diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3c682e5f..997aad1d 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -3251,7 +3251,7 @@ The list of older changes is below.
 * (nicm) -n on new-session is now -s, and -n is now the initial window name.
   This was documented but not implemented :-/.
 * (nicm) kill-window command, bound to & by default (because it should be hard
-  to hit accidently).
+  to hit accidentally).
 * (nicm) bell-style option with three choices: "none" completely ignore bell;
   "any" pass through a bell in any window to current; "current" ignore bells
   except in current window. This applies only to the bell terminal signal,
diff --git a/cmd-server-access.c b/cmd-server-access.c
index 4fd1dfbf..45442a62 100644
--- a/cmd-server-access.c
+++ b/cmd-server-access.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ cmd_server_access_exec(struct cmd *self, struct cmdq_item *item)
 		return (CMD_RETURN_NORMAL);
 	}
 	if (args_count(args) == 0) {
-		cmdq_error(item, "missing user arguement");
+		cmdq_error(item, "missing user argument");
 		return (CMD_RETURN_ERROR);
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/ansicode.txt b/tools/ansicode.txt
index 5a9c79e0..e77d31ae 100644
--- a/tools/ansicode.txt
+++ b/tools/ansicode.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Standardized Video Terminals" in the April-1984 issue of BYTE magazine.
 ANSI X3.4-1977 defines the 7-bit ASCII character set (C0 and G0).  It was
 written in 1968, revised in 1977, and explains the decisions made in laying out
 the ASCII code.  In particular, it explains why ANSI chose to make ASCII
-incompatible with EBCDIC in order to make it self-consistant.
+incompatible with EBCDIC in order to make it self-consistent.
 
 ANSI X3.41-1974 introduces the idea of an 8-bit ASCII character set (C1 and G1
 in addition to the existing C0 and G0).  It describes how to use the 8-bit
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ Pt = Start VT105 graphics on a VT125
 
 ==============================================================================
 
-    Indepenent control functions (from Appendix E of X3.64-1977).
+    Independent control functions (from Appendix E of X3.64-1977).
     These four controls have the same meaning regardless of the current
     definition of the C0 and C1 control sets.  Each control is a two-character
     ESCape sequence, the 2nd character is lowercase.