diff --git a/contrib/inventory/openvz.py b/contrib/inventory/openvz.py
index 719541cb7b..68d51c8a42 100755
--- a/contrib/inventory/openvz.py
+++ b/contrib/inventory/openvz.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/e5ef0eca03cbb6c8950c06dc50d0ca22aa8902f4/plugins/inventory/libvirt_lxc.py
 #
 # Groups are determined by the description field of openvz guests
-# multiple groups can be seperated by commas: webserver,dbserver
+# multiple groups can be separated by commas: webserver,dbserver
 
 from subprocess import Popen,PIPE
 import sys
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
index 6b69a3367b..64e0cee279 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/__init__.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class ActionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
                     continue
                 if not isinstance(environment, dict):
                     raise AnsibleError("environment must be a dictionary, received %s (%s)" % (environment, type(environment)))
-                # very deliberatly using update here instead of combine_vars, as
+                # very deliberately using update here instead of combine_vars, as
                 # these environment settings should not need to merge sub-dicts
                 final_environment.update(environment)
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py
index 28c9ba7af3..2670cc9290 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/synchronize.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class ActionModule(ActionBase):
         use_delegate = False
         if dest_host == delegate_to:
             # edge case: explicit delegate and dest_host are the same
-            # so we run rsync on the remote machine targetting its localhost
+            # so we run rsync on the remote machine targeting its localhost
             # (itself)
             dest_host = '127.0.0.1'
             use_delegate = True
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py
index 4618a30bc4..4943aeccbf 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/connection/__init__.py
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class ConnectionBase(with_metaclass(ABCMeta, object)):
             Setting this up is performed by the action plugin prior to running
             ``exec_command``. So we just get passed :param:`cmd` which has the
             BecomeCommand already added.  (Examples: sudo, su)
-        :Command: Is the command we're actualy trying to run remotely.
+        :Command: Is the command we're actually trying to run remotely.
             (Examples: mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible, python $HOME/.ansible/tmp-script-file)
         """
         pass