fix typos in documentation
diff --git a/documentation/examples.rst b/documentation/examples.rst
index 019ffc1..787fd00 100644
--- a/documentation/examples.rst
+++ b/documentation/examples.rst
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
   using :rfc:`2217` requests. The status lines (DSR/CTS/RI/CD) are polled every
   second and notifications are sent to the client.
 - Telnet character IAC (0xff) needs to be doubled in data stream. IAC followed
-  by an other value is interpreted as Telnet command sequence.
+  by another value is interpreted as Telnet command sequence.
 - Telnet negotiation commands are sent when connecting to the server.
 - RTS/DTR are activated on client connect and deactivated on disconnect.
 - Default port settings are set again when client disconnects.
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 - Copy the script ``port_publisher.py`` to ``/usr/local/bin``.
 - Copy the script ``port_publisher.sh`` to ``/etc/init.d``.
 - Add links to the runlevels using ``update-rc.d port_publisher.sh defaults 99``
-- Thats it :-) the service will be started on next reboot. Alternatively run
+- That's it :-) the service will be started on next reboot. Alternatively run
   ``invoke-rc.d port_publisher.sh start`` as root.
 
 .. versionadded:: 2.5 new example
diff --git a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
index 90444df..953a703 100644
--- a/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
+++ b/documentation/pyserial_api.rst
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
         :platform: Posix
         :platform: Windows
 
-        Cancel a pending read operation from an other thread. A blocking
+        Cancel a pending read operation from another thread. A blocking
         :meth:`read` call is aborted immediately. :meth:`read` will not report
         any error but return all data received up to that point (similar to a
         timeout).
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
         :platform: Posix
         :platform: Windows
 
-        Cancel a pending write operation from an other thread. The
+        Cancel a pending write operation from another thread. The
         :meth:`write` method will return immediately (no error indicated).
         However the OS may still be sending from the buffer, a separate call to
         :meth:`reset_output_buffer` may be needed.
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@
 ``asyncio`` was introduced with Python 3.4. Experimental support for pySerial
 is provided via a separate distribution `pyserial-asyncio`_.
 
-It is currently under developement, see:
+It is currently under development, see:
 
 - http://pyserial-asyncio.readthedocs.io/
 - https://github.com/pyserial/pyserial-asyncio
diff --git a/documentation/tools.rst b/documentation/tools.rst
index 45e7aef..437a884 100644
--- a/documentation/tools.rst
+++ b/documentation/tools.rst
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
     .. attribute:: interface
 
-        Interface specifc description, e.g. used in compound USB devices.
+        Interface specific description, e.g. used in compound USB devices.
 
     Comparison operators are implemented such that the :obj:`ListPortInfo` objects
     can be sorted by ``device``. Strings are split into groups of numbers and
diff --git a/documentation/url_handlers.rst b/documentation/url_handlers.rst
index a425bb5..adacc2e 100644
--- a/documentation/url_handlers.rst
+++ b/documentation/url_handlers.rst
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
     000002.284 RX   00F0  F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7  F8 F9 FA FB FC FD FE FF  ................
     000002.284 BRK  send_break 0.25
 
-An other example, on POSIX, open a second terminal window and find out it's
+Another example, on POSIX, open a second terminal window and find out it's
 device (e.g. with the ``ps`` command in the TTY column), assumed to be
 ``/dev/pts/2`` here, double quotes are used so that the ampersand in the URL is
 not interpreted by the shell::