diff --git a/doc/api/addons.markdown b/doc/api/addons.markdown
index 7d9dfc9b9af48e..c330217beffa4d 100644
--- a/doc/api/addons.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/addons.markdown
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ release schedule is designed to minimize the frequency and impact of such
 changes but there is little that Node.js can do currently to ensure stability
 of the V8 APIs.
 
-The [Native Abstrations for Node.js][] (or `nan`) provide a set of tools that
+The [Native Abstractions for Node.js][] (or `nan`) provide a set of tools that
 Addon developers are recommended to use to keep compatibility between past and
 future releases of V8 and Node.js. See the `nan` [examples][] for an
 illustration of how it can be used.
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ const addon = require('./build/Release/addon');
 [installation instructions]: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#installation
 [libuv]: https://github.com/libuv/libuv
 [Linking to Node.js' own dependencies]: #linking-to-nodejs-own-dependencies
-[Native Abstrations for Node.js]: https://github.com/nodejs/nan
+[Native Abstractions for Node.js]: https://github.com/nodejs/nan
 [node-gyp]: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp
 [require]: globals.html#globals_require
 [v8-docs]: https://v8docs.nodesource.com/
diff --git a/doc/api/dgram.markdown b/doc/api/dgram.markdown
index 8d6de8d7f4b05d..1bb5155578d6cf 100644
--- a/doc/api/dgram.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/dgram.markdown
@@ -197,12 +197,12 @@ drop membership on all valid interfaces.
 Broadcasts a datagram on the socket. The destination `port` and `address` must
 be specified.
 
-The `msg` argument containins the message to be sent.
+The `msg` argument contains the message to be sent.
 Depending on its type, different behavior can apply. If `msg` is a `Buffer`,
 the `offset` and `length` specify the offset within the `Buffer` where the
 message begins and the number of bytes in the message, respectively.
 If `msg` is a `String`, then it is automatically converted to a `Buffer`
-with `'utf8'` enecoding. With messages that
+with `'utf8'` encoding. With messages that
 contain  multi-byte characters, `offset` and `length` will be calculated with
 respect to [byte length][] and not the character position.
 If `msg` is an array, `offset` and `length` must not be specified.
diff --git a/doc/api/fs.markdown b/doc/api/fs.markdown
index 35fc7cfd370161..c6698e269e320d 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/fs.markdown
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ default mode `w`. The `defaultEncoding` can be any one of those accepted by [`Bu
 If `autoClose` is set to true (default behavior) on `error` or `end`
 the file descriptor will be closed automatically. If `autoClose` is false,
 then the file descriptor won't be closed, even if there's an error.
-It is your responsiblity to close it and make sure
+It is your responsibility to close it and make sure
 there's no file descriptor leak.
 
 Like [`ReadStream`][], if `fd` is specified, `WriteStream` will ignore the