- spelling fixes
diff --git a/networking/Config.in b/networking/Config.in
index ed87a17..5a25d6d 100644
--- a/networking/Config.in
+++ b/networking/Config.in
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@
 	bool "fetchmail"
 	default n
 	help
-	  Barebones fetchmail.
+	  Barebone fetchmail.
 
 config FEATURE_FETCHMAIL_APOP
 	bool "Support APOP authentication"
@@ -699,11 +699,11 @@
 	  Support secure APOP authentication.
 
 config FEATURE_FETCHMAIL_FILTER
-	bool "Pipe thru external filter"
+	bool "Pipe through external filter"
 	default n
 	depends on FETCHMAIL
 	help
-	  Support piping incoming messages thru external filter.
+	  Support piping incoming messages through external filter.
 
 config SLATTACH
 	bool "slattach"
diff --git a/networking/nc_bloaty.c b/networking/nc_bloaty.c
index 0b9428b..206c5e5 100644
--- a/networking/nc_bloaty.c
+++ b/networking/nc_bloaty.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 	unsigned wrote_out;          /* total stdout bytes */
 	unsigned wrote_net;          /* total net bytes */
 #endif
-	/* ouraddr is never NULL and goes thru three states as we progress:
+	/* ouraddr is never NULL and goes through three states as we progress:
 	 1 - local address before bind (IP/port possibly zero)
 	 2 - local address after bind (port is nonzero)
 	 3 - local address after connect??/recv/accept (IP and port are nonzero) */
diff --git a/networking/sendmail.c b/networking/sendmail.c
index 5dababc..63305d1 100644
--- a/networking/sendmail.c
+++ b/networking/sendmail.c
@@ -481,12 +481,12 @@
 		// make tempnam(dir, salt) respect dir argument
 		unsetenv("TMPDIR");
 
-		// TODO: piping thru external filter argv... if *argv
+		// TODO: piping through external filter argv... if *argv
 
 		// cache fetch command
 	{
 		const char *retr = (opts & OPTF_t) ? "TOP %u 0" : "RETR %u";
-		// loop thru messages
+		// loop through messages
 		for (; nmsg; nmsg--) {
 			int fd;
 			char tmp_name[sizeof("tmp/XXXXXX")];
diff --git a/networking/wget.c b/networking/wget.c
index 6c1c385..36a8356 100644
--- a/networking/wget.c
+++ b/networking/wget.c
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@
 			case 206:
 				if (beg_range)
 					break;
-				/*FALLTHRU*/
+				/* fall through */
 			default:
 				/* Show first line only and kill any ESC tricks */
 				buf[strcspn(buf, "\n\r\x1b")] = '\0';
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@
 		case 331:
 			if (ftpcmd("PASS ", str, sfp, buf) == 230)
 				break;
-			/* FALLTHRU (failed login) */
+			/* fall through (failed login) */
 		default:
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("ftp login: %s", buf+4);
 		}