diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index b800cb944..a8ecc0c6d 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # spell-checker:words POSIX SDK SDKs repo toolchain toolchains
-# spell-checker:ignore ABI ARCH BACKTRACE BINDIR COMNTOOLS MINGW MINGWDIR MSVC MSYS USERPROFILE cl dllcrt findstr maint mkdir rustc rustlib rustup targetting uutils vcvarsall
+# spell-checker:ignore ABI ARCH BACKTRACE BINDIR COMNTOOLS MINGW MINGWDIR MSVC MSYS USERPROFILE cl dllcrt findstr maint mkdir rustc rustlib rustup uutils vcvarsall
 
 version: "{build} ~ {branch}"
 
diff --git a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
index 4be8d49bc..8b65602cf 100644
--- a/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cp/src/cp.rs
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ fn copy_source(
 /// Read the contents of the directory `root` and recursively copy the
 /// contents to `target`.
 ///
-/// Any errors encounted copying files in the tree will be logged but
+/// Any errors encountered copying files in the tree will be logged but
 /// will not cause a short-circuit.
 fn copy_directory(root: &Path, target: &Target, options: &Options) -> CopyResult<()> {
     if !options.recursive {
diff --git a/src/uu/install/src/install.rs b/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
index 365ecd1dc..9883d3040 100644
--- a/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
+++ b/src/uu/install/src/install.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ fn parse_opts(args: Vec<String>) -> getopts::Matches {
         .optflagopt(
             "g",
             "group",
-            "(unimplemented) set group ownership, instead of process'\n \
+            "(unimplemented) set group ownership, instead of process's\n \
              current group",
             "GROUP",
         )
diff --git a/src/uu/whoami/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/whoami/Cargo.toml
index 3459a83ee..50872acc6 100644
--- a/src/uu/whoami/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/whoami/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "uu_whoami"
 version = "0.0.1"
 authors = []
 license = "MIT"
-description = "Diplay effective user ID"
+description = "Display effective user ID"
 
 [lib]
 path = "src/whoami.rs"
diff --git a/tests/test_mktemp.rs b/tests/test_mktemp.rs
index f8834b590..3b3b8d34f 100644
--- a/tests/test_mktemp.rs
+++ b/tests/test_mktemp.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ static TEST_TEMPLATE5: &'static str = "tempXXX";
 static TEST_TEMPLATE6: &'static str = "tempXXXlate";
 static TEST_TEMPLATE7: &'static str = "XXXtemplate";
 #[cfg(unix)]
-static TEST_TEMPLATE8: &'static str = "tempXXXla/te";
+static TEST_TEMPLATE8: &'static str = "tempXXXl/ate";
 #[cfg(windows)]
-static TEST_TEMPLATE8: &'static str = "tempXXXla\\te";
+static TEST_TEMPLATE8: &'static str = "tempXXXl\\ate";
 
 const TMPDIR: &'static str = "TMPDIR";