diff --git a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMLSSerializerImpl.cpp b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMLSSerializerImpl.cpp
index 0ef0f36719d260774ec2526c7e344d4350924d7f..8e17c728ddaa0baf60dd2b4e5fc10d2d5071ae66 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMLSSerializerImpl.cpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/dom/impl/DOMLSSerializerImpl.cpp
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ bool DOMLSSerializerImpl::write(const DOMNode* nodeToWrite,
     // The serialize engine (processNode) throws an exception to abort
     // serialization if
     //
-    //   . A fatal error occurs which renters the output ill-formed, or
+    //   . A fatal error occurs which renders the output ill-formed, or
     //   . Instructed by the application's error handler
     //
     catch (const TranscodingException&)
diff --git a/src/xercesc/framework/Wrapper4DOMLSInput.hpp b/src/xercesc/framework/Wrapper4DOMLSInput.hpp
index b2dfbd7348b7e0c7a33fc22517b6c8b2ec6fd1af..c8692e9937287285a53fee36f37ac32e683c1c68 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/framework/Wrapper4DOMLSInput.hpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/framework/Wrapper4DOMLSInput.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class DOMLSInput;
 class DOMLSResourceResolver;
 
 /**
-  * Wrap a DOMLSInput object to a SAX InputSource.
+  * Wrap a DOMLSInput object and make it behave like a SAX InputSource.
   */
 class XMLPARSER_EXPORT Wrapper4DOMLSInput: public InputSource
 {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public:
   /**
     * Constructor
     *
-    * Wrap a DOMLSInput and pretend it to be a SAX InputSource.
+    * Wrap a DOMLSInput and make it behave like a SAX InputSource.
     * By default, the wrapper will adopt the DOMLSInput that is wrapped.
     *
     * @param  inputSource  The DOMLSInput to be wrapped
diff --git a/src/xercesc/framework/Wrapper4InputSource.hpp b/src/xercesc/framework/Wrapper4InputSource.hpp
index 4079330384e9fa83bb91ed8397bf995023df6c3b..16be08d892ce2322ac78064d2345477764cb7f23 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/framework/Wrapper4InputSource.hpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/framework/Wrapper4InputSource.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class InputSource;
 
 
 /**
-  * Wrap a SAX InputSource object to a DOMLSInput.
+  * Wrap a SAX InputSource object and make it behave like DOMLSInput.
   */
 class XMLPARSER_EXPORT Wrapper4InputSource: public DOMLSInput
 {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public:
   /**
     * Constructor
     *
-    * Wrap a SAX InputSource and pretend it to be a DOMLSInput.
+    * Wrap a SAX InputSource and make it behave like a DOMLSInput.
     * By default, the wrapper will adopt the SAX InputSource that is wrapped.
     *
     * @param  inputSource  The SAX InputSource to be wrapped
diff --git a/src/xercesc/framework/XMLValidator.hpp b/src/xercesc/framework/XMLValidator.hpp
index 911a02a66455485ec8992d29b01725cf2847114f..e4f95e62debe19a324b0d1b02f41a822edb6d767 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/framework/XMLValidator.hpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/framework/XMLValidator.hpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public:
 
     /**
       * The derived class should fault in the passed XMLAttr value. It should
-      * use the passeed attribute definition (which is passed via the base
+      * use the passed attribute definition (which is passed via the base
       * type so it must often be downcast to the appropriate type for the
       * derived validator class), to fill in the passed attribute. This is done
       * as a performance enhancement since the derived class has more direct
diff --git a/src/xercesc/validators/common/Grammar.hpp b/src/xercesc/validators/common/Grammar.hpp
index 0da01907811fc4ef545f8136bd688b405b8c0f0d..23779e4d7a996f9bb26e304166aeec89c48c44bb 100644
--- a/src/xercesc/validators/common/Grammar.hpp
+++ b/src/xercesc/validators/common/Grammar.hpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
     //
     //  TOP_LEVEL_SCOPE - outermost scope level (i.e. global) of a declaration.
     //                    For DTD, all element decls and attribute decls always
-    //                    have TOP_LEVEL_SCOPE.  For schema, it may varies if
+    //                    have TOP_LEVEL_SCOPE.  For schema, it may vary if
     //                    it is inside a complex type.
     //
     //  UNKNOWN_SCOPE   - unknown scope level.  None of the decls should have this.