diff --git a/Global/EiffelStudio.gitignore b/Global/EiffelStudio.gitignore
index a7ba35f8244573159abaab0f96df71ed2ee3499f..f41b4f70216d896c6e9420c3392de9a44f1ed97f 100644
--- a/Global/EiffelStudio.gitignore
+++ b/Global/EiffelStudio.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# The compilation directoy
+# The compilation directory
 EIFGENs
diff --git a/Rails.gitignore b/Rails.gitignore
index f786a90af379b9218473138919f0b5f6f58cf5a4..55fcde6c75a2d990926a7148ce60ea109c866e79 100644
--- a/Rails.gitignore
+++ b/Rails.gitignore
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ pickle-email-*.html
 config/initializers/secret_token.rb
 config/secrets.yml
 
-## Environment normalisation:
+## Environment normalization:
 /.bundle
 /vendor/bundle
 
-# these should all be checked in to normalise the environment:
+# these should all be checked in to normalize the environment:
 # Gemfile.lock, .ruby-version, .ruby-gemset
 
 # unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
diff --git a/Ruby.gitignore b/Ruby.gitignore
index 1ba91c05fef06e5d0daf521ec8ba6488aab20099..a8b1cda23f83c5db4f6ba8d899f430db63fc5cf0 100644
--- a/Ruby.gitignore
+++ b/Ruby.gitignore
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ build/
 /doc/
 /rdoc/
 
-## Environment normalisation:
+## Environment normalization:
 /.bundle/
 /vendor/bundle
 /lib/bundler/man/
diff --git a/Typo3.gitignore b/Typo3.gitignore
index 5781fcc3cb5e131b6647fa7ec9b155fb72be1c2d..cb024fefe996b8894fb94b53f9d9657a64aa72a6 100644
--- a/Typo3.gitignore
+++ b/Typo3.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## TYPO3 v6.2
-# Ignore serveral upload and file directories.
+# Ignore several upload and file directories.
 /fileadmin/user_upload/
 /fileadmin/_temp_/
 /fileadmin/_processed_/