diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/development.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/development.sgml
index cf1fa227f2f..fdac4492c54 100644
--- a/share/doc/handbook/development.sgml
+++ b/share/doc/handbook/development.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: development.sgml,v 1.6 1996/10/18 17:33:20 asami Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: development.sgml,v 1.7 1996/11/05 11:44:48 asami Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <sect><heading>The FreeBSD development model<label id="development"></heading>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ to numerous mirror machines throughout the world.  The CVS tree, as well
 as the <ref id="current" name="-current"> and <ref id="stable"
 name="-stable"> trees which are checked out of it, can be easily
 replicated to your own machine as well.  Please refer to the
-<ref id="synching" name="Syncronizing your source tree">
+<ref id="synching" name="Synchronizing your source tree">
 section for more information on doing this.</item>
 
 <item><bf>The committers list</bf><label id="development:committers">
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ name="areas of responsibility">, meaning that they are committed to
 ensuring that some large portion of the system works as advertised.
 Note that most members of the core team are volunteers when it comes
 to FreeBSD development and do not benefit from the project
-financially, so "committment" should also not be misconstrued as
+financially, so "commitment" should also not be misconstrued as
 meaning "guaranteed support."  The ``board of directors'' analogy
 above is not actually very accurate, and it may be more suitable to
 say that these are the people who gave up their lives in favor of
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ more non-centralized development is to subscribe to the &a.hackers;
 (see <ref id="eresources:mail" name="mailing list info">) where such
 things are discussed.
 
-<ref id="contrib:additional" name="The list"> of those who've
+<ref id="contrib:additional" name="The list"> of those who have
 contributed something which made its way into our source tree is
 a long and growing one, so why not join it by contributing something
 back to FreeBSD today? <tt>:-)</tt>
diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/dialout.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/dialout.sgml
index 63a62057061..2e0c2c1b4e1 100644
--- a/share/doc/handbook/dialout.sgml
+++ b/share/doc/handbook/dialout.sgml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!-- This is an SGML document in the linuxdoc DTD of the Tutorial for
      Configuring a FreeBSD for Dialout Services.
-     $Id$
+     $Id: dialout.sgml,v 1.1 1996/11/28 18:09:25 jfieber Exp $
 
      The FreeBSD Documentation Project
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 The following are tips to getting your host to be able to connect over the modem to another computer.  This is appropriate for establishing a terminal session with a remote host.  
 <p>This is useful to log onto a BBS.
-<p>This kind of connection can be extremely helpful to get a file on the internet if you have problems with PPP.  If you need to ftp something and PPP is broken, use the terminal session to ftp it.  Then use zmodem to transfer it to your machine. 
+<p>This kind of connection can be extremely helpful to get a file on the Internet if you have problems with PPP.  If you need to ftp something and PPP is broken, use the terminal session to ftp it.  Then use zmodem to transfer it to your machine. 
 <sect1>
 	<heading>Why cannot I run <tt/tip/ or <tt/cu/?</heading>
         <p>
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ The following are tips to getting your host to be able to connect over the modem
         <heading>How am I expected to enter these AT commands?<label id="direct-at"></heading>
         <p>
           Make what is called a ``<tt/direct/'' entry in your
-          <tt>/etc/remote</tt> file.  For example, if your modem's hooked
+          <tt>/etc/remote</tt> file.  For example, if your modem is hooked
           up to the first serial port, <tt>/dev/cuaa0</tt>, then put in the
           following line:
           <verb>
diff --git a/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml b/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml
index 7c9e72c0e18..7eda2dfe4f6 100644
--- a/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml
+++ b/share/doc/handbook/hw.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.47 1996/10/29 03:28:04 alex Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: hw.sgml,v 1.48 1996/11/27 01:06:40 jkh Exp $ -->
 <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
 
 <!--
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 <p>The following links have proven useful in selecting hardware.
 Though some of what you see won't necessarily be specific (or even
 applicable) to FreeBSD, most of the hardware information out there
-is OS independant.  Please check with the FreeBSD hardware guide
+is OS independent.  Please check with the FreeBSD hardware guide
 to make sure that your chosen configuration is supported before
 making any purchases.</p>
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ Slippery when wet.  Beware of dog.
     <p>Generally speaking, most SCSI CDROM drives I've seen have been of
     pretty solid construction and you probably won't go wrong with an HP or
     NEC SCSI CDROM drive either.  SCSI CDROM prices also appear to have
-    dropped considerably in the last few months and are now quite competetive
+    dropped considerably in the last few months and are now quite competitive
     with IDE CDROMs while remaining a technically superior solution.  I now see
     no reason whatsoever to settle for an IDE CDROM drive if given a choice
     between the two.
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Slippery when wet.  Beware of dog.
     <p>Multiport card options are somewhat more numerous, though it has to be
     said that FreeBSD's support for <htmlurl url="http://www.cyclades.com/"
     name="Cyclades">'s products is probably the tightest, primarily as a result
-    of that company's committment to making sure that we are adequately supplied
+    of that company's commitment to making sure that we are adequately supplied
     with evaluation boards and technical specs.  I've heard that the Cyclom-16Ye
     offers the best price/performance, though I've not checked the prices lately.
     Other multiport cards I've heard good things about are the BOCA and AST
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ name="Exabyte EXB-8505"></Heading>
 	<p>The boot message identifier for this drive is "EXABYTE
 EXB-85058SQANXR1 05B0" "type 1 removable SCSI 2"
 	<p>This is an 8mm tape drive which supports compression, and is
-              upward compatable with the EXB-5200 and EXB-8500.
+              upward compatible with the EXB-5200 and EXB-8500.
 	<p>Native capacity is 5GB.  
 	<p>The drive supports hardware data compression.
 	<p>Data transfer rate is 300kB/s.
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ the benefits and drawbacks of helical-scan apply to both 4mm and
 	<p>8mm tapes are the most common SCSI tape drives; they
 are the best choice of exchanging tapes.  Nearly every site has
 an exabyte 2 GB 8mm tape drive.  8mm drives are reliable,
-convienent and quiet.  Cartidges are inexpensive and small (4.8 x
+convenient and quiet.  Cartridges are inexpensive and small (4.8 x
 3.3 x 0.6 inches; 122 x 84 x 15 mm).  One downside of 8mm tape is
 relatively short head and tape life due to the high rate of
 relative motion of the tape across the heads.