diff --git a/lib/textsearch.c b/lib/textsearch.c
index d608331..e0cc014 100644
--- a/lib/textsearch.c
+++ b/lib/textsearch.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  *
  * INTRODUCTION
  *
- *   The textsearch infrastructure provides text searching facitilies for
+ *   The textsearch infrastructure provides text searching facilities for
  *   both linear and non-linear data. Individual search algorithms are
  *   implemented in modules and chosen by the user.
  *
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  *       to the algorithm to store persistent variables.
  *   (4) Core eventually resets the search offset and forwards the find()
  *       request to the algorithm.
- *   (5) Algorithm calls get_next_block() provided by the user continously
+ *   (5) Algorithm calls get_next_block() provided by the user continuously
  *       to fetch the data to be searched in block by block.
  *   (6) Algorithm invokes finish() after the last call to get_next_block
  *       to clean up any leftovers from get_next_block. (Optional)
@@ -58,15 +58,15 @@
  *   the pattern to look for and flags. As a flag, you can set TS_IGNORECASE
  *   to perform case insensitive matching. But it might slow down
  *   performance of algorithm, so you should use it at own your risk.
- *   The returned configuration may then be used for an arbitary
+ *   The returned configuration may then be used for an arbitrary
  *   amount of times and even in parallel as long as a separate struct
  *   ts_state variable is provided to every instance.
  *
  *   The actual search is performed by either calling textsearch_find_-
  *   continuous() for linear data or by providing an own get_next_block()
  *   implementation and calling textsearch_find(). Both functions return
- *   the position of the first occurrence of the patern or UINT_MAX if
- *   no match was found. Subsequent occurences can be found by calling
+ *   the position of the first occurrence of the pattern or UINT_MAX if
+ *   no match was found. Subsequent occurrences can be found by calling
  *   textsearch_next() regardless of the linearity of the data.
  *
  *   Once you're done using a configuration it must be given back via