diff --git a/doc/TRANSLATE b/doc/TRANSLATE
index 38a6fd9b3..2a20aad61 100644
--- a/doc/TRANSLATE
+++ b/doc/TRANSLATE
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ help used to be translated the usual way with gettext but it turned
 out that this is too inflexible and does for example not allow to
 correct little mistakes in the English text.  For some newer features
 we require editable help files anyway and thus the existing help
-strings have neen moved to plain text files names "help.LL.txt".  We
+strings have been moved to plain text files names "help.LL.txt".  We
 distribute these files and allow overriding them by files of that name
 in /etc/gnupg.  The syntax of these files is documented in
 doc/help.txt.  This is also the original we use to describe new
diff --git a/doc/help.txt b/doc/help.txt
index f545c2b27..e92cfbe05 100644
--- a/doc/help.txt
+++ b/doc/help.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ N  to change the name.
 C  to change the comment.
 E  to change the email address.
 O  to continue with key generation.
-Q  to to quit the key generation.
+Q  to quit the key generation.
 .
 
 .gpg.keygen.sub.okay
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ file (which is shown in brackets) will be used.
 
 .gpg.ask_revocation_reason.code
 # revoke.c (ask_revocation_reason)
-You should specify a reason for the certification.  Depending on the
+You should specify a reason for the revocation.  Depending on the
 context you have the ability to choose from this list:
   "Key has been compromised"
       Use this if you have a reason to believe that unauthorized persons
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ your system administrator whether you should trust this certificate.
 
 
 .gpgsm.crl-problem
-# This tex is displayed by the audit log for problems with
+# This text is displayed by the audit log for problems with
 # the CRL or OCSP checking.
 Depending on your configuration a problem retrieving the CRL or
 performing an OCSP check occurred.  There are a great variety of