/bin/cfn-push-stats
index 1fdce9f..da0d155 100755
--- a/bin/cfn-push-stats
+++ b/bin/cfn-push-stats
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--credential-file', dest="credential_file",
                     help="credential-file", required=False,
                     default='/etc/cfn/cfn-credentials')
 parser.add_argument('--service-failure', required=False, action="store_true",
-                    help='Reports a service falure.')
+                    help='Reports a service failure.')
 parser.add_argument('--mem-util', required=False, action="store_true",
                     help='Reports memory utilization in percentages.')
 parser.add_argument('--mem-used', required=False, action="store_true",
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ if args.service_failure:
         'Value': 1,
         'Units': 'Counter'}
 
-# heatbeat
+# heartbeat
 # ========
 if args.heartbeat:
     data['Heartbeat'] = {
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def send_stats(info):
         is_secure=False, port=8003, path="/v1", debug=0)
 
     # Then we send the metric datapoints passed in "info", note this could
-    # contain multiple keys as the options parsed above are noe exclusive
+    # contain multiple keys as the options parsed above are not exclusive
     # The alarm name is passed as a dimension so the metric datapoint can
     # be associated with the alarm/watch in the engine
     metadata = cfn_helper.Metadata('not-used', None)
diff --git a/bin/cfn-signal b/bin/cfn-signal
index 63f23cc..a8ab7c7 100755
--- a/bin/cfn-signal
+++ b/bin/cfn-signal
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ parser.add_argument('-i', '--id',
                     required=False)
 parser.add_argument('-e', '--exit-code',
                     dest="exit_code",
-                    help="The exit code from a procecc to interpret",
+                    help="The exit code from a process to interpret",
                     default=None,
                     required=False)
 parser.add_argument('--exit',
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if args.exit:
 status = 'FAILURE'
 exit_code = args.exit_code or args.exit
 if exit_code:
-    # "exit_code" takes presedence over "success".
+    # "exit_code" takes precedence over "success".
     if exit_code == '0':
         status = 'SUCCESS'
 else: