diff --git a/Lib/typemaps/README b/Lib/typemaps/README
index 785c57224..65134578d 100644
--- a/Lib/typemaps/README
+++ b/Lib/typemaps/README
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Still in developing, but if you are interested into looking around,
+Still in development, but if you are interested into looking around,
 start with
 
 
diff --git a/Lib/typemaps/fragments.swg b/Lib/typemaps/fragments.swg
index bc1a90026..00c35b986 100644
--- a/Lib/typemaps/fragments.swg
+++ b/Lib/typemaps/fragments.swg
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   Fragments:
   ==========
 
-  Second to typemaps, fragments is one the most powerfull and
-  dangerous swig feature. So, if you are starting to read about them,
-  make sure you read all the document.
+  Second to typemaps, fragments are one the most powerful and
+  dangerous swig features. So, if you are starting to read about them,
+  make sure you read all of this document.
 
   Basics:
   =======
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
     $result = value;
   }
 
-  very soon you will discoverd yourself copying the same long
+  very soon you will discover yourself copying the same long
   conversion code in several typemaps, such as varin, directorout,
-  etc. Also, you wil discover that swig copy verbatim the same very
+  etc. Also, you will discover that swig copes verbatim the same very
   long conversion code for every argument that requires it, making the
   code very large too.
 
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
       Note that this behavior is opposite to the typemaps, where the
       last typemap applied or defined prevails. Fragment follows the
       first-in-first-out convention since they are intended to be
-      "global", while typemaps intend to be "locally" specialyzed.
+      "global", while typemaps intend to be "locally" specialized.
       
   3.- Fragments names can not contain commas.
  	
diff --git a/Lib/typemaps/inoutlist.swg b/Lib/typemaps/inoutlist.swg
index c443a86d2..23fda85f3 100644
--- a/Lib/typemaps/inoutlist.swg
+++ b/Lib/typemaps/inoutlist.swg
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ multiple output values, they are returned in the form of a list.
          
 For example, suppose you were trying to wrap the modf() function in the
 C math library which splits x into integral and fractional parts (and
-returns the integer part in one of its parameters).K:
+returns the integer part in one of its parameters):
 
         double modf(double x, double *ip);
 
diff --git a/Lib/typemaps/swigtypemaps.swg b/Lib/typemaps/swigtypemaps.swg
index 12200b10e..08abab028 100644
--- a/Lib/typemaps/swigtypemaps.swg
+++ b/Lib/typemaps/swigtypemaps.swg
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   This file provides the frontend to the Unified Typemap Library.
 
   When using this library in a SWIG target language, you need to
-  define a minimum set of fragments, specialized a couple of macros,
+  define a minimum set of fragments, specialize a couple of macros,
   and then include this file.
 
   Typically you will create a 'mytypemaps.swg' file in each target