Fix user-facing typos (mainly in descriptions)

35 files changed, 37 insertions, 37 deletions

diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/transcode/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/transcode/default.nix
index c414992a12d..f47c8fa2eec 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/audio/transcode/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/transcode/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Suite of command line utilities for transcoding video and audio codecs, and for converting beween different container formats";
+    description = "Suite of command line utilities for transcoding video and audio codecs, and for converting between different container formats";
     homepage = http://www.transcoding.org/;
     license = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/sqliteman/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/sqliteman/default.nix
index 803dfe075c1..f655a0f8c26 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/sqliteman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/sqliteman/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Sqliteman is simple but powerfull Sqlite3 GUI database manager.";
+    description = "A simple but powerful Sqlite3 GUI database manager";
     homepage = http://sqliteman.yarpen.cz/;
     license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
     platforms = platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-bz/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-bz/default.nix
index 4c4ff62901e..4015867b0eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-bz/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git-bz/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       git-bz is a tool for integrating the Git command line with the
       Bugzilla bug-tracking system. Operations such as attaching patches to
       bugs, applying patches in bugs to your current tree, and closing bugs
-      once you've pushed the fixes publically can be done completely from
+      once you've pushed the fixes publicly can be done completely from
       the command line without having to go to your web browser.
 
       Authentication for git-bz is done by reading the cookies for the
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
index 484e28972cb..9ad739a361d 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/shotcut/default.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A free, open source, cross-platform video editor";
     longDescription = ''
-      An offical binary for Shotcut, which includes all the
+      An official binary for Shotcut, which includes all the
       dependencies pinned to specific versions, is provided on
       http://shotcut.org.
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/common.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/common.nix
index fdb1195bb82..915b5466634 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/rustc/common.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     then "macos-i386"
     else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin"
     then "macos-x86_64"
-    else abort "no snapshot to boostrap for this platform (missing platform url suffix)";
+    else abort "no snapshot to bootstrap for this platform (missing platform url suffix)";
 
   target = if stdenv.system == "i686-linux"
     then "i686-unknown-linux-gnu"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     then "i686-apple-darwin"
     else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin"
     then "x86_64-apple-darwin"
-    else abort "no snapshot to boostrap for this platform (missing target triple";
+    else abort "no snapshot to bootstrap for this platform (missing target triple";
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://www.rust-lang.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdome2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdome2/default.nix
index f16a39e6ab0..bf9b645c8f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/gdome2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/gdome2/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://gdome2.cs.unibo.it/;
-    description = "DOM C library developped for the Gnome project";
+    description = "DOM C library developed for the Gnome project";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.roconnor ];
     broken = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/hunspell/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/hunspell/default.nix
index 9ae1a5cf88a..98f6511f391 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/hunspell/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/hunspell/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       Main features:
 
       * Extended support for language peculiarities; Unicode character encoding, compounding and complex morphology.
-      * Improved suggestion using n-gram similarity, rule and dictionary based pronounciation data.
+      * Improved suggestion using n-gram similarity, rule and dictionary based pronunciation data.
       * Morphological analysis, stemming and generation.
       * Hunspell is based on MySpell and works also with MySpell dictionaries.
       * C++ library under GPL/LGPL/MPL tri-license.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcdio/0.82.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcdio/0.82.nix
index db4af40afbd..2b4be7ae230 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcdio/0.82.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcdio/0.82.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "A library for OS-independent CD-ROM and CD image access";
     longDescription = ''
-      GNU libcdio is a library for OS-idependent CD-ROM and
+      GNU libcdio is a library for OS-independent CD-ROM and
       CD image access.  It includes a library for working with
       ISO-9660 filesystems (libiso9660), as well as utility
       programs such as an audio CD player and an extractor.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcdio/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcdio/default.nix
index 02dd10841c1..4188306128e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libcdio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libcdio/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   meta = {
     description = "A library for OS-independent CD-ROM and CD image access";
     longDescription = ''
-      GNU libcdio is a library for OS-idependent CD-ROM and
+      GNU libcdio is a library for OS-independent CD-ROM and
       CD image access.  It includes a library for working with
       ISO-9660 filesystems (libiso9660), as well as utility
       programs such as an audio CD player and an extractor.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.2.nix
index f50331ba684..dfdb86901c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.2.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.2.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
       reedit those lines, and perform csh-like history expansion on
       previous commands.
 
-      The history facilites are also placed into a separate library,
+      The history facilities are also placed into a separate library,
       the History library, as part of the build process.  The History
       library may be used without Readline in applications which
       desire its capabilities.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.3.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.3.nix
index ea459f291b3..98ebcdabebe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.3.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/readline/6.3.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       reedit those lines, and perform csh-like history expansion on
       previous commands.
 
-      The history facilites are also placed into a separate library,
+      The history facilities are also placed into a separate library,
       the History library, as part of the build process.  The History
       library may be used without Readline in applications which
       desire its capabilities.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/slib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/slib/default.nix
index 02e7dc24159..daf716296a1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/slib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/slib/default.nix
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       provides a platform independent framework for using packages of Scheme
       procedures and syntax.  As distributed, SLIB contains useful packages
       for all Scheme implementations.  Its catalog can be transparently
-      extended to accomodate packages specific to a site, implementation,
+      extended to accommodate packages specific to a site, implementation,
       user, or directory.
 
       SLIB supports Bigloo, Chez, ELK 3.0, Gambit 4.0, Guile, JScheme, Kawa,
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ti-rpc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ti-rpc/default.nix
index 9b08b8d5d90..a85f8a6b11c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ti-rpc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ti-rpc/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
        migrated their SunRPC library to a TI-RPC (Transport Independent
        RPC) implementation.  This implementation allows the support of
        other transports than UDP and TCP over IPv4.  FreeBSD provides a
-       TI-RPC library ported from NetBSD with improvments.  This library
+       TI-RPC library ported from NetBSD with improvements.  This library
        already supports IPv6.  So, the FreeBSD release 5.2.1 TI-RPC has
        been ported to replace the SunRPC of the glibc.
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/misc/avr-gcc-with-avr-libc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/misc/avr-gcc-with-avr-libc/default.nix
index 1f54d132dcc..8c0854ef3de 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/misc/avr-gcc-with-avr-libc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/misc/avr-gcc-with-avr-libc/default.nix
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-      description = "AVR developement environment including binutils, avr-gcc and avr-libc";
+      description = "AVR development environment including binutils, avr-gcc and avr-libc";
       # I've tried compiling the packages separately.. too much hassle. This just works. Fine.
       license =  ["GPL" "LGPL"]; # see single packages ..
       homepage = []; # dito
diff --git a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/tyxml/default.nix b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/tyxml/default.nix
index 77cf0638255..265b94392b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/tyxml/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/ocaml-modules/tyxml/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://ocsigen.org/tyxml/;
-    description = "A library that makes it almost impossible for your OCaml programs to generate wrong XML ouput, using static typing";
+    description = "A library that makes it almost impossible for your OCaml programs to generate wrong XML output, using static typing";
     license = licenses.lgpl21;
     platforms = ocaml.meta.platforms;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cargo/common.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cargo/common.nix
index 04eaec9daef..00bf4aa746a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cargo/common.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/cargo/common.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ rec {
     then "i686-apple-darwin"
     else if stdenv.system == "x86_64-darwin"
     then "x86_64-apple-darwin"
-    else throw "no snapshot to boostrap for this platform (missing platform url suffix)";
+    else throw "no snapshot to bootstrap for this platform (missing platform url suffix)";
 
   snapshotHash = if stdenv.system == "i686-linux"
     then "4dea04e278192c5409f43794a98f20a8f59df2d9"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/ocp-build/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/ocp-build/default.nix
index 4970d641643..dc846acb500 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/ocp-build/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/ocaml/ocp-build/default.nix
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       ocp-build is a build system for OCaml application, based on simple
       descriptions of packages. ocp-build combines the descriptions of
       packages, and optimize the parallel compilation of files depending on
-      the number of cores and the automatically-infered dependencies
+      the number of cores and the automatically-inferred dependencies
       between source files.
     '';
     license = licenses.gpl3;
diff --git a/pkgs/games/fairymax/default.nix b/pkgs/games/fairymax/default.nix
index 85fbd2d6a3b..3ae4ee7f205 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/fairymax/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/fairymax/default.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
        A version of micro-Max that reads the piece description
        from a file fmax.ini, so that arbitrary fairy pieces can be
        implemented. This version (4.8J) supports up to 15 piece types,
-       and board sizes upto 12x8 board. A Linux port exists in the
+       and board sizes up to 12x8. A Linux port exists in the
        format of a debian package.
     '';
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.free ;
diff --git a/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix b/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix
index 3dbc86a7378..3768375d625 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/hedgewars/default.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
-    description = "Turn-based strategy artillery game similiar to Worms";
+    description = "Turn-based strategy artillery game similar to Worms";
     homepage = http://hedgewars.org/;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
     longDescription = ''
diff --git a/pkgs/games/openttd/default.nix b/pkgs/games/openttd/default.nix
index d8ae07705c6..afef33cce2d 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/openttd/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/openttd/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
       In multiplayer networked mode, players may:
         - play competitively as different businesses
-        - play cooperatively controling the same business
+        - play cooperatively controlling the same business
         - observe as spectators
     '';
     homepage = http://www.openttd.org/;
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/stella/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/stella/default.nix
index d26b5281efa..198226c759a 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/stella/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/stella/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     the GNU General Public License (GPL). Stella was originally
     developed for Linux by Bradford W. Mott, and is currently
     maintained by Stephen Anthony.
-    As of its 3.5 release, Stella is officialy donationware. 
+    As of its 3.5 release, Stella is officially donationware. 
     '';
     homepage = http://stella.sourceforge.net/;
     license = licenses.gpl2;
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/emulators/uae/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/emulators/uae/default.nix
index 0fa5a08d2dc..85fc6df9520 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/emulators/uae/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/emulators/uae/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   buildInputs = [ pkgconfig gtk alsaLib SDL ];
   
   meta = {
-    description = "Ultimate/Unix/Unusuable Amiga Emulator";
+    description = "Ultimate/Unix/Unusable Amiga Emulator";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
     homepage = http://www.amigaemulator.org;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.sander ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/X11/sselp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/X11/sselp/default.nix
index 6ef7128dd4c..b0bf8a10169 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/X11/sselp/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/X11/sselp/default.nix
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://tools.suckless.org/sselp";
-    description = "Prints the X selection to stdout, usefull in scripts";
+    description = "Prints the X selection to stdout, useful in scripts";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.mit;
     maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.magnetophon ];
     platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/kzipmix/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/kzipmix/default.nix
index bff8068db60..f768189040b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/kzipmix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/kzipmix/default.nix
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool that agressively optimizes the sizes of Zip archives";
+    description = "A tool that aggressively optimizes the sizes of Zip archives";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
     homepage = http://advsys.net/ken/utils.htm;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.sander ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/pngout/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pngout/default.nix
index ff2a18c9fed..471823ed923 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/pngout/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/pngout/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   '';
 
   meta = {
-    description = "A tool that agressively optimizes the sizes of PNG images";
+    description = "A tool that aggressively optimizes the sizes of PNG images";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.unfree;
     homepage = http://advsys.net/ken/utils.htm;
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.sander ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix
index a92b4ae3b1b..a94ad14ca22 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/autojump/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ in
         works by maintaining a database of the directories you use the
         most from the command line.  The jstat command shows you the
         current contents of the database.  You need to work a little
-        bit before the database becomes useable.  Once your database
+        bit before the database becomes usable.  Once your database
         is reasonably complete, you can “jump” to a directory by
         typing "j dirspec", where dirspec is a few characters of the
         directory you want to jump to.  It will jump to the most used
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/unclutter/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/unclutter/default.nix
index 542530532de..d97ba727bae 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/unclutter/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/unclutter/default.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     longDescription = ''
       Unclutter hides your X mouse cursor when you do not need it, to prevent
       it from getting in the way. You have only to move the mouse to restore
-      the mouse cursor. Unclutter is very usefull in tiling wm's where you do
+      the mouse cursor. Unclutter is very useful in tiling wm's where you do
       not need the mouse often.
 
       Just run it from your .bash_profile like that:
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix
index 4d18c4adb37..c7376ad47b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/bwm-ng/default.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
         Info
         This was influenced by the old bwm util written by Barney (barney@freewill.tzo.com) which had some issues with faster interfaces and was very simple. Since i had almost all code done anyway for other projects, i decided to create my own version.
 
-        I actually dont know if netstat input is usefull at all. I saw this elsewhere, so i added it. Its target is "netstat 1.42 (2001-04-15)" linux or Free/Open/netBSD. If there are other formats i would be happy to add them.
+        I actually don't know if netstat input is useful at all. I saw this elsewhere, so i added it. Its target is "netstat 1.42 (2001-04-15)" linux or Free/Open/netBSD. If there are other formats i would be happy to add them.
         
         (from homepage)
     '';
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/20.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/20.nix
index 58a7cb7e34c..7bace2ef1c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/20.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/20.nix
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       GnuPG is the GNU project's complete and free implementation of
       the OpenPGP standard as defined by RFC4880.  GnuPG allows to
       encrypt and sign your data and communication, features a
-      versatile key managment system as well as access modules for all
+      versatile key management system as well as access modules for all
       kind of public key directories.  GnuPG, also known as GPG, is a
       command line tool with features for easy integration with other
       applications.  A wealth of frontend applications and libraries
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/haveged/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/haveged/default.nix
index 91949cf0893..8f332a53007 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/haveged/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/haveged/default.nix
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       random number generator based upon an adaptation of the HAVEGE algorithm.
       Haveged was created to remedy low-entropy conditions in the Linux random device
       that can occur under some workloads, especially on headless servers. Current development
-      of haveged is directed towards improving overall reliablity and adaptability while minimizing
+      of haveged is directed towards improving overall reliability and adaptability while minimizing
       the barriers to using haveged for other tasks.
     '';
     homepage = http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/opensc-dnie-wrapper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/opensc-dnie-wrapper/default.nix
index b36d99f8ebf..8003073159a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/security/opensc-dnie-wrapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/opensc-dnie-wrapper/default.nix
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Access to the opensc tools and firefox using the Spanish national ID SmartCard";
     longDescription = ''
       Opensc needs a special configuration and special drivers to use the SmartCard
-      the Spanish governement provides to the citizens as ID card.
+      the Spanish government provides to the citizens as ID card.
       Some wrapper scripts take care for the proper opensc configuration to be used, in order
       to access the certificates in the SmartCard through the opensc tools or firefox.
       Opensc will require a pcscd daemon running, managing the access to the card reader.
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/multitran/mtutils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/multitran/mtutils/default.nix
index b03b1b110c4..ca65c567c66 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/multitran/mtutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/multitran/mtutils/default.nix
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://multitran.sourceforge.net/;
-    description = "Multitran: simple command line utilities for dictionary maintainance";
+    description = "Multitran: simple command line utilities for dictionary maintenance";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
     maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [viric];
     platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/latex2html/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/latex2html/default.nix
index 1d1746e9a4b..f6fc640eb3f 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/latex2html/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/latex2html/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.latex2html.org/";
-    description = "Convertor written in Perl that converts LaTeX documents to HTML";
+    description = "Converter written in Perl that converts LaTeX documents to HTML";
     license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
   };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
index 812af3e4c3e..813284ede8f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/perl-packages.nix
@@ -5904,7 +5904,7 @@ let self = _self // overrides; _self = with self; {
     buildInputs = [ TestFatal ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ ClassMethodModifiers DevelGlobalDestruction ImportInto ModuleRuntime RoleTiny strictures ];
     meta = {
-      description = "Minimalist Object Orientation (with Moose compatiblity)";
+      description = "Minimalist Object Orientation (with Moose compatibility)";
       license = with stdenv.lib.licenses; [ artistic1 gpl1Plus ];
     };
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index ffd81c232a3..77e380105c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ let
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       homepage = https://github.com/nicolargo/batinfo;
-      description = "A simple Python lib to retreive battery information";
+      description = "A simple Python lib to retrieve battery information";
       license = licenses.lgpl3;
       platforms = platforms.all;
       maintainers = [ maintainers.koral ];
@@ -12098,7 +12098,7 @@ let
     buildInputs = with self; [ requests gevent ];
 
     meta = {
-      description = "GRequests allows you to use Requests with Gevent to make asyncronous HTTP Requests easily.";
+      description = "GRequests allows you to use Requests with Gevent to make asynchronous HTTP Requests easily.";
       homepage = https://github.com/kennethreitz/grequests;
       license = "bsd";
       maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.matejc ];