diff --git a/MySQLdb/cursors.py b/MySQLdb/cursors.py
index ee493f2c..9ebf0a14 100644
--- a/MySQLdb/cursors.py
+++ b/MySQLdb/cursors.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 
 #: Regular expression for :meth:`Cursor.executemany`.
-#: executemany only suports simple bulk insert.
+#: executemany only supports simple bulk insert.
 #: You can use it to load large dataset.
 RE_INSERT_VALUES = re.compile(
     r"\s*((?:INSERT|REPLACE)\s.+\sVALUES?\s+)" +
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ class CursorUseResultMixIn(object):
     """This is a MixIn class which causes the result set to be stored
     in the server and sent row-by-row to client side, i.e. it uses
     mysql_use_result(). You MUST retrieve the entire result set and
-    close() the cursor before additional queries can be peformed on
+    close() the cursor before additional queries can be performed on
     the connection."""
 
     _defer_warnings = True
diff --git a/_mysql.c b/_mysql.c
index aa22377d..dea4d547 100644
--- a/_mysql.c
+++ b/_mysql.c
@@ -2508,7 +2508,7 @@ static struct PyMemberDef _mysql_ConnectionObject_memberlist[] = {
 		T_UINT,
 		offsetof(_mysql_ConnectionObject,connection.server_capabilities),
 		READONLY,
-		"Capabilites of server; consult MySQLdb.constants.CLIENT"
+		"Capabilities of server; consult MySQLdb.constants.CLIENT"
 	},
 	{
 		"port",
diff --git a/doc/FAQ.rst b/doc/FAQ.rst
index ab06a212..59c6b93d 100644
--- a/doc/FAQ.rst
+++ b/doc/FAQ.rst
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ threadsafe = False.
 
 This almost always mean you don't have development packages
 installed. On some systems, C headers for various things (like MySQL)
-are distributed as a seperate package. You'll need to figure out
+are distributed as a separate package. You'll need to figure out
 what that is and install it, but often the name ends with -devel.
 
 Another possibility: Some older versions of mysql_config behave oddly
diff --git a/doc/user_guide.rst b/doc/user_guide.rst
index b39a230a..0ce88aee 100644
--- a/doc/user_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/user_guide.rst
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ conv
 	is a function as above. The sequence is tested until the flags
 	on the field match those of the first value. If both values
 	are None, then the default conversion is done. Presently this
-	is only used to distinquish TEXT and BLOB columns.
+	is only used to distinguish TEXT and BLOB columns.
 
       If the key is a Python type or class, then the value is a
       callable Python object (usually a function) taking two arguments
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ Using and extending
 -------------------
 
 In general, it is probably wise to not directly interact with the DB
-API except for small applicatons. Databases, even SQL databases, vary
+API except for small applications. Databases, even SQL databases, vary
 widely in capabilities and may have non-standard features. The DB API
 does a good job of providing a reasonably portable interface but some
 methods are non-portable. Specifically, the parameters accepted by
diff --git a/tests/dbapi20.py b/tests/dbapi20.py
index e1326d1b..19109f4d 100644
--- a/tests/dbapi20.py
+++ b/tests/dbapi20.py
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
 # - Now a subclass of TestCase, to avoid requiring the driver stub
 #   to use multiple inheritance
 # - Reversed the polarity of buggy test in test_description
-# - Test exception heirarchy correctly
+# - Test exception hierarchy correctly
 # - self.populate is now self._populate(), so if a driver stub
-#   overrides self.ddl1 this change propogates
+#   overrides self.ddl1 this change propagates
 # - VARCHAR columns now have a width, which will hopefully make the
 #   DDL even more portible (this will be reversed if it causes more problems)
 # - cursor.rowcount being checked after various execute and fetchXXX methods
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def test_paramstyle(self):
 
     def test_Exceptions(self):
         # Make sure required exceptions exist, and are in the
-        # defined heirarchy.
+        # defined hierarchy.
         self.assertTrue(issubclass(self.driver.Warning,Exception))
         self.assertTrue(issubclass(self.driver.Error,Exception))
         self.assertTrue(
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ def test_fetchone(self):
             self.assertRaises(self.driver.Error,cur.fetchone)
 
             # cursor.fetchone should raise an Error if called after
-            # executing a query that cannnot return rows
+            # executing a query that cannot return rows
             self.executeDDL1(cur)
             self.assertRaises(self.driver.Error,cur.fetchone)
 
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ def test_fetchone(self):
             self.assertTrue(cur.rowcount in (-1,0))
 
             # cursor.fetchone should raise an Error if called after
-            # executing a query that cannnot return rows
+            # executing a query that cannot return rows
             cur.execute("insert into %sbooze values ('Victoria Bitter')" % (
                 self.table_prefix
                 ))
diff --git a/tests/test_MySQLdb_dbapi20.py b/tests/test_MySQLdb_dbapi20.py
index 3fef3f5f..2274c454 100644
--- a/tests/test_MySQLdb_dbapi20.py
+++ b/tests/test_MySQLdb_dbapi20.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def test_fetchone(self):
             self.assertRaises(self.driver.Error,cur.fetchone)
 
             # cursor.fetchone should raise an Error if called after
-            # executing a query that cannnot return rows
+            # executing a query that cannot return rows
             self.executeDDL1(cur)
 ##             self.assertRaises(self.driver.Error,cur.fetchone)
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def test_fetchone(self):
             self.assertTrue(cur.rowcount in (-1,0))
 
             # cursor.fetchone should raise an Error if called after
-            # executing a query that cannnot return rows
+            # executing a query that cannot return rows
             cur.execute("insert into %sbooze values ('Victoria Bitter')" % (
                 self.table_prefix
                 ))