diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index 7a6c7f391b9..2fea79b2bb3 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ The command @kbd{M-x display-line-numbers-mode} provides a
 convenient way to turn on display of line numbers.  This mode has a globalized
 variant, @code{global-display-line-numbers-mode}.  The user option
 @code{display-line-numbers-type} controls which sub-mode of
-line-number display, described above, will these modes activate.
+line-number display, described above, these modes will activate.
 
 @noindent
 Note that line numbers are not displayed in the minibuffer and in the
diff --git a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL.it b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL.it
index dba941cfd57..d7682a4a624 100644
--- a/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL.it
+++ b/etc/tutorials/TUTORIAL.it
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ mentre fai riferimento al testo di aiuto e poi usare un C-x 1.
 
 Ecco altre utili opzioni di C-h:
 
-	C-h x   Descrive un comando.  Inserisci il nome della comando.
+	C-h x   Descrive un comando.  Inserisci il nome del comando.
 
 >> Prova con C-h x previous-line <Invio>.
    Questo mostrerà tutte le informazioni che Emacs possiede sulla
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert-x.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert-x.el
index 6fe1ade7a06..0180e9e53cc 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert-x.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/ert-x.el
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ ERT--THUNK with that buffer as current."
 
 To be used in ERT tests.  If BODY finishes successfully, the test
 buffer is killed; if there is an error, the test buffer is kept
-around on error for further inspection.  Its name is derived from
+around for further inspection.  Its name is derived from
 the name of the test and the result of NAME-FORM."
   (declare (debug ((":name" form) def-body))
            (indent 1))
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.el b/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.el
index 9fe41f67866..8646998deb9 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.el
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ This can be either \"inline\" or \"attachment\".")
      "$"
      ,#'mm-uu-org-src-code-block-extract))
   "A list of specifications for non-MIME attachments.
-Each element consist of a `mm-uu-entry'.
+Each element consists of a `mm-uu-entry'.
 The functions in the last 3 slots of this type can make use of the following
 dynamically-scoped variables:
 `file-name', `start-point', and `end-point'.
diff --git a/lisp/mail/footnote.el b/lisp/mail/footnote.el
index a985a212557..29e16c419be 100644
--- a/lisp/mail/footnote.el
+++ b/lisp/mail/footnote.el
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
 ;; + The key sequence 'C-c ! a C-y C-c ! b' should auto-fill the
 ;;   footnote in adaptive fill mode.  This does not seem to be a bug in
 ;;   `adaptive-fill' because it behaves that way on all point movements
-;; + Handle footmode mode elegantly in all modes, even if that means refuses to
+;; + Handle footnote mode elegantly in all modes, even if that means refusing to
 ;;   accept the burden.  For example, in a programming language mode, footnotes
 ;;   should be commented.
-;; + Manually autofilling the a first footnote should not cause it to
-;;   wrap into the footnote section tag
+;; + Manually autofilling the first footnote should not cause it to
+;;   wrap into the footnote section tag.
 ;;   + Current solution adds a second newline after the section tag, so it is
 ;;     clearly a separate paragraph.  There may be stylistic objections to this.
 ;; + Footnotes with multiple paragraphs should not have their first
diff --git a/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el b/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el
index 251d5191cb2..8268b2d1676 100644
--- a/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el
+++ b/lisp/net/tramp-adb.el
@@ -1073,9 +1073,9 @@ E.g. a host name \"192.168.1.1#5555\" returns \"192.168.1.1:5555\"
        tramp-prefix-port-format ":"
        (cond ((member host devices) host)
 	     ;; This is the case when the host is connected to the default port.
-	     ((member (format "%s%s%d" host tramp-prefix-port-format port)
+	     ((member (format "%s%s%s" host tramp-prefix-port-format port)
 		      devices)
-	      (format "%s:%d" host port))
+	      (format "%s:%s" host port))
 	     ;; An empty host name shall be mapped as well, when there
 	     ;; is exactly one entry in `devices'.
 	     ((and (zerop (length host)) (= (length devices) 1))
diff --git a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
index 8205218ce11..4d2554c0870 100644
--- a/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
+++ b/lisp/progmodes/sh-script.el
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ If FORCE is non-nil and no process found, create one."
   (pop-to-buffer (process-buffer (sh-shell-process t)) display-comint-buffer-action))
 
 (defun sh-send-text (text)
-  "Send the text to the `sh-shell-process'."
+  "Send TEXT to `sh-shell-process'."
   (comint-send-string (sh-shell-process t) (concat text "\n")))
 
 (defun sh-cd-here ()
diff --git a/lisp/textmodes/dns-mode.el b/lisp/textmodes/dns-mode.el
index dc26a3c1b7f..d4acbe24ebb 100644
--- a/lisp/textmodes/dns-mode.el
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/dns-mode.el
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ manually with \\[dns-mode-soa-increment-serial]."
 ;;;###autoload
 (define-derived-mode dns-mode text-mode "DNS"
   "Major mode for viewing and editing DNS master files.
-This mode is inherited from text mode.  It add syntax
+This mode is derived from text mode.  It adds syntax
 highlighting, and some commands for handling DNS master files.
 Its keymap inherits from `text-mode' and it has the same
 variables for customizing indentation.  It has its own abbrev