diff --git a/Global/EiffelStudio.gitignore b/Global/EiffelStudio.gitignore
index a7ba35f8..f41b4f70 100644
--- a/Global/EiffelStudio.gitignore
+++ b/Global/EiffelStudio.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# The compilation directoy
+# The compilation directory
 EIFGENs
diff --git a/Rails.gitignore b/Rails.gitignore
index f786a90a..55fcde6c 100644
--- a/Rails.gitignore
+++ b/Rails.gitignore
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ pickle-email-*.html
 config/initializers/secret_token.rb
 config/secrets.yml
 
-## Environment normalisation:
+## Environment normalization:
 /.bundle
 /vendor/bundle
 
-# these should all be checked in to normalise the environment:
+# these should all be checked in to normalize the environment:
 # Gemfile.lock, .ruby-version, .ruby-gemset
 
 # unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
diff --git a/Ruby.gitignore b/Ruby.gitignore
index 1ba91c05..a8b1cda2 100644
--- a/Ruby.gitignore
+++ b/Ruby.gitignore
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ build/
 /doc/
 /rdoc/
 
-## Environment normalisation:
+## Environment normalization:
 /.bundle/
 /vendor/bundle
 /lib/bundler/man/
diff --git a/Typo3.gitignore b/Typo3.gitignore
index 5781fcc3..cb024fef 100644
--- a/Typo3.gitignore
+++ b/Typo3.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ## TYPO3 v6.2
-# Ignore serveral upload and file directories.
+# Ignore several upload and file directories.
 /fileadmin/user_upload/
 /fileadmin/_temp_/
 /fileadmin/_processed_/