diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 960dd115f749df337bd6659feb6eba096b6684aa..7749cc9d61ce4c27e3785463f4aa9740103f7ee2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The key features of backupninja are:
 
 The following backup types are supported:
 
- - secure, remote, incremental filesytem backup (via rdiff-backup)
+ - secure, remote, incremental filesystem backup (via rdiff-backup)
    incremental data is compressed. permissions are retained even
    with an unpriviledged backup user
  - backup of mysql databases (via mysqlhotcopy and mysqldump)
diff --git a/man/backupninja.1 b/man/backupninja.1
index b1d28758d5f9c404fa3b68a95e76826609cbf2ba..84508f6dd01433c18c6303fe60452ea1a5e76d06 100644
--- a/man/backupninja.1
+++ b/man/backupninja.1
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ works with Linux-Vservers.
 
 .B Backup types include:
 .IP - 2
-secure, remote, incremental filesytem backup (via rdiff-backup). incremental data is compressed. permissions are retained even with an unpriviledged backup user.
+secure, remote, incremental filesystem backup (via rdiff-backup). incremental data is compressed. permissions are retained even with an unpriviledged backup user.
 .IP -
 basic system and hardware information.
 .IP -
diff --git a/man/backupninja.conf.5 b/man/backupninja.conf.5
index 50e0238f81910bb08aa97c8eb75a28349a160c51..a87bab7aeb8b353e0ad5818aa9f26040db6df453 100644
--- a/man/backupninja.conf.5
+++ b/man/backupninja.conf.5
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ If set to 'yes', use colors in the log file and debug output.
 .TP
 .B when
 When to process each configuration file. The value used here will
-be applied for each configuration file. It is possibile to override
-this "when" in each each configuration file, see also section 
+be applied for each configuration file. It is possible to override
+this "when" in each configuration file, see also section
 "Scheduling" in backup.d(5).
 
 For example: