diff --git a/doc/org-manual.org b/doc/org-manual.org
index 170eea506..06ade0b2d 100644
--- a/doc/org-manual.org
+++ b/doc/org-manual.org
@@ -16408,7 +16408,7 @@ The iCalendar format standard requires globally unique identifier---or
 UID---for each entry.  The iCalendar export backend creates UIDs
 during export.  To save a copy of the UID in the Org file set the
 variable ~org-icalendar-store-UID~.  The backend looks for the =ID=
-property of the entry for re-using the same UID for subsequent
+property of the entry for reusing the same UID for subsequent
 exports.
 
 Since a single Org entry can result in multiple iCalendar
diff --git a/lisp/oc-basic.el b/lisp/oc-basic.el
index 6e3142fa1..e207a1997 100644
--- a/lisp/oc-basic.el
+++ b/lisp/oc-basic.el
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 ;; The `basic' citation processor provides "activate", "follow", "export" and
 ;; "insert" capabilities.
 
-;; "activate" capability re-uses default fontification, but provides additional
+;; "activate" capability reuses default fontification, but provides additional
 ;; features on both correct and wrong keys according to the bibliography
 ;; defined in the document.
 
diff --git a/lisp/org-faces.el b/lisp/org-faces.el
index af7269bd1..785fb22db 100644
--- a/lisp/org-faces.el
+++ b/lisp/org-faces.el
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ month and 365.24 days for a year)."
 (defcustom org-n-level-faces (length org-level-faces)
   "The number of different faces to be used for headlines.
 Org mode defines 8 different headline faces, so this can be at most 8.
-If it is less than 8, the level-1 face gets re-used for level N+1 etc."
+If it is less than 8, the level-1 face gets reused for level N+1 etc."
   :type 'integer
   :group 'org-faces)
 
diff --git a/lisp/ox.el b/lisp/ox.el
index 35bbf84a0..6fa21be90 100644
--- a/lisp/ox.el
+++ b/lisp/ox.el
@@ -4738,7 +4738,7 @@ matching DATUM before creating a new reference."
 	       ;; unique, e.g., there might be duplicate custom ID or
 	       ;; two headings with the same title in the file.
 	       ;;
-	       ;; As a consequence, before re-using any reference to
+	       ;; As a consequence, before reusing any reference to
 	       ;; an element or object, we check that it doesn't refer
 	       ;; to a previous element or object.
 	       (new (or (cl-some