diff --git a/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli.rb b/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli.rb
index 512ab3ce..10efcd47 100644
--- a/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli.rb
+++ b/middleman-cli/lib/middleman-cli.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 libdir = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__))
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift(libdir) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(libdir)
 
-# Require thor since that's what the who CLI is built around
+# Require Thor since that's what the whole CLI is built around
 require 'thor'
 require 'thor/group'
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module Middleman
 
   module Cli
 
-    # The base task from which everything else etends
+    # The base task from which everything else extends
     class Base < Thor
       class << self
         def start(*args)
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ require 'middleman-cli/bundler'
 require 'middleman-cli/extension'
 require 'middleman-cli/server'
 require 'middleman-cli/build'
-require 'middleman-cli/console'
\ No newline at end of file
+require 'middleman-cli/console'
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/traversal.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/traversal.rb
index 65c43030..e1920f12 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/traversal.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/extensions/traversal.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ module Middleman
           parent.children.reject { |p| p == self }
         end
 
-        # Whether this resource either a directory index, or has the same name as an existing directory in the source
+        # Whether this resource is either a directory index, or has the same name as an existing directory in the source
         # @return [Boolean]
         def directory_index?
           path.include?(app.config[:index_file]) || path =~ /\/$/ || eponymous_directory?
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/resource.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/resource.rb
index 47d333c9..368f1e7b 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/resource.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/resource.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ module Middleman
       end
 
       # Merge in new metadata specific to this resource.
-      # @param [Hash] metadata A metadata block like provides_metadata_for_path takes
+      # @param [Hash] meta A metadata block like provides_metadata_for_path takes
       def add_metadata(meta={})
         @local_metadata.deep_merge!(meta.dup)
       end
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb
index b4d919ca..71ce83f4 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/util.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ module Middleman
         end
       end
 
-      # Get a recusive list of files inside a set of paths.
+      # Get a recursive list of files inside a set of paths.
       # Works with symlinks.
       #
       # @param paths Some paths string or Pathname