diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 31eefaee69..1c26f743a9 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ and try to answer the following questions:
 - What did you expect to happen?
 - What happened instead?
 
-**It is also importent to provide logs for debugging.
+**It is also important to provide logs for debugging.
 A zip file can be found in the [logfiles] samba share, this will contain all the logs needed.**
 
 Make sure to specify which version of LibreELEC you are using.
diff --git a/packages/readme.md b/packages/readme.md
index 5a8be6f13f..bff01342ee 100644
--- a/packages/readme.md
+++ b/packages/readme.md
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ Issue | Level | Meaning |
     * new kernel driver
     * ...
 2. Find a place in the packages tree
-    * look into the package tree structure, which is generally self explanitory.
+    * look into the package tree structure, which is generally self explanatory.
     * do not place it in an existing package (directory that includes a `package.mk`)
     * when you found a place, create a directory with the name of your package (use same value for `PKG_NAME`!!)
 3. Create an initial `package.mk`
diff --git a/scripts/pkgbuilder.py b/scripts/pkgbuilder.py
index 7b3661290b..86034bad27 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgbuilder.py
+++ b/scripts/pkgbuilder.py
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ class Builder:
 
     # Remove any source code directories that are no longer required.
     # Output from the subprocess is either appended to the burst logfile
-    # or is captured for later output to stdout (after the correspnding logfile).
+    # or is captured for later output to stdout (after the corresponding logfile).
     def autoRemovePackages(self, job):
         if self.autoremove:
             if self.debug:
diff --git a/tools/update-scan b/tools/update-scan
index cbaa07e8de..d9e7b89dcd 100755
--- a/tools/update-scan
+++ b/tools/update-scan
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ check_for_update() {
   esac
 
   # check the version of some packages even if they do not have a PKG_URL
-  # the PKG_WITHOUT_URLS is space seperated
+  # the PKG_WITHOUT_URLS is space separated
   PKGS_WITHOUT_URLS="jellyfin"
   if [[ ! " ${PKG_NAME} " == *" ${PKGS_WITHOUT_URLS} "* ]]; then
     # check if version and url are empty or self hosted by us and ignore those packages