diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst
index 4f1795d..04b3fbb 100644
--- a/Doc/glossary.rst
+++ b/Doc/glossary.rst
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
       as :keyword:`if`, :keyword:`while` or :keyword:`for`.
 
    struct sequence
-      A tuple with named elements. Struct sequences expose an interface similiar
+      A tuple with named elements. Struct sequences expose an interface similar
       to :term:`named tuple` in that elements can either be accessed either by
       index or as an attribute. However, they do not have any of the named tuple
       methods like :meth:`~collections.somenamedtuple._make` or
diff --git a/Doc/library/builtins.rst b/Doc/library/builtins.rst
index d4199d2..2cca1d0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/builtins.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/builtins.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@
 
 As an implementation detail, most modules have the name ``__builtins__`` made
 available as part of their globals.  The value of ``__builtins__`` is normally
-either this module or the value of this modules's :attr:`__dict__` attribute.
+either this module or the value of this module's :attr:`__dict__` attribute.
 Since this is an implementation detail, it may not be used by alternate
 implementations of Python.
diff --git a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
index 592e4b0..038355c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/imaplib.rst
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
    Convert *date_time* to an IMAP4 ``INTERNALDATE`` representation.  The
    return value is a string in the form: ``"DD-Mmm-YYYY HH:MM:SS
    +HHMM"`` (including double-quotes).  The *date_time* argument can be a
-   number (int or float) represening seconds since epoch (as returned
+   number (int or float) representing seconds since epoch (as returned
    by :func:`time.time`), a 9-tuple representing local time (as returned by
    :func:`time.localtime`), or a double-quoted string.  In the last case, it
    is assumed to already be in the correct format.
diff --git a/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst b/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst
index 9153738..126c224 100644
--- a/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.simple.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
       The first two parameters control the query results.  *prefer_final*
       indicates whether a final version (not alpha, beta or candidate) is to be
-      prefered over a newer but non-final version (for example, whether to pick
+      preferred over a newer but non-final version (for example, whether to pick
       up 1.0 over 2.0a3).  It is used only for queries that don't give a version
       argument.  Likewise, *prefer_source* tells whether to prefer a source
       distribution over a binary one, if no distribution argument was prodived.
diff --git a/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.xmlrpc.rst b/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.xmlrpc.rst
index 0253d68..5242e4c 100644
--- a/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.xmlrpc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/packaging.pypi.xmlrpc.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 Getting metadata information
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
-XML-RPC is a prefered way to retrieve metadata information from indexes.
+XML-RPC is a preferred way to retrieve metadata information from indexes.
 It's really simple to do so::
 
    >>> client = xmlrpc.Client()
diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index 8623380..497e3ee 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -39,11 +39,12 @@
 
 When inheriting from :class:`ThreadingMixIn` for threaded connection behavior,
 you should explicitly declare how you want your threads to behave on an abrupt
-shutdown. The :class:`ThreadingMixIn` class defines an attribute
+shutdown.  The :class:`ThreadingMixIn` class defines an attribute
 *daemon_threads*, which indicates whether or not the server should wait for
-thread termination. You should set the flag explicitly if you would like threads
-to behave autonomously; the default is :const:`False`, meaning that Python will
-not exit until all threads created by :class:`ThreadingMixIn` have exited.
+thread termination.  You should set the flag explicitly if you would like
+threads to behave autonomously; the default is :const:`False`, meaning that
+Python will not exit until all threads created by :class:`ThreadingMixIn` have
+exited.
 
 Server classes have the same external methods and attributes, no matter what
 network protocol they use.
@@ -115,8 +116,8 @@
 finished requests and to use :func:`select` to decide which request to work on
 next (or whether to handle a new incoming request).  This is particularly
 important for stream services where each client can potentially be connected for
-a long time (if threads or subprocesses cannot be used). See :mod:`asyncore` for
-another way to manage this.
+a long time (if threads or subprocesses cannot be used).  See :mod:`asyncore`
+for another way to manage this.
 
 .. XXX should data and methods be intermingled, or separate?
    how should the distinction between class and instance variables be drawn?
@@ -153,9 +154,9 @@
 .. method:: BaseServer.serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
 
    Handle requests until an explicit :meth:`shutdown` request.  Polls for
-   shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds. It also calls
+   shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds.  It also calls
    :meth:`service_actions` which may be used by a subclass or Mixin to provide
-   various cleanup actions. For e.g. ForkingMixin class uses
+   various cleanup actions.  For e.g. ForkingMixin class uses
    :meth:`service_actions` to cleanup the zombie child processes.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@
 
 .. attribute:: BaseServer.allow_reuse_address
 
-   Whether the server will allow the reuse of an address. This defaults to
+   Whether the server will allow the reuse of an address.  This defaults to
    :const:`False`, and can be set in subclasses to change the policy.
 
 
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@
 .. method:: BaseServer.server_activate()
 
    Called by the server's constructor to activate the server.  The default behavior
-   just :meth:`listen`\ s to the server's socket. May be overridden.
+   just :meth:`listen`\ s to the server's socket.  May be overridden.
 
 
 .. method:: BaseServer.server_bind()
@@ -293,10 +294,10 @@
 
 .. method:: BaseServer.verify_request(request, client_address)
 
-   Must return a Boolean value; if the value is :const:`True`, the request will be
-   processed, and if it's :const:`False`, the request will be denied. This function
-   can be overridden to implement access controls for a server. The default
-   implementation always returns :const:`True`.
+   Must return a Boolean value; if the value is :const:`True`, the request will
+   be processed, and if it's :const:`False`, the request will be denied.  This
+   function can be overridden to implement access controls for a server. The
+   default implementation always returns :const:`True`.
 
 
 RequestHandler Objects