diff --git a/pelican/__init__.py b/pelican/__init__.py
index c2766646..9afbb6cc 100644
--- a/pelican/__init__.py
+++ b/pelican/__init__.py
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ class Pelican(object):
     def _handle_deprecation(self):
 
         if self.settings.get('CLEAN_URLS', False):
-            logger.warning('Found deprecated `CLEAN_URLS` in settings. Modifing'
-                        ' the following settings for the same behaviour.')
+            logger.warning('Found deprecated `CLEAN_URLS` in settings. '
+                        ' Modifying the following settings for the 
+                        ' same behaviour.')
 
             self.settings['ARTICLE_URL'] = '{slug}/'
             self.settings['ARTICLE_LANG_URL'] = '{slug}-{lang}/'
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ class Pelican(object):
 
         if self.settings.get('ARTICLE_PERMALINK_STRUCTURE', False):
             logger.warning('Found deprecated `ARTICLE_PERMALINK_STRUCTURE` in'
-                        ' settings.  Modifing the following settings for'
+                        ' settings.  Modifying the following settings for'
                         ' the same behaviour.')
 
             structure = self.settings['ARTICLE_PERMALINK_STRUCTURE']
diff --git a/pelican/contents.py b/pelican/contents.py
index 42de4560..593822a9 100644
--- a/pelican/contents.py
+++ b/pelican/contents.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Page(object):
 
             self.in_default_lang = (self.lang == default_lang)
 
-        # create the slug if not existing, fro mthe title
+        # create the slug if not existing, from the title
         if not hasattr(self, 'slug') and hasattr(self, 'title'):
             self.slug = slugify(self.title)
 
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class Page(object):
 
     def _get_summary(self):
         """Returns the summary of an article, based on the summary metadata
-        if it is set, else troncate the content."""
+        if it is set, else truncate the content."""
         if hasattr(self, '_summary'):
             return self._summary
         else:
diff --git a/pelican/generators.py b/pelican/generators.py
index d7ebb0b0..9f4de79b 100644
--- a/pelican/generators.py
+++ b/pelican/generators.py
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class PagesGenerator(Generator):
 
 
 class StaticGenerator(Generator):
-    """copy static paths (what you want to cpy, like images, medias etc.
+    """copy static paths (what you want to copy, like images, medias etc.
     to output"""
 
     def _copy_paths(self, paths, source, destination, output_path,
diff --git a/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py b/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py
index 64288837..153bc3ec 100755
--- a/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py
+++ b/pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def main():
 
     print('''Welcome to pelican-quickstart v{v}.
 
-This script will help you creating a new Pelican based website.
+This script will help you create a new Pelican-based website.
 
 Please answer the following questions so this script can generate the files needed by Pelican.
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ Please answer the following questions so this script can generate the files need
     CONF['basedir'] = os.path.abspath(ask('Where do you want to create your new Web site ?', answer=str, default=args.path))
     CONF['sitename'] = ask('How will you call your Web site ?', answer=str, default=args.title)
     CONF['author'] = ask('Who will be the author of this Web site ?', answer=str, default=args.author)
-    CONF['lang'] = ask('What will be the default language  of this Web site ?', str, args.lang or CONF['lang'], 2)
+    CONF['lang'] = ask('What will be the default language of this Web site ?', str, args.lang or CONF['lang'], 2)
 
     CONF['with_pagination'] = ask('Do you want to enable article pagination ?', bool, bool(CONF['default_pagination']))