diff --git a/Lib/test/test_defaultdict.py b/Lib/test/test_defaultdict.py
index a90bc2b488c..72183498acb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_defaultdict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_defaultdict.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class TestDefaultDict(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_callable_arg(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, defaultdict, {})
 
-    def test_pickleing(self):
+    def test_pickling(self):
         d = defaultdict(int)
         d[1]
         for proto in range(pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
diff --git a/Misc/HISTORY b/Misc/HISTORY
index 73fb1d3c9fc..fa2e3c73f61 100644
--- a/Misc/HISTORY
+++ b/Misc/HISTORY
@@ -23445,7 +23445,7 @@ uudecode bug where it complaints about trailing garbage is still there
 decimal numbers).
 
 - In string.atof(), don't fail when the "re" module is unavailable.
-Plug the ensueing security leak by supplying an empty __builtins__
+Plug the ensuing security leak by supplying an empty __builtins__
 directory to eval().
 
 - A bunch of small fixes and improvements to Tkinter.py.
diff --git a/Modules/makesetup b/Modules/makesetup
index 90db42e4b20..3297b78a20d 100755
--- a/Modules/makesetup
+++ b/Modules/makesetup
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ esac
 NL='\
 '
 
-# Setup to link with extra libraries when makeing shared extensions.
+# Setup to link with extra libraries when making shared extensions.
 # Currently, only Cygwin needs this baggage.
 case `uname -s` in
 CYGWIN*) if test $libdir = .