diff --git a/etc/MAKEDEV b/etc/MAKEDEV
index 343b6ee14574..2fa3b9633f53 100644
--- a/etc/MAKEDEV
+++ b/etc/MAKEDEV
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
 #		via the floppy disk controller)
 #
 # Disks:
-#	wd*	"winchester" disk drives (ST506,IDE,ESDI,RLL,...)
+#	wd*	"Winchester" disk drives (ST506,IDE,ESDI,RLL,...)
 #	fd*	"floppy" disk drives (3 1/2", 5 1/4")
-#	sd*	"scsi disks"
-#	cd*	"scsi cdrom disks"
-#	mcd*	"mitsumi cdrom disks"
-#	scd*	"sony cdrom disks"
-#	matcd*	"Matsushita (panasonic) cdrom disks"
-#	wcd*	"IDE cdrom disks"
+#	sd*	"SCSI disks"
+#	cd*	"SCSI CD-ROM disks"
+#	mcd*	"Mitsumi CD-ROM disks"
+#	scd*	"Sony CD-ROM disks"
+#	matcd*	"Matsushita (Panasonic) CD-ROM disks"
+#	wcd*	"IDE CD-ROM disks"
 #	vn*	"vnode disks"
 #	od*	"optical disks"
 #
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@
 #	gsc	Genius GS-4500 hand scanner
 #	joy	pc joystick
 #	tun	Tunneling IP device
-#	spigot	Video Spigot video aquisition card
-#	meteor*	Matrox Meteor video aquisition card (pci)
+#	spigot	Video Spigot video acquisition card
+#	meteor*	Matrox Meteor video acquisition card (pci)
 #	isdn*	ISDN devices
 #	labpc*	National Instrument's Lab-PC and LAB-PC+
 #
-#	$Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.110 1995/12/31 09:30:30 joerg Exp $
+#	$Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.111 1996/01/28 19:10:37 bde Exp $
 #
 
 PATH=/sbin:/bin/:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ socksys)
 snd*)
 #
 # changes from Linux voxware
-# minor		linux			freebsd
+# minor		Linux			FreeBSD
 # 8		sequencer2 (aka music0)	music0
 # 17		patmgr0			sequencer1
 # 33		patmgr1			sequencer2
diff --git a/etc/csh.login b/etc/csh.login
index 3e92229a1f0c..e0954fb1af86 100644
--- a/etc/csh.login
+++ b/etc/csh.login
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Uncomment this to give you the default 4.2 behavior, where disk 
 # information is shown in K-Blocks
 # setenv BLOCKSIZE	K
-# Uncomment this line to activate russian locale
+# Uncomment this line to activate Russian locale
 # setenv LANG ru_SU.KOI8-R
-# Uncomment this line to activate italian locale
+# Uncomment this line to activate Italian locale
 # setenv LANG it_IT.ISO_8859-1
 # For full locales list check /usr/share/locale/*
 # Read system messages
diff --git a/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64 b/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64
index 9af48b5f1ae9..b83e0ccbea08 100644
--- a/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64
+++ b/etc/etc.amd64/rc.amd64
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.13 1995/11/14 06:24:00 markm Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.14 1995/11/29 20:40:36 wollman Exp $
 #	Do i386 specific processing
 #
 
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ echo -n 'enabling FreeBSD/i386 options:'
 # Start the SCO binary emulation if requested.
 if [ "X${ibcs2}" = X"YES" ]; then
 	echo -n ' ';		ibcs2
-	# XXX BOUGS - ibcs2 script shouldn't make any output on success
+	# XXX BOGUS - ibcs2 script shouldn't make any output on success
 fi
 
 # Start the Linux binary emulation if requested.
 if [ "X${linux}" = X"YES" ]; then
 	echo -n ' ';		linux
-	# XXX BOGUS - linux script shouldn't make any output on success
+	# XXX BOGUS - Linux script shouldn't make any output on success
 fi
 
 if [ "X${xtend}" != X"NO" -a -x /usr/libexec/xtend ]; then
diff --git a/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV b/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV
index 343b6ee14574..2fa3b9633f53 100644
--- a/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV
+++ b/etc/etc.i386/MAKEDEV
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@
 #		via the floppy disk controller)
 #
 # Disks:
-#	wd*	"winchester" disk drives (ST506,IDE,ESDI,RLL,...)
+#	wd*	"Winchester" disk drives (ST506,IDE,ESDI,RLL,...)
 #	fd*	"floppy" disk drives (3 1/2", 5 1/4")
-#	sd*	"scsi disks"
-#	cd*	"scsi cdrom disks"
-#	mcd*	"mitsumi cdrom disks"
-#	scd*	"sony cdrom disks"
-#	matcd*	"Matsushita (panasonic) cdrom disks"
-#	wcd*	"IDE cdrom disks"
+#	sd*	"SCSI disks"
+#	cd*	"SCSI CD-ROM disks"
+#	mcd*	"Mitsumi CD-ROM disks"
+#	scd*	"Sony CD-ROM disks"
+#	matcd*	"Matsushita (Panasonic) CD-ROM disks"
+#	wcd*	"IDE CD-ROM disks"
 #	vn*	"vnode disks"
 #	od*	"optical disks"
 #
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@
 #	gsc	Genius GS-4500 hand scanner
 #	joy	pc joystick
 #	tun	Tunneling IP device
-#	spigot	Video Spigot video aquisition card
-#	meteor*	Matrox Meteor video aquisition card (pci)
+#	spigot	Video Spigot video acquisition card
+#	meteor*	Matrox Meteor video acquisition card (pci)
 #	isdn*	ISDN devices
 #	labpc*	National Instrument's Lab-PC and LAB-PC+
 #
-#	$Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.110 1995/12/31 09:30:30 joerg Exp $
+#	$Id: MAKEDEV,v 1.111 1996/01/28 19:10:37 bde Exp $
 #
 
 PATH=/sbin:/bin/:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ socksys)
 snd*)
 #
 # changes from Linux voxware
-# minor		linux			freebsd
+# minor		Linux			FreeBSD
 # 8		sequencer2 (aka music0)	music0
 # 17		patmgr0			sequencer1
 # 33		patmgr1			sequencer2
diff --git a/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386 b/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
index 9af48b5f1ae9..b83e0ccbea08 100644
--- a/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
+++ b/etc/etc.i386/rc.i386
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.13 1995/11/14 06:24:00 markm Exp $
+#	$Id: rc.i386,v 1.14 1995/11/29 20:40:36 wollman Exp $
 #	Do i386 specific processing
 #
 
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ echo -n 'enabling FreeBSD/i386 options:'
 # Start the SCO binary emulation if requested.
 if [ "X${ibcs2}" = X"YES" ]; then
 	echo -n ' ';		ibcs2
-	# XXX BOUGS - ibcs2 script shouldn't make any output on success
+	# XXX BOGUS - ibcs2 script shouldn't make any output on success
 fi
 
 # Start the Linux binary emulation if requested.
 if [ "X${linux}" = X"YES" ]; then
 	echo -n ' ';		linux
-	# XXX BOGUS - linux script shouldn't make any output on success
+	# XXX BOGUS - Linux script shouldn't make any output on success
 fi
 
 if [ "X${xtend}" != X"NO" -a -x /usr/libexec/xtend ]; then
diff --git a/etc/netstart b/etc/netstart
index 252c7cedcd64..49c35230a2f1 100755
--- a/etc/netstart
+++ b/etc/netstart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -
 #
-#	$Id: netstart,v 1.38 1996/01/06 20:49:17 jkh Exp $
+#	$Id: netstart,v 1.39 1996/01/08 04:50:18 jkh Exp $
 #	From: @(#)netstart	5.9 (Berkeley) 3/30/91
 
 # Note that almost all the user-configurable behavior is no longer in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ fi
 
 #
 # XXX This is known to cause an error if /usr is nfs mounted since it
-# will not be avaliable until after the network is up :-(.  Once the
+# will not be available until after the network is up :-(.  Once the
 # relocation of sysctl to /sbin is done that problem will go away.
 #
 if [ -n "$tcp_extensions" -a "x$tcp_extensions" = "xNO" ] ; then
diff --git a/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.iij b/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.iij
index 940898cb9ede..6c15bc9b20c3 100644
--- a/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.iij
+++ b/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.iij
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 #  Examples to connect to IIJ Dialup PPP service
 #
-#	1) On IIJ servive, both user side and server side address can
+#	1) On IIJ service, both user side and server side address can
 #	   not be predicted by a customer. In this circumstance, you need
 #	   some trick to use on-demand dialup. See iij-demand for example.
 #
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #	   In all cases, you can use same username and password assigned
 #	   from IIJ.
 #
-#  $Id:$
+#  $Id: ppp.conf.iij,v 1.1.1.1 1995/01/31 06:24:33 amurai Exp $
 #
 #############################################################################
 #
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ iij:
  set timeout 0
  dial
 #
-#  If you prefer to use PAP authentification, use this one.
+#  If you prefer to use PAP authentication, use this one.
 #
 #	% ppp iij-pap
 #
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ iij-pap:
  set openmode active
  dial
 #
-#  Use "% ppp iij-chap" for CHAP authentification
+#  Use "% ppp iij-chap" for CHAP authentication
 #
 iij-chap:
  set phone 0332425701
diff --git a/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample b/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample
index 20180228a7b8..c878c0383e91 100644
--- a/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sample
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #	  Written by Toshiharu OHNO
 #
-# $Id: ppp.conf.sample,v 1.2 1995/02/26 12:16:36 amurai Exp $
+# $Id: ppp.conf.sample,v 1.3 1995/04/22 17:14:21 amurai Exp $
 #
 #################################################################
 #
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ simplesite:
  set login "TIMEOUT 5 login:-\\r-login: ppp word: ppp"
  set timeout 120
 #
-# If peer reqires to use CHAP, don't forget to supply authname and authkey.
+# If peer requires to use CHAP, don't forget to supply authname and authkey.
 #
-# If you'd like to use CHAP to authentificate peer, comment out the line
+# If you'd like to use CHAP to authentication peer, comment out the line
 # ``enable chap'' below. You also need to prepare /etc/ppp.secret.
 #
 # If remote system sends its system name within CHAP packet and it is
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ chapsite:
  set authname MySystemName
  set authkey  OurSecretKey
 #
-# To speak PAP is just smilar to CHAP
+# To speak PAP is just similar to CHAP
 #
 papsite:
  set phone 12345678
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ users:
 # Example of Callback Request
 #
 #  Here, we assume that peer will hangup the line and initiates a callback
-#  after successful authentification. We simply use chat script capabiluty
-#  and wait for a "NO CARRIRER" response from our modem.
+#  after successful authentication. We simply use chat script capability
+#  and wait for a "NO CARRIER" response from our modem.
 #
 #  % ppp callback
 #
diff --git a/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample b/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample
index afe58a79ed17..f7eea12368f8 100644
--- a/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample
+++ b/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup.sample
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 #
 #
 #  This file is checked when PPP establishes network level connection.
-#  PPP command seaches label in this file in following way and order.
+#  PPP command searches label in this file in following way and order.
 #
-#  1) At first, IP address assigned into our side is serched and execute
+#  1) At first, IP address assigned into our side is searched and execute
 #     associated command.
 #
 #  2) If it didn't found, then label name specified at startup time is
 #     searched.
 #
-#  3) If given label name is not found, then label MYADDR is serched.
+#  3) If given label name is not found, then label MYADDR is searched.
 #
-# $Id:$
+# $Id: ppp.linkup.sample,v 1.1.1.1 1995/01/31 06:24:33 amurai Exp $
 #
 #########################################################################
 #
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@
 #192.244.176.32:
 # add 192.244.176.0 255.255.255.0 HISADDR
 #
-# If we are invked with an argument ``iij-demand'', then
+# If we are invoked with an argument ``iij-demand'', then
 # delete existing route entry and add peer as default gateway.
 #
 iij-demand:
  delete ALL
  add 0 0 HISADDR
 #
-# Otherwide, simply add peer as default gateway.
+# Otherwise, simply add peer as default gateway.
 #
 MYADDR:
  add 0 0 HISADDR
diff --git a/etc/profile b/etc/profile
index 8190729082d2..e868673d976e 100644
--- a/etc/profile
+++ b/etc/profile
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Uncomment this to give you the default 4.2 behavior, where disk 
 # information is shown in K-Blocks
 # BLOCKSIZE=K; export BLOCKSIZE
-# Uncomment next line to activate russian locale
+# Uncomment next line to activate Russian locale
 # LANG=ru_SU.KOI8-R; export LANG
-# Uncomment next line to activate italian locale
+# Uncomment next line to activate Italian locale
 # LANG=it_IT.ISO_8859-1; export LANG
 # For full locales list check /usr/share/locale/*
 # Read system messages
diff --git a/etc/rc.d/serial b/etc/rc.d/serial
index f9671e2e9cbe..aa55ac4336c8 100644
--- a/etc/rc.d/serial
+++ b/etc/rc.d/serial
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Change some defauls for serial devices.
+# Change some defaults for serial devices.
 # Standard defaults are:
 #	dtrwait 300 drainwait 0
 #	initial cflag from <sys/ttydefaults.h> = cread cs8 hupcl
diff --git a/etc/rc.serial b/etc/rc.serial
index f9671e2e9cbe..aa55ac4336c8 100644
--- a/etc/rc.serial
+++ b/etc/rc.serial
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Change some defauls for serial devices.
+# Change some defaults for serial devices.
 # Standard defaults are:
 #	dtrwait 300 drainwait 0
 #	initial cflag from <sys/ttydefaults.h> = cread cs8 hupcl
diff --git a/etc/root/dot.fvwmrc b/etc/root/dot.fvwmrc
index b763041be5b4..f017fdd07f7a 100644
--- a/etc/root/dot.fvwmrc
+++ b/etc/root/dot.fvwmrc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Unfortunately, order does matter in this file
 # The correct order for inserting configurations is:
 # 1. Colors
-# 2. Assorted configuration paramters such as ClickToFocus, or MWMBorders
+# 2. Assorted configuration parameters such as ClickToFocus, or MWMBorders
 # 3. Path setup (ModulePath, PixmapPath, IconPath)
 # 4. Style settings, including the default style Style "*" ...
 # 5. InitFunction and ResetFunction definitions.
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # If you get it wrong, the most common problem is that color or font settings
 # are ignored
 
-# for m4 processing we have to undefine the include macro or pathts to
+# for m4 processing we have to undefine the include macro or paths to
 # /usr/.../include/... will be mangled
 undefine(`include')
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ MWMFunctionHints
 MWMHintOverride
 
 # MWMDecor hints parses the decoration information in the MOTIF_WM_HINTS
-# property, and removes these decoratons from the window. This does not affect
+# property, and removes these decorations from the window. This does not affect
 # the functions that can be performed via the menus.
 MWMDecorHints
 
diff --git a/etc/root/dot.login b/etc/root/dot.login
index 3c6fd000c71d..b3c28ae41b3f 100644
--- a/etc/root/dot.login
+++ b/etc/root/dot.login
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ setenv CPU "FREEBSD"
 set path = ($path /usr/local/interviews/bin/$CPU)
 setenv MANPATH "${MANPATH}:/usr/local/interviews/man"
 
-# 8-bit locale (germany)
+# 8-bit locale (Germany)
 #setenv LANG de_DE.ISO_8859-1
 
-# A rightous umask
+# A righteous umask
 umask 22
 
 /usr/games/fortune
diff --git a/etc/root/dot.xsession b/etc/root/dot.xsession
index 4bacce01e83d..87e7a49e225a 100755
--- a/etc/root/dot.xsession
+++ b/etc/root/dot.xsession
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export CPU
 #LANG=de_DE.ISO_8859-1
 #export LANG
 
-# A rightous umask
+# A righteous umask
 umask 22
 
 # Useful clients.
diff --git a/etc/sysconfig b/etc/sysconfig
index 3b81168dce4e..4c063f27edde 100644
--- a/etc/sysconfig
+++ b/etc/sysconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # This is sysconfig - a file full of useful variables that you can set 
 # to change the default startup behavior of your system.
 #
-#	$Id: sysconfig,v 1.32 1996/01/28 08:08:37 gpalmer Exp $
+#	$Id: sysconfig,v 1.33 1996/01/29 08:46:14 gpalmer Exp $
 
 ######################### Start Of Local Configuration Section ###########
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ blanktime=NO
 # Set to screen saver desired: blank, green, snake, star (or NO for none)
 saver=NO
 
-# General russian setup for example:
+# General Russian setup for example:
 # (koi8-r keyboard with cp866 screen font mapped to koi8-r)
 #
 # keymap=ru.koi8-r
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ xntpdflags="NO"
 # this is inoperative unless xntpd is enabled; NO to disable
 tickadjflags="-Aq"
 
-# Set to the site you'd like to syncronize your clock from (gatekeeper.dec.com,
+# Set to the site you'd like to synchronize your clock from (gatekeeper.dec.com,
 # for example) or NO for no such site.
 ntpdate="NO"
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ linux=NO
 # Set to a string representing the interrupts you are going to use
 #  for generating entropy in the kernel (or NO to ignore).
 #  The keyboard (IRQ 1) is good if it used a lot.
-#  If the machine is networked, the ethernet card is good.
+#  If the machine is networked, the Ethernet card is good.
 #  The IRQ on an intelligent hard disk controller is good.
 #  The IRQ's on most sound devices are good.
 #
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ linux=NO
 #  happen fairly irregularly, and never occur in very high-speed bursts.
 #
 # You'll have it right when you have a good supply of numbers from
-#  /dev/random, and no problems on your system, like slowdowns,
+#  /dev/random, and no problems on your system, like slow downs,
 #  Sluggish net/disk activity, perhaps even errors.
 
 rand_irqs="-s 1"
diff --git a/etc/termcap.small b/etc/termcap.small
index 400d1962f236..7a31985aaa83 100644
--- a/etc/termcap.small
+++ b/etc/termcap.small
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ cons50|ansil|ansi80x50:\
 	:li#50:tc=cons25:
 cons50-m|ansil-mono|ansi80x50-mono:\
 	:li#50:tc=cons25-m:
-# Syscons console with koi8-r russian code table.
+# Syscons console with koi8-r Russian code table.
 cons25r|pc3r|ibmpc3r|cons25-koi8-r:\
 	:ac=q\200x\201m\204v\211j\205t\206n\212u\207l\202w\210k\203y\230z\231f\234~\225a\220h\221`^D.^Y-^XI^U0\215:\
 	:tc=cons25w: