diff --git a/documentation/debugging.html b/documentation/debugging.html
index 82f3ed635..907884631 100644
--- a/documentation/debugging.html
+++ b/documentation/debugging.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Debugging mode can be enabled in two different ways:
 </ol>
 
 <p>
-If you wish to explicity disable debug mode in your application, including using the command-line parameter, 
+If you wish to explicitly disable debug mode in your application, including using the command-line parameter, 
 add the following line to your application before opening new connections:
 </p>
 
diff --git a/documentation/messaging.html b/documentation/messaging.html
index c6c176f3c..a07f40e31 100644
--- a/documentation/messaging.html
+++ b/documentation/messaging.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Messaging using Chat and GroupChat
 
 <p>
 Sending messages back and forth is at the core of instant messaging. Two classes
-aid in sending and recieiving messages:
+aid in sending and receiving messages:
 <ul>
 	<li> <tt>org.jivesoftware.smack.Chat</tt> -- used to send messages between two people.
 	<li> <tt>org.jivesoftware.smack.GroupChat</tt> -- used to join a chat room to send messages between many people.
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Chat and GroupChat classes to send and listen for messages directly.
 Chat
 </p>
 
-A chat creates a new thread of messgaes (using a thread ID) between two users. The 
+A chat creates a new thread of messages (using a thread ID) between two users. The 
 following code snippet demonstrates how to create a new Chat with a user and then send
 them a text message:<p>
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ message.<p>
 <div class="code"><pre>
 <font color="gray"><i>// Assume we've created an XMPPConnection name "connection".</i></font>
 GroupChat newGroupChat = connection.createGroupChat(<font color="green">"test@jivesoftware.com"</font>);
-<font color="gray"><i>// Join the gropu chat using the nickname "jsmith".</i></font>
+<font color="gray"><i>// Join the group chat using the nickname "jsmith".</i></font>
 newGroupChat.join(<font color="green">"jsmith"</font>);
 <font color="gray"><i>// Send a message to all the other people in the chat room.</i></font>
 newGroupChat.sendMessage(<font color="green">"Howdy!"</font>);
diff --git a/documentation/processing.html b/documentation/processing.html
index 6aeaa24e0..ab2793990 100644
--- a/documentation/processing.html
+++ b/documentation/processing.html
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ to the <tt>PacketFilter</tt> interface. The default set of filters includes:
 <ul>
 	<li> <tt>PacketTypeFilter</tt> -- filters for packets that are a particular Class type.
 	<li> <tt>PacketIDFilter</tt> -- filters for packets with a particular packet ID.
-	<li> <tt>ThreadFilter</tt> -- filters for message packets with a parituclar thread ID.
+	<li> <tt>ThreadFilter</tt> -- filters for message packets with a particular thread ID.
 	<li> <tt>ToContainsFilter</tt> -- filters for packets that are sent to a particular address.
 	<li> <tt>FromContainsFilter</tt> -- filters for packets that are sent to a particular address.
 	<li> <tt>PacketExtensionFilter</tt> -- filters for packets that have a particular packet extension.
diff --git a/documentation/properties.html b/documentation/properties.html
index 14ac19043..04ed7a1e6 100644
--- a/documentation/properties.html
+++ b/documentation/properties.html
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ you should keep the following in mind:
 
 	<li>Objects sent as property values must implement Serialiable. Additionally, both the sender
 		and receiver must have identical versions of the class, or a serialization exception
-		will occur when de-serialiazing the object.
+		will occur when de-serializing the object.
 
 	<li>Serialized objects can potentially be quite large, which will use more bandwidth and
 		server resources.