diff --git a/README b/README
index 96a77e7c2..fa0353b90 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
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 README
diff --git a/docs/BINDINGS b/docs/BINDINGS
index f584942e1..049aa91d0 100644
--- a/docs/BINDINGS
+++ b/docs/BINDINGS
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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                                libcurl bindings
diff --git a/docs/CONTRIBUTE b/docs/CONTRIBUTE
index be2d8e320..4747bd5d9 100644
--- a/docs/CONTRIBUTE
+++ b/docs/CONTRIBUTE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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 To Think About When Contributing Source Code
@@ -138,15 +138,15 @@ How To Make a Patch
 
  If you have modified a single file, try something like:
 
-     diff -u undmodified-file.c my-changed-one.c > my-fixes.diff
+     diff -u unmodified-file.c my-changed-one.c > my-fixes.diff
 
  If you have modified several files, possibly in different directories, you
  can use diff recursively:
 
-     diff -ur curl-original-dir curl-modfied-sources-dir > my-fixes.diff
+     diff -ur curl-original-dir curl-modified-sources-dir > my-fixes.diff
 
  The GNU diff and GNU patch tools exist for virtually all platforms, including
- all kinds of unixes and Windows:
+ all kinds of Unixes and Windows:
 
  For unix-like operating systems:
 
diff --git a/docs/HISTORY b/docs/HISTORY
index 23531cda6..884dcea53 100644
--- a/docs/HISTORY
+++ b/docs/HISTORY
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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                           How cURL Became Like This
diff --git a/docs/INSTALL b/docs/INSTALL
index cfbfad6d8..d095eb094 100644
--- a/docs/INSTALL
+++ b/docs/INSTALL
@@ -158,17 +158,9 @@ Win32
         Make the sources in the src/ drawer be a "win32 console application"
         project. Name it curl.
 
-        With VC++, add 'ws2_32.lib' to the link libs when you build curl!
-        Borland seems to do that itself magically. Of course you have to make
-        sure it links with the libcurl too!
-
         For VC++ 6, there's an included Makefile.vc6 that should be possible
         to use out-of-the-box.
 
-        Microsoft note: add /Zm200 to the compiler options to increase the
-        compiler's memory allocation limit, as the hugehelp.c won't compile
-        due to "too long puts string".
-
 
    With SSL:
 
@@ -596,3 +588,5 @@ Zlib
       http://www.gzip.org/zlib/
 
 
+
+ LocalWords:  MingW