[ 1243081 ] repair typos
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
index 63a73b1..d6b5ffe 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex
@@ -1173,7 +1173,7 @@
 
 There are several built-in functions that are no longer essential to learn,
 know or use in modern Python programming.  They have been kept here to
-maintain backwards compatability with programs written for older versions
+maintain backwards compatibility with programs written for older versions
 of Python.
 
 Python programmers, trainers, students and bookwriters should feel free to
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsets.tex b/Doc/lib/libsets.tex
index e90e527..40ea031 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsets.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsets.tex
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@
 
 Also note, the module also includes a \method{union_update()} method
 which is an alias for \method{update()}.  The method is included for
-backwards compatability.  Programmers should prefer the
-\method{update()} method because it the one supported by the builtin
+backwards compatibility.  Programmers should prefer the
+\method{update()} method because it is the one supported by the builtin
 \class{set()} and \class{frozenset()} types.
 
 \subsection{Example \label{set-example}}
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 \item The built-in versions have more space efficient pickles.
 \item The built-in versions do not have a \method{union_update()} method.
       Instead, use the \method{update()} method which is equivalent.
-\item The built-in versions do not have a \method{_repr(sort=True)} method.
+\item The built-in versions do not have a \method{_repr(sorted=True)} method.
       Instead, use the built-in \function{repr()} and \function{sorted()}
       functions:  \code{repr(sorted(s))}.
 \item The built-in version does not have a protocol for automatic conversion
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
index 2e49e21..33db0e8 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@
 \function{os.lseek()} function.
 
 \item The \class{TarFile} class in the \module{tarfile} module now has
-a \method{extractall()} method that extracts all members from the
+an \method{extractall()} method that extracts all members from the
 archive into the current working directory.  It's also possible to set
 a different directory as the extraction target, and to unpack only a
 subset of the archive's members.  (Contributed by Lars Gust\"abel.)