diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
index ec6207baf4d..14292cbef06 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst
@@ -835,7 +835,7 @@ interpreter lock and can perform any Python API calls.
    it returns -1 without setting any exception.
 
    This function can be called on any thread, be it a Python thread or
-   some other system thread.  If it is a Python thread, it doesen't matter if
+   some other system thread.  If it is a Python thread, it doesn't matter if
    it holds the global interpreter lock or not.
 
    .. versionadded:: 2.7
diff --git a/Doc/distutils/packageindex.rst b/Doc/distutils/packageindex.rst
index c4cbf886167..1498394481a 100644
--- a/Doc/distutils/packageindex.rst
+++ b/Doc/distutils/packageindex.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ repository to work with::
 
     python setup.py register -r http://example.com/pypi
 
-The name of the section that describes the repository may also be used
-for conveniency::
+For convenience, the name of the section that describes the repository
+may also be used::
 
     python setup.py register -r other
diff --git a/Doc/library/2to3.rst b/Doc/library/2to3.rst
index 03cfbbee712..7011f92b2ba 100644
--- a/Doc/library/2to3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/2to3.rst
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ differentiate between the print statement with parentheses (such as ``print
 Fixers
 ------
 
-Each step of tranforming code is encapsulated in a fixer.  The command ``2to3
+Each step of transforming code is encapsulated in a fixer.  The command ``2to3
 -l`` lists them.  As :ref:`documented above <2to3-using>`, each can be turned on
 and off individually.  They are described here in more detail.
 
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@ and off individually.  They are described here in more detail.
 
 .. 2to3fixer:: idioms
 
-   This optional fixer preforms several transformations that make Python code
-   more idiomatic.  Type comparisions like ``type(x) is SomeClass`` and
+   This optional fixer performs several transformations that make Python code
+   more idiomatic.  Type comparisons like ``type(x) is SomeClass`` and
    ``type(x) == SomeClass`` are converted to ``isinstance(x, SomeClass)``.
    ``while 1`` becomes ``while True``.  This fixer also tries to make use of
-   :func:`sorted` in appropiate places.  For example, this block ::
+   :func:`sorted` in appropriate places.  For example, this block ::
 
        L = list(some_iterable)
        L.sort()
diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 9673dab8f14..a50ffbfe64a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ The following exceptions are only used as base classes for other exceptions.
    The base class for all built-in exceptions.  It is not meant to be directly
    inherited by user-defined classes (for that use :exc:`Exception`).  If
    :func:`str` or :func:`unicode` is called on an instance of this class, the
-   representation of the argument(s) to the instance are returned or the emptry
+   representation of the argument(s) to the instance are returned or the empty
    string when there were no arguments.  All arguments are  stored in :attr:`args`
    as a tuple.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/turtle.rst b/Doc/library/turtle.rst
index fd84597534a..97074204a4b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/turtle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/turtle.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The object-oriented interface uses essentially two+two classes:
 
 The procedural interface provides functions which are derived from the methods
 of the classes :class:`Screen` and :class:`Turtle`.  They have the same names as
-the corresponding methods.  A screen object is automativally created whenever a
+the corresponding methods.  A screen object is automatically created whenever a
 function derived from a Screen method is called.  An (unnamed) turtle object is
 automatically created whenever any of the functions derived from a Turtle method
 is called.
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@ The public classes of the module :mod:`turtle`
    =========== ===========
    "polygon"   a polygon-tuple, i.e. a tuple of pairs of coordinates
    "image"     an image  (in this form only used internally!)
-   "compound"  ``None`` (a compund shape has to be constructed using the
+   "compound"  ``None`` (a compound shape has to be constructed using the
                :meth:`addcomponent` method)
    =========== ===========
 
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ There is a set of demo scripts in the turtledemo directory located in the
 
 It contains:
 
-- a set of 15 demo scripts demonstrating differet features of the new module
+- a set of 15 demo scripts demonstrating different features of the new module
   :mod:`turtle`
 - a demo viewer :file:`turtleDemo.py` which can be used to view the sourcecode
   of the scripts and run them at the same time. 14 of the examples can be