diff --git a/source/reference/command/buildInfo.txt b/source/reference/command/buildInfo.txt
index 9e28491f7bf..0e451027b29 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/buildInfo.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/buildInfo.txt
@@ -100,5 +100,5 @@ buildInfo
 
    .. data:: buildInfo.maxBsonObjectSize
 
-      A number that reports the :limit:`Maximium BSON Document Size
+      A number that reports the :limit:`Maximum BSON Document Size
       <BSON Document Size>`.
diff --git a/source/reference/command/captrunc.txt b/source/reference/command/captrunc.txt
index 974b643c724..cccc8e8a023 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/captrunc.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/captrunc.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ captrunc (internal)
 
    :param string collection: The name of the collection to truncate.
 
-   :param integer n: An integer that specifies thenumber of documents
+   :param integer n: An integer that specifies the number of documents
                      to remove from the collection
 
    :param boolean inc: Specifies whether to truncate the ``n``\ th document.
diff --git a/source/reference/command/hostInfo.txt b/source/reference/command/hostInfo.txt
index f67c6600813..e92eed47ef7 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/hostInfo.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/hostInfo.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ hostInfo
 
    .. data:: hostInfo.os.name
 
-      If available, returns a displah name for the operating
+      If available, returns a display name for the operating
       system.
 
    .. data:: hostInfo.os.version
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ hostInfo
    .. data:: hostInfo.extra.maxOpenFiles
 
       Reports the current system limits on open file handles. See
-      :doc:`/administraiton/ulimit` for more information.
+      :doc:`/administration/ulimit` for more information.
 
       :data:`~hostInfo.extra.maxOpenFiles` only appears on Linux
       systems.
diff --git a/source/reference/command/writeBacksQueued.txt b/source/reference/command/writeBacksQueued.txt
index 10ae96f29fa..a49b755bdb0 100644
--- a/source/reference/command/writeBacksQueued.txt
+++ b/source/reference/command/writeBacksQueued.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ writeBacksQueued (internal)
 
 .. slave-ok, admin-only
 
-.. The queue ids are BSON objectids, they correspond to the
+.. The queue ids are BSON ObjectIds, they correspond to the
    mongos that has talked to this shard. This is derived from the
    "serverID" field of the setShardVersion command the mongos
    sends to the shard
diff --git a/source/reference/glossary.txt b/source/reference/glossary.txt
index 5816f752bc0..309e4ee9d39 100644
--- a/source/reference/glossary.txt
+++ b/source/reference/glossary.txt
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ Glossary
 
    ObjectId
       A special 12-byte :term:`BSON` type that has a high probability
-      an ObjectId represent the time of the ObjectID's
+      an ObjectId represent the time of the ObjectId's
       creation. MongoDB uses ObjectId values as the default values for
       :term:`_id` fields.
 
diff --git a/source/reference/mongoimport.txt b/source/reference/mongoimport.txt
index c92e8a84e7c..f77bf7d6fce 100644
--- a/source/reference/mongoimport.txt
+++ b/source/reference/mongoimport.txt
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Options
 
 .. option:: --fields <field1<,filed2>>, -f <field1[,filed2]>
 
-   Specify a comma seperatedlist of field names when importing
+   Specify a comma separated list of field names when importing
    :term:`csv` or :term:`tsv` files that do not have field names in
    the first (i.e. header) line of the file.
 
diff --git a/source/release-notes/2.4-javascript.txt b/source/release-notes/2.4-javascript.txt
index 0352d78a0c3..9fb4044ea06 100644
--- a/source/release-notes/2.4-javascript.txt
+++ b/source/release-notes/2.4-javascript.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Improved Concurrency
 Previously, MongoDB operations that required the JavaScript interpreter
 had to acquire a lock, and a single :program:`mongod` could only run a
 single JavaScript operation at a time. The switch to V8 improves
-concurrency by permiting multiple JavaScript operations to run at the
+concurrency by permitting multiple JavaScript operations to run at the
 same time.
 
 Modernized JavaScript Implementation (ES5)
diff --git a/source/release-notes/2.4.txt b/source/release-notes/2.4.txt
index 682cf13b339..9101bbac668 100644
--- a/source/release-notes/2.4.txt
+++ b/source/release-notes/2.4.txt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ development series as a work-in-progress.
 Downloading
 -----------
 
-You can download the 2.4 release canditate on the `downloads page`_ in the
+You can download the 2.4 release candidate on the `downloads page`_ in the
 :guilabel:`Development Release (Unstable)` section. There are no
 distribution packages for development releases, but you can use the
 binaries provided for testing purposes. See