diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 91c7838..508521f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ keychain.1: keychain.pod keychain.sh
 keychain.1.gz: keychain.1
 	gzip -9 keychain.1
 
-GENKEYCHAINPL = open P, "keychain.txt" or die "cant open keychain.txt"; \
+GENKEYCHAINPL = open P, "keychain.txt" or die "cannot open keychain.txt"; \
 			while (<P>) { \
 				$$printing = 0 if /^\w/; \
 				$$printing = 1 if /^(SYNOPSIS|OPTIONS)/; \
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ GENKEYCHAINPL = open P, "keychain.txt" or die "cant open keychain.txt"; \
 				s/(^|\s)(-+[-\w]+)/$$1\$${GREEN}$$2\$${OFF}/g; \
 				$$pod .= $$_; \
 			}; \
-		open B, "keychain.sh" or die "cant open keychain.sh"; \
+		open B, "keychain.sh" or die "cannot open keychain.sh"; \
 			$$/ = undef; \
 			$$_ = <B>; \
 			s/INSERT_POD_OUTPUT_HERE[\r\n]/$$pod/ || die; \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eaba380..6b28687 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ IMPORTANT - GitHub Contributors
 
 Please apply your patches to `keychain.sh`, *not* the generated `keychain`
 script, which we are now including in the git repo to facilitate the
-distribution of release archives direct from GitHub. All development work will 
-be done on the 'devel' branch and will only be merged with the master branch when 
+distribution of release archives directly from GitHub. All development work will 
+be done on the 'devel' branch and will only be merged into the master branch when 
 a new release is made. This should allow the generated files (keychain, man pages,
-spec file)to remain in sync on the master branch but no guarantees are made except
+spec file) to remain in sync on the master branch but no guarantees are made except
 for the tagged release. They will be regenerated for official release archives 
-only (those tagged with the release version.). Anyone using or contributing to the
+only (those tagged with the release version). Anyone using or contributing to the
 'devel' branch should assume the generated files are out of date and regenerate 
 locally if needed.
 Thanks!
diff --git a/keychain.pod b/keychain.pod
index fac9674..7dd994e 100755
--- a/keychain.pod
+++ b/keychain.pod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ available on the system.)
 
 As an additional feature, if a private key has an extension ".ext", keychain
 will look for privkey.ext.pub first, and if not found, will look for
-privkeyname.pub.
+privkey.pub.
 
 Keychain also supports gpg-agent in the same ways that ssh-agent is
 supported.  By default keychain attempts to start ssh-agent only. 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ keychain-2.5.0, this was the behavior of the bare "--stop" option.
 
 =item others
 
-Kill agent processes other than the one keychain is providing.  Prior
+Kill agent processes other than the ones keychain is providing.  Prior
 to keychain-2.5.0, keychain would do this automatically.  The new
 behavior requires that you specify it explicitly if you want it.