diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-addresses.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-addresses.xml
index 918927b4e..10c73499d 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-addresses.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-addresses.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
           <para>In IPv6, the format is <emphasis>a:b:c:d:e:f:g:h</emphasis>
           where <emphasis>a</emphasis> through <emphasis>h</emphasis> consist
-          of 1 to 4 hexidecimal digits (leading zeros may be omitted). a
+          of 1 to 4 hexadecimal digits (leading zeros may be omitted). a
           single series of 0 addresses may be omitted. For example
           2001:227:e857:1:0:0:0:0:1 may be written 2001:227:e857:1::1.</para>
         </listitem>
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-files.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-files.xml
index b47c9783d..2a8ecb380 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-files.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-files.xml
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
       <listitem>
         <para><ulink url="shorewall-ecn.html">/etc/shorewall/ecn</ulink> -
         disable Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN - RFC 3168) to remote
-        hosts or networks. Superceded by ECN entries in
+        hosts or networks. Superseded by ECN entries in
         <filename>/etc/shorewall/mangle</filename> in Shorewall 5.0.6.</para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ DNAT { source=net dest=loc:10.0.0.1 proto=tcp dport=80 mark=88 }</programlisting
   <refsect1>
     <title>Time Columns</title>
 
-    <para>Several of the files include a TIME colum that allows you to specify
+    <para>Several of the files include a TIME column that allows you to specify
     times when the rule is to be applied. Contents of this column is a list of
     <replaceable>timeelement</replaceable>s separated by apersands
     (&amp;).</para>
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
index 2f2013266..174f48772 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall.conf.xml
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
           each listed directory is to be searched. AUTOMAKE=1 only searches
           each directory itself and is equivalent to AUTOMAKE=Yes. AUTOMAKE=2
           will search each directory and its immediate sub-directories;
-          AUTOMAKE=3 will search each diretory, each of its immediate
+          AUTOMAKE=3 will search each directory, each of its immediate
           sub-directories, and each of their immediate sub-directories,
           etc.</para>
         </listitem>