diff --git a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
index daa8962929a88b2a752c52b35ec00897038e9bfb..160763779edcc49174ee8c8b734d0eeaf9cf6f14 100644
--- a/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
+++ b/activeresource/lib/active_resource/base.rb
@@ -522,9 +522,9 @@ def timeout
       #
       # * <tt>:key</tt> - An OpenSSL::PKey::RSA or OpenSSL::PKey::DSA object.
       # * <tt>:cert</tt> - An OpenSSL::X509::Certificate object as client certificate
-      # * <tt>:ca_file</tt> - Path to a CA certification file in PEM format. The file can contrain several CA certificates.
+      # * <tt>:ca_file</tt> - Path to a CA certification file in PEM format. The file can contain several CA certificates.
       # * <tt>:ca_path</tt> - Path of a CA certification directory containing certifications in PEM format.
-      # * <tt>:verify_mode</tt> - Flags for server the certification verification at begining of SSL/TLS session. (OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE or OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER is acceptable)
+      # * <tt>:verify_mode</tt> - Flags for server the certification verification at beginning of SSL/TLS session. (OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE or OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_PEER is acceptable)
       # * <tt>:verify_callback</tt> - The verify callback for the server certification verification.
       # * <tt>:verify_depth</tt> - The maximum depth for the certificate chain verification.
       # * <tt>:cert_store</tt> - OpenSSL::X509::Store to verify peer certificate.
diff --git a/activeresource/test/cases/base_test.rb b/activeresource/test/cases/base_test.rb
index ab801902ac95d7914b4b0ebaedf82b5e70933d0f..48dacbdf678ca07d0a3b5484a5a0364b6e68aa6b 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/cases/base_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/cases/base_test.rb
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ def test_delete_with_410_gone
   end
 
   ########################################################################
-  # Tests the more miscelaneous helper methods
+  # Tests the more miscellaneous helper methods
   ########################################################################
   def test_exists
     # Class method.
diff --git a/activeresource/test/cases/validations_test.rb b/activeresource/test/cases/validations_test.rb
index 671d1ea8f01da7706b8443355a98a687ee70b65f..3b1caecb04c80564ebb1b02a8129c7e32cfb72f2 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/cases/validations_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/cases/validations_test.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/conversions'
 
 # The validations are tested thoroughly under ActiveModel::Validations
-# This test case simply makes sur that they are all accessible by
+# This test case simply makes sure that they are all accessible by
 # Active Resource objects.
 class ValidationsTest < ActiveModel::TestCase
   VALID_PROJECT_HASH = { :name => "My Project", :description => "A project" }
diff --git a/activeresource/test/connection_test.rb b/activeresource/test/connection_test.rb
index fe80cdf2e52adfbd8cedac78d59c9bf260cbb72a..6e79845aa01c0e53d4d3a6bcf04678be6f044511 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/connection_test.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/connection_test.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_handle_response
     # 401 is an unauthorized request
     assert_response_raises ActiveResource::UnauthorizedAccess, 401
 
-    # 403 is a forbidden requst (and authorizing will not help)
+    # 403 is a forbidden request (and authorizing will not help)
     assert_response_raises ActiveResource::ForbiddenAccess, 403
 
     # 404 is a missing resource.
diff --git a/activeresource/test/fixtures/address.rb b/activeresource/test/fixtures/address.rb
index fe921e15955217050ef9da086da159f3db68ab5e..7a73ecb52a02334079115de4beef77a5833b7595 100644
--- a/activeresource/test/fixtures/address.rb
+++ b/activeresource/test/fixtures/address.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# turns everyting into the same object
+# turns everything into the same object
 class AddressXMLFormatter
   include ActiveResource::Formats::XmlFormat