diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml
index 5c4e27119..e3685c4e4 100644
--- a/chapter05/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ esac</userinput></screen>
 cd       build</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Ensure that the <command>ldconfig</command> and <command>sln</command>
-    utilites are installed into
+    utilities are installed into
     <filename class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">echo "rootsbindir=/usr/sbin" &gt; configparms</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter07/cleanup.xml b/chapter07/cleanup.xml
index e5bdd1c04..651f2e8d6 100644
--- a/chapter07/cleanup.xml
+++ b/chapter07/cleanup.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ umount $LFS/{sys,proc,run,dev}</userinput></screen>
     <note>
        <para>
           Because the backup archive is compressed, it takes a relatively
-          long time (over 10 minutes) even on a resonably fast system.
+          long time (over 10 minutes) even on a reasonably fast system.
        </para>
     </note>
 
diff --git a/chapter07/util-linux.xml b/chapter07/util-linux.xml
index 8295d0d8e..9adf2995c 100644
--- a/chapter07/util-linux.xml
+++ b/chapter07/util-linux.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <term><parameter>ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>This sets the location of the file recording information about
-          the hardware clock in accordance to the FHS. This is not stricly
+          the hardware clock in accordance to the FHS. This is not strictly
           needed for this temporary tool, but it prevents creating a file
           at another location, which would not be overwritten or removed
           when building the final util-linux package.</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/glibc.xml b/chapter08/glibc.xml
index 4e241b40f..be7d646d0 100644
--- a/chapter08/glibc.xml
+++ b/chapter08/glibc.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 cd       build</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Ensure that the <command>ldconfig</command> and <command>sln</command>
-    utilites will be installed into
+    utilities will be installed into
     <filename class="directory">/usr/sbin</filename>:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">echo "rootsbindir=/usr/sbin" &gt; configparms</userinput></screen>
diff --git a/chapter08/jinja2.xml b/chapter08/jinja2.xml
index 5e38154ad..3ac2bdb41 100644
--- a/chapter08/jinja2.xml
+++ b/chapter08/jinja2.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <title/>
 
     <para>Jinja2 is a Python module that implements a simple pythonic template
-    lanuage.</para>
+    language.</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>
       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
diff --git a/chapter08/libffi.xml b/chapter08/libffi.xml
index 925cf818a..d71f8d2e6 100644
--- a/chapter08/libffi.xml
+++ b/chapter08/libffi.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
     <note>
       <para>Similar to GMP, libffi builds with optimizations specific
-      to the proccesor in use. If building for another system, export
+      to the processor in use. If building for another system, export
       CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS to specify a generic build for your architecture.
       If this is not done, all applications that link to libffi will trigger
       Illegal Operation Errors.</para>
diff --git a/chapter08/stripping.xml b/chapter08/stripping.xml
index 22b34562a..e7ab14f6d 100644
--- a/chapter08/stripping.xml
+++ b/chapter08/stripping.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   rationale to use the <command>install</command> command here.</para>
 
   <note><para>The ELF loader's name is ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 on 64-bit systems
-  and ld-linux.so.2 on 32-bit systems.  The contruct below selects the
+  and ld-linux.so.2 on 32-bit systems.  The construct below selects the
   correct name for the current architecture.</para></note>
 
 <!-- also of interest are libgfortan, libgo, libgomp, and libobjc from GCC -->
diff --git a/chapter09/inputrc.xml b/chapter09/inputrc.xml
index de5401d2c..cf501c393 100644
--- a/chapter09/inputrc.xml
+++ b/chapter09/inputrc.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 # Allow the command prompt to wrap to the next line
 set horizontal-scroll-mode Off
 
-# Enable 8bit input
+# Enable 8-bit input
 set meta-flag On
 set input-meta On
 
diff --git a/chapter09/systemd-custom.xml b/chapter09/systemd-custom.xml
index 085b983c5..22fb32525 100644
--- a/chapter09/systemd-custom.xml
+++ b/chapter09/systemd-custom.xml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
        <listitem>
          <para><command>systemctl show -p Wants <replaceable>&lt;multi-user.target&gt;</replaceable></command>:
          shows all units that depend on the multi-user target. Targets are
-         special unit files that are anogalous to runlevels under
+         special unit files that are analogous to runlevels under
          SysVinit.</para>
        </listitem>
        <listitem>