diff --git a/TargetGroup.cc b/TargetGroup.cc
index 7bf298ac2..f01ec7bd7 100644
--- a/TargetGroup.cc
+++ b/TargetGroup.cc
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void TargetGroup::Initialize() {
   ipsleft = 0;
 }
 
-/* take the object back to the begining without  (mdmcl)
+/* take the object back to the beginning without  (mdmcl)
  * reinitalizing the data structures */  
 int  TargetGroup::rewind() {
 
@@ -355,14 +355,14 @@ int TargetGroup::skip_range(_octet_nums octet) {
     current[i] = 0;
   }
 
-  /* we actauly don't skip the current, it was accounted for 
+  /* we actually don't skip the current, it was accounted for 
    * by get_next_host */
   ipsleft -= hosts_skipped - 1;
  
   return hosts_skipped;
 }
 
- /* Grab the next host from this expression (if any) and uptdates its internal
+ /* Grab the next host from this expression (if any) and updates its internal
     state to reflect that the IP was given out.  Returns 0 and
     fills in ss if successful.  ss must point to a pre-allocated
     sockaddr_storage structure */
diff --git a/tcpip.cc b/tcpip.cc
index 55124cba4..2182883c4 100644
--- a/tcpip.cc
+++ b/tcpip.cc
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ if (window)
   tcp->th_win = htons(window);
 else tcp->th_win = htons(1024 * (myttl % 4 + 1)); /* Who cares */
 
-/* Urgend pointer */
+/* Urgent pointer */
 if (urp)
   tcp->th_urp = htons(urp);
 
@@ -1877,7 +1877,7 @@ int pcap_select(pcap_t *p, long usecs)
 }
 
 /* Read an IP packet using libpcap .  We return the packet and take
-   a pcap descripter and a pointer to the packet length (which we set
+   a pcap descriptor and a pointer to the packet length (which we set
    in the function. If you want a maximum length returned, you
    should specify that in pcap_open_live() */