diff --git a/lib/rdoc/generator/pot/po_entry.rb b/lib/rdoc/generator/pot/po_entry.rb
index 3c278826f4..7454b29273 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/generator/pot/po_entry.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/generator/pot/po_entry.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class RDoc::Generator::POT::POEntry
   attr_reader :flags
 
   ##
-  # Creates a PO entry for +msgid+. Other valus can be specified by
+  # Creates a PO entry for +msgid+. Other values can be specified by
   # +options+.
 
   def initialize msgid, options = {}
diff --git a/lib/rdoc/parser/changelog.rb b/lib/rdoc/parser/changelog.rb
index a046241870..4014c6eb1c 100644
--- a/lib/rdoc/parser/changelog.rb
+++ b/lib/rdoc/parser/changelog.rb
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def scan
 
   module Git
     ##
-    # Parses auxiliary info.  Currentry `base-url` to expand
+    # Parses auxiliary info.  Currently `base-url` to expand
     # references is effective.
 
     def parse_info(info)
diff --git a/test/rdoc/MarkdownTest_1.0.3/Markdown Documentation - Syntax.text b/test/rdoc/MarkdownTest_1.0.3/Markdown Documentation - Syntax.text
index 184018a5ac..2fe1e3f00e 100644
--- a/test/rdoc/MarkdownTest_1.0.3/Markdown Documentation - Syntax.text	
+++ b/test/rdoc/MarkdownTest_1.0.3/Markdown Documentation - Syntax.text	
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ or tabs for padding, which tends to look better with longer URLs:
 Link definitions are only used for creating links during Markdown
 processing, and are stripped from your document in the HTML output.
 
-Link definition names may constist of letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation -- but they are *not* case sensitive. E.g. these two links:
+Link definition names may consist of letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation -- but they are *not* case sensitive. E.g. these two links:
 
 	[link text][a]
 	[link text][A]
diff --git a/test/rdoc/MarkdownTest_1.0.3/Tidyness.text b/test/rdoc/MarkdownTest_1.0.3/Tidiness.text
similarity index 100%
rename from test/rdoc/MarkdownTest_1.0.3/Tidyness.text
rename to test/rdoc/MarkdownTest_1.0.3/Tidiness.text
diff --git a/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_markdown_test.rb b/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_markdown_test.rb
index d4f894c924..193d648253 100644
--- a/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_markdown_test.rb
+++ b/test/rdoc/test_rdoc_markdown_test.rb
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ def test_markdown_documentation_syntax
         para("Link definitions are only used for creating links during Markdown\n" +
              "processing, and are stripped from your document in the HTML output."),
 
-        para("Link definition names may constist of letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation -- but they are _not_ case sensitive. E.g. these two links:"),
+        para("Link definition names may consist of letters, numbers, spaces, and punctuation -- but they are _not_ case sensitive. E.g. these two links:"),
 
         verb("[link text][a]\n",
              "[link text][A]\n"),
@@ -1863,8 +1863,8 @@ def test_tabs
     assert_equal expected, doc
   end
 
-  def test_tidyness
-    input = File.read "#{MARKDOWN_TEST_PATH}/Tidyness.text"
+  def test_tidiness
+    input = File.read "#{MARKDOWN_TEST_PATH}/Tidiness.text"
 
     doc = @parser.parse input