diff --git a/doc/fail-structure.txt b/doc/fail-structure.txt
index c019e143..c170d4be 100644
--- a/doc/fail-structure.txt
+++ b/doc/fail-structure.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The folders are nested as follow:
 **********************************************************************
 fail:  Fail* parent directory, containing all source & configuration files (${FAIL_DIR})
 |-cmake:  CMake-related configuration files (e.g. compiler-flags, dependencies, ...)
-|-doc:  Fail*-Framework documentation (e.g., diagrams, how-to's, ...)
+|-doc:  Fail*-Framework documentation (e.g., diagrams, howtos, ...)
 |-deprecated:  temporal and old (source) files, which will probably be deleted
 |-scripts:  python/shell scripts for Fail*-compilation and experiment distribution
 |-simulators:  parent directory of simulators supported by Fail* (may still be WIP)
diff --git a/doc/how-to-use.txt b/doc/how-to-use.txt
index 58143c8b..133958e1 100644
--- a/doc/how-to-use.txt
+++ b/doc/how-to-use.txt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ based on the "${PREFIX}/share/doc/bochs/bochsrc-sample.txt" template (or
          pass: action=ignore
      - If you need a quick-and-dirty way to pass data from the guest system to the
        outside world, and you don't want to write an experiment utilizing
-       GuestEvents, you can use the "port e9 hack" that prints all outb's to port
+       GuestEvents, you can use the "port e9 hack" that prints all outbs to port
        0xe9 to the console:
          port_e9_hack: enabled=1
      - Determinism:  (Fail)Bochs is deterministic regarding timer interrupts,
diff --git a/src/core/sal/Listener.hpp b/src/core/sal/Listener.hpp
index f1293ab8..aaeb2881 100644
--- a/src/core/sal/Listener.hpp
+++ b/src/core/sal/Listener.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace fail {
 
 class ExperimentFlow;
 
-//! address wildcard (e.g. for BPListener's)
+//! address wildcard (e.g. for BPListeners)
 const address_t       ANY_ADDR = static_cast<address_t>(-1);
 //! instruction wildcard
 const unsigned       ANY_INSTR = static_cast<unsigned>(-1);
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ public:
 		  { }
 	/**
 	 * Returns the instruction pointer watch range of this listener.
-	 * @return the listerner's range
+	 * @return the listener's range
 	 */
 	std::pair<address_t, address_t> getWatchInstructionPointerRange() const
 	{ return std::make_pair(m_WatchStartAddr, m_WatchEndAddr); }