diff --git a/contrib/zsh_completion.in b/contrib/zsh_completion.in
index 3ef4b8dc..f74fa297 100644
--- a/contrib/zsh_completion.in
+++ b/contrib/zsh_completion.in
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ _pacman_opts_files=(
 	{-l,--list}'[List the files owned by the queried package]:package:_pacman_completions_all_packages'
 	{-o,--owns}'[Query the package that owns]:files:_files'
 	{-s,--search}'[Search package file names for matching strings]:files:_files'
-	{-x,--regex}'[Enable searching using regluar expressions]:regex:'
+	{-x,--regex}'[Enable searching using regular expressions]:regex:'
 	{-y,--refresh}'[Download fresh files databases from the server]'
 	'--machinereadable[Produce machine-readable output]'
 	{-q,--quiet}'[Show less information for query and search]'
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ _key_shortopts=(
 	'-a[Add the specified keys (empty for stdin)]: :_files'
 	'-d[Remove the Specified keyids]:*: :_keys'
 	'-e[Export the specified or all keyids]:*: :_keys'
-	'-f[List fingreprint for specidied or all keyids]:*: :_keys'
+	'-f[List fingerprint for specified or all keyids]:*: :_keys'
 	'-l[List the specified or all keys]:*: :_keys'
 	'-r[Fetch the specified keyids]:*: :_keys'
 	'-u[Update the trustdb of pacman]'
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ _key_longopts=(
 	'--add[Add the specified keys (empty for stdin)]: :_files'
 	'--delete[Remove the Specified keyids]:*: :_keys'
 	'--export[Export the specified or all keyids]:*: :_keys'
-	'--finger[List fingreprint for specidied or all keyids]:*: :_keys'
+	'--finger[List fingerprint for specified or all keyids]:*: :_keys'
 	'--list-keys[List the specified or all keys]:*: :_keys'
 	'--recv-keys[Fetch the specified keyids]:*: :_keys'
 	'--updatedb[Update the trustdb of pacman]'
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
index aa57d512..9b8166f9 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/alpm.h
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ typedef enum _alpm_event_type_t {
 	ALPM_EVENT_HOOK_DONE,
 	/** A hook is starting */
 	ALPM_EVENT_HOOK_RUN_START,
-	/** A hook has finnished runnning */
+	/** A hook has finished running */
 	ALPM_EVENT_HOOK_RUN_DONE
 } alpm_event_type_t;
 
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
index 247715eb..c9ed7708 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ int _alpm_pkg_validate_internal(alpm_handle_t *handle,
 }
 
 /**
- * Handle the existance of simple paths for _alpm_load_pkg_internal()
+ * Handle the existence of simple paths for _alpm_load_pkg_internal()
  * @param pkg package to change
  * @param path path to examine
  * @return 0 if path doesn't match any rule, 1 if it has been handled
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/deps.c b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
index 1fe7cd91..c35a2752 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/deps.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/deps.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ int _alpm_depcmp_literal(alpm_pkg_t *pkg, alpm_depend_t *dep)
 }
 
 /**
- * @param dep dependency to check agains the provision list
+ * @param dep dependency to check against the provision list
  * @param provisions provision list
  * @return 1 if provider is found, 0 otherwise
  */
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.h b/lib/libalpm/package.h
index 9fea3563..31add9ac 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/package.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/package.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 /** Package operations struct. This struct contains function pointers to
  * all methods used to access data in a package to allow for things such
- * as lazy package intialization (such as used by the file backend). Each
+ * as lazy package initialization (such as used by the file backend). Each
  * backend is free to define a stuct containing pointers to a specific
  * implementation of these methods. Some backends may find using the
  * defined default_pkg_ops struct to work just fine for their needs.