diff --git a/plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-write.c b/plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-write.c
index 81898e36e3..3aa0059f66 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-write.c
+++ b/plug-ins/file-bmp/bmp-write.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static struct
   RGBMode rgb_format;
   gint    use_run_length_encoding;
 
-  /* Weather or not to write BITMAPV5HEADER color space data */
+  /* Whether or not to write BITMAPV5HEADER color space data */
   gint    dont_write_color_space_data;
 } BMPSaveData;
 
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ WriteBMP (const gchar  *filename,
 
     case GIMP_GRAYA_IMAGE:
       if (interactive && !warning_dialog (_("Cannot save indexed image with "
-    					    "transparency in BMP file format."),
+                                            "transparency in BMP file format."),
                                           _("Alpha channel will be ignored.")))
         return GIMP_PDB_CANCEL;
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ WriteBMP (const gchar  *filename,
 
     case GIMP_INDEXEDA_IMAGE:
       if (interactive && !warning_dialog (_("Cannot save indexed image with "
-    			                    "transparency in BMP file format."),
+                                            "transparency in BMP file format."),
                                           _("Alpha channel will be ignored.")))
         return GIMP_PDB_CANCEL;
 
diff --git a/plug-ins/file-jpeg/gimpexif.c b/plug-ins/file-jpeg/gimpexif.c
index 4fe91a1b2e..ab14a99607 100644
--- a/plug-ins/file-jpeg/gimpexif.c
+++ b/plug-ins/file-jpeg/gimpexif.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ gimp_metadata_generate_exif (gint32 image_ID)
  *
  * This function is a wrapper around the libexif function
  * exif_content_get_value(), necessary to deal with an incompatible
- * API change.  It looks up the value of the specifed tag,
+ * API change.  It looks up the value of the specified tag,
  * returning the result as a human-readable string.  Note that
  * @value must be pre-allocated.
  */
diff --git a/plug-ins/pygimp/doc/pygimp.sgml b/plug-ins/pygimp/doc/pygimp.sgml
index 47b530a0be..09a0b01395 100644
--- a/plug-ins/pygimp/doc/pygimp.sgml
+++ b/plug-ins/pygimp/doc/pygimp.sgml
@@ -2138,7 +2138,7 @@ main()
 	    style (here, <Literal>console_echo</Literal> becomes
 	    <Literal>console-echo</Literal>). Moreover, a
 	    <Literal>python-fu-</Literal> prefix is automatically added; it is
-	    better not to explicitely add it ourselves, as it will makes the
+	    better not to explicitly add it ourselves, as it will make the
 	    often useful <Literal>(plug-in-script-fu-eval ...)</Literal>
 	    evaluation fail.</Para>
 	  </ListItem>