diff --git a/doc/man/task.1.in b/doc/man/task.1.in
index a4bd1637b..716b288b4 100644
--- a/doc/man/task.1.in
+++ b/doc/man/task.1.in
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ Prepends description text to an existing task. Is affected by the context.
 .TP
 .B task <filter> purge
 Permanently removes the specified tasks from the data files. Only
-tasks that are alredy deleted can be purged. This command has a
+tasks that are already deleted can be purged. This command has a
 local-only effect and changes introduced by it are not synced.
 Is affected by the context.
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp b/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp
index b695bc760..42f1b957a 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ void CmdEdit::parseTask (Task& task, const std::string& after, const std::string
         // if there is no corresponding id, then a new unique date is created).
         Datetime when (value.substr (0, gap), dateformat);
 
-        // If the map already contains a annotation for a given timestamp
+        // If the map already contains an annotation for a given timestamp
         // we need to increment until we find an unused key
         int timestamp = (int) when.toEpoch ();
 
diff --git a/test/basetest/utils.py b/test/basetest/utils.py
index 200066c94..130718aeb 100644
--- a/test/basetest/utils.py
+++ b/test/basetest/utils.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def release_port(port):
 
 
 def memoize(obj):
-    """Keep an in-memory cache of function results given it's inputs
+    """Keep an in-memory cache of function results given its inputs
     """
     cache = obj.cache = {}
 
diff --git a/test/filter.t b/test/filter.t
index bc39fb0a4..765d33bfe 100755
--- a/test/filter.t
+++ b/test/filter.t
@@ -874,14 +874,14 @@ class Test1452(TestCase):
         self.task_uuid = self.t.export_one()['uuid']
 
     def test_get_task_by_uuid_with_prefix(self):
-        """1452: Tries to filter task simply by it's uuid, using uuid: prefix."""
+        """1452: Tries to filter task simply by its uuid, using uuid: prefix."""
         output = self.t.export_one('uuid:%s' % self.task_uuid)
 
         # Sanity check it is the correct one
         self.assertEqual(output['uuid'], self.task_uuid)
 
     def test_get_task_by_uuid_without_prefix(self):
-        """1452: Tries to filter task simply by it's uuid, without using uuid: prefix."""
+        """1452: Tries to filter task simply by its uuid, without using uuid: prefix."""
         output = self.t.export_one(self.task_uuid)
 
         # Sanity check it is the correct one