diff --git a/Doc/library/2to3.rst b/Doc/library/2to3.rst
index 03cfbbe..7011f92 100644
--- a/Doc/library/2to3.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/2to3.rst
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 Fixers
 ------
 
-Each step of tranforming code is encapsulated in a fixer.  The command ``2to3
+Each step of transforming code is encapsulated in a fixer.  The command ``2to3
 -l`` lists them.  As :ref:`documented above <2to3-using>`, each can be turned on
 and off individually.  They are described here in more detail.
 
@@ -167,11 +167,11 @@
 
 .. 2to3fixer:: idioms
 
-   This optional fixer preforms several transformations that make Python code
-   more idiomatic.  Type comparisions like ``type(x) is SomeClass`` and
+   This optional fixer performs several transformations that make Python code
+   more idiomatic.  Type comparisons like ``type(x) is SomeClass`` and
    ``type(x) == SomeClass`` are converted to ``isinstance(x, SomeClass)``.
    ``while 1`` becomes ``while True``.  This fixer also tries to make use of
-   :func:`sorted` in appropiate places.  For example, this block ::
+   :func:`sorted` in appropriate places.  For example, this block ::
 
        L = list(some_iterable)
        L.sort()
diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 9673dab..a50ffbf 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
    The base class for all built-in exceptions.  It is not meant to be directly
    inherited by user-defined classes (for that use :exc:`Exception`).  If
    :func:`str` or :func:`unicode` is called on an instance of this class, the
-   representation of the argument(s) to the instance are returned or the emptry
+   representation of the argument(s) to the instance are returned or the empty
    string when there were no arguments.  All arguments are  stored in :attr:`args`
    as a tuple.
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/turtle.rst b/Doc/library/turtle.rst
index fd84597..9707420 100644
--- a/Doc/library/turtle.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/turtle.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 The procedural interface provides functions which are derived from the methods
 of the classes :class:`Screen` and :class:`Turtle`.  They have the same names as
-the corresponding methods.  A screen object is automativally created whenever a
+the corresponding methods.  A screen object is automatically created whenever a
 function derived from a Screen method is called.  An (unnamed) turtle object is
 automatically created whenever any of the functions derived from a Turtle method
 is called.
@@ -1608,7 +1608,7 @@
    =========== ===========
    "polygon"   a polygon-tuple, i.e. a tuple of pairs of coordinates
    "image"     an image  (in this form only used internally!)
-   "compound"  ``None`` (a compund shape has to be constructed using the
+   "compound"  ``None`` (a compound shape has to be constructed using the
                :meth:`addcomponent` method)
    =========== ===========
 
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@
 
 It contains:
 
-- a set of 15 demo scripts demonstrating differet features of the new module
+- a set of 15 demo scripts demonstrating different features of the new module
   :mod:`turtle`
 - a demo viewer :file:`turtleDemo.py` which can be used to view the sourcecode
   of the scripts and run them at the same time. 14 of the examples can be