diff --git a/attic/_version.py b/attic/_version.py
index f87a0f5f2..bb5f6079b 100644
--- a/attic/_version.py
+++ b/attic/_version.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 IN_LONG_VERSION_PY = True
 # This file helps to compute a version number in source trees obtained from
-# git-archive tarball (such as those provided by githubs download-from-tag
+# git-archive tarball (such as those provided by github's download-from-tag
 # feature). Distribution tarballs (build by setup.py sdist) and build
 # directories (produced by setup.py build) will contain a much shorter file
 # that just contains the computed version number.
diff --git a/attic/repository.py b/attic/repository.py
index b52d41c61..d2905727f 100644
--- a/attic/repository.py
+++ b/attic/repository.py
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ class Repository(object):
             config.write(fd)
 
     def get_index_transaction_id(self):
-        indicies = sorted((int(name[6:]) for name in os.listdir(self.path) if name.startswith('index.') and name[6:].isdigit()))
-        if indicies:
-            return indicies[-1]
+        indices = sorted((int(name[6:]) for name in os.listdir(self.path) if name.startswith('index.') and name[6:].isdigit()))
+        if indices:
+            return indices[-1]
         else:
             return None
 
diff --git a/attic/testsuite/__init__.py b/attic/testsuite/__init__.py
index 684eeb91b..6b9d4fe91 100644
--- a/attic/testsuite/__init__.py
+++ b/attic/testsuite/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ except ImportError:
 has_lchflags = hasattr(os, 'lchflags')
 
 
-# The mtime get/set precison varies on different OS and Python versions
+# The mtime get/set precision varies on different OS and Python versions
 if 'HAVE_FUTIMENS' in getattr(posix, '_have_functions', []):
     st_mtime_ns_round = 0
 elif 'HAVE_UTIMES' in sysconfig.get_config_vars():
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class AtticTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             if has_lchflags:
                 attrs.append('st_flags')
             if not fuse or not os.path.isdir(path1):
-                # dir nlink is always 1 on our fuse fileystem
+                # dir nlink is always 1 on our fuse filesystem
                 attrs.append('st_nlink')
             d1 = [filename] + [getattr(s1, a) for a in attrs]
             d2 = [filename] + [getattr(s2, a) for a in attrs]
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def get_tests(suite):
 
 
 class TestLoader(unittest.TestLoader):
-    """A customzied test loader that properly detects and filters our test cases
+    """A customized test loader that properly detects and filters our test cases
     """
 
     def loadTestsFromName(self, pattern, module=None):