diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-cus.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-cus.el
index 600b33f2268..cae0372aa49 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-cus.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-cus.el
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ Set variables local to the group you are entering.
 If you want to turn threading off in `news.answers', you could put
 `(gnus-show-threads nil)' in the group parameters of that group.
 `gnus-show-threads' will be made into a local variable in the summary
-buffer you enter, and the form nil will be `eval'ed there.
+buffer you enter, and the form nil will be `eval'uated there.
 
 This can also be used as a group-specific hook function, if you'd
 like.  If you want to hear a beep when you enter a group, you could
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ These files will not be loaded, even though they would normally be so,
 for some reason or other.")
 
     (eval (sexp :tag "Eval" :value nil) "\
-The value of this entry will be `eval'el.
+The value of this entry will be `eval'uated.
 This element will be ignored when handling global score files.")
 
     (read-only (boolean :tag "Read-only" :value t) "\
diff --git a/lisp/htmlfontify.el b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
index a4c68d329b7..cb4c83d33e0 100644
--- a/lisp/htmlfontify.el
+++ b/lisp/htmlfontify.el
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ and so on."
                        optimization - If on, preserve overlay highlighting
                        (cf ediff or goo-font-lock) as well as basic faces.\n
   body-text-only     : Emit only body-text. In concrete terms,
-                       1. Suppress calls to `hfy-page-header'and
+                       1. Suppress calls to `hfy-page-header' and
                           `hfy-page-footer'
                        2. Pretend that `div-wrapper' option above is
                           turned off
diff --git a/lisp/net/mailcap.el b/lisp/net/mailcap.el
index 86587466ef5..b4b38707c89 100644
--- a/lisp/net/mailcap.el
+++ b/lisp/net/mailcap.el
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ means the viewer is always valid.  If it is a Lisp function, it is
 called with a list of items from any extra fields from the
 Content-Type header as argument to return a boolean value for the
 validity.  Otherwise, if it is a non-function Lisp symbol or list
-whose car is a symbol, it is `eval'led to yield the validity.  If it
+whose car is a symbol, it is `eval'uated to yield the validity.  If it
 is a string or list of strings, it represents a shell command to run
 to return a true or false shell value for the validity.")
 (put 'mailcap-mime-data 'risky-local-variable t)
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el b/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el
index a813d42356c..f3d7d98f288 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/ebnf2ps.el
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ Please send all bug fixes and enhancements to
 ;; Thanks to Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> for suggestions:
 ;;    - `ebnf-arrow-extra-width', `ebnf-arrow-scale',
 ;;	`ebnf-production-name-p', `ebnf-stop-on-error',
-;;	`ebnf-file-suffix-regexp'and `ebnf-special-show-delimiter' variables.
+;;	`ebnf-file-suffix-regexp' and `ebnf-special-show-delimiter' variables.
 ;;    - `ebnf-delete-style', `ebnf-eps-file' and `ebnf-eps-directory'
 ;;	commands.
 ;;    - some docs fix.
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/flymake.el b/lisp/progmodes/flymake.el
index 241ea00d645..c6345aa9680 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/flymake.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/flymake.el
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ If nil, never start checking buffer automatically like this."
 			"it no longer has any effect." "26.1")
 
 (defcustom flymake-start-on-flymake-mode t
-  "Start syntax check when `flymake-mode'is enabled.
+  "Start syntax check when `flymake-mode' is enabled.
 Specifically, start it when the buffer is actually displayed."
   :type 'boolean)