diff --git a/src/vs/platform/markers/common/problemMatcher.ts b/src/vs/platform/markers/common/problemMatcher.ts
index bc9509d145e6740d21398b7a01de56afede4b126..71092e34ea518a06f67a94186b87f298732d7af9 100644
--- a/src/vs/platform/markers/common/problemMatcher.ts
+++ b/src/vs/platform/markers/common/problemMatcher.ts
@@ -429,9 +429,9 @@ export namespace Config {
 		file?: number;
 
 		/**
-		* The match group index of the problems's location. Valid location
+		* The match group index of the problem's location. Valid location
 		* patterns are: (line), (line,column) and (startLine,startColumn,endLine,endColumn).
-		* If omitted the line and colum properties are used.
+		* If omitted the line and column properties are used.
 		*/
 		location?: number;
 
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ export namespace Config {
 		severity?: number;
 
 		/**
-		* The match group index of the problems's code.
+		* The match group index of the problem's code.
 		*
 		* Defaults to undefined. No code is captured.
 		*/
@@ -672,12 +672,12 @@ export namespace Config {
 	export interface NamedProblemMatcher extends ProblemMatcher {
 		/**
 		* An optional name. This name can be used to refer to the
-		* problem matchter from within a task.
+		* problem matcher from within a task.
 		*/
 		name?: string;
 
 		/**
-		 * A human reable label.
+		 * A human readable label.
 		 */
 		label?: string;
 	}
@@ -1648,4 +1648,4 @@ class ProblemMatcherRegistryImpl implements IProblemMatcherRegistry {
 	}
 }
 
-export const ProblemMatcherRegistry: IProblemMatcherRegistry = new ProblemMatcherRegistryImpl();
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+export const ProblemMatcherRegistry: IProblemMatcherRegistry = new ProblemMatcherRegistryImpl();