4 files changed, 17 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
index 0be2b5159f..be50cf4de3 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-parse-options.txt
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ that allow to change the behavior of a command.
 
 The parse-options API allows:
 
-* 'sticked' and 'separate form' of options with arguments.
-  `-oArg` is sticked, `-o Arg` is separate form.
-  `--option=Arg` is sticked, `--option Arg` is separate form.
+* 'stuck' and 'separate form' of options with arguments.
+  `-oArg` is stuck, `-o Arg` is separate form.
+  `--option=Arg` is stuck, `--option Arg` is separate form.
 
 * Long options may be 'abbreviated', as long as the abbreviation
   is unambiguous.
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt
index aa1c50f181..02adfd45d3 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-ref-iteration.txt
@@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ submodules object database. You can do this by a code-snippet like
 this:
 
 	const char *path = "path/to/submodule"
-	if (!add_submodule_odb(path))
+	if (add_submodule_odb(path))
 		die("Error submodule '%s' not populated.", path);
 
-`add_submodule_odb()` will return an non-zero value on success. If you
+`add_submodule_odb()` will return zero on success. If you
 do not do this you will get an error for each ref that it does not point
 to a valid object.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt
index 4be87768f6..5d245aa9d1 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-remote.txt
@@ -58,16 +58,16 @@ default remote, given the current branch and configuration.
 struct refspec
 --------------
 
-A struct refspec holds the parsed interpretation of a refspec. If it
-will force updates (starts with a '+'), force is true. If it is a
-pattern (sides end with '*') pattern is true. src and dest are the two
-sides (if a pattern, only the part outside of the wildcards); if there
-is only one side, it is src, and dst is NULL; if sides exist but are
-empty (i.e., the refspec either starts or ends with ':'), the
-corresponding side is "".
-
-This parsing can be done to an array of strings to give an array of
-struct refpsecs with parse_ref_spec().
+A struct refspec holds the parsed interpretation of a refspec.  If it
+will force updates (starts with a '+'), force is true.  If it is a
+pattern (sides end with '*') pattern is true.  src and dest are the
+two sides (including '*' characters if present); if there is only one
+side, it is src, and dst is NULL; if sides exist but are empty (i.e.,
+the refspec either starts or ends with ':'), the corresponding side is
+"".
+
+An array of strings can be parsed into an array of struct refspecs
+using parse_fetch_refspec() or parse_push_refspec().
 
 remote_find_tracking(), given a remote and a struct refspec with
 either src or dst filled out, will fill out the other such that the
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
index caf941a1c5..d21d77d1de 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/http-protocol.txt
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Clients MUST first perform ref discovery with
    S: ....ACK %s, continue
    S: ....NAK
 
-Clients MUST NOT reuse or revalidate a cached reponse.
+Clients MUST NOT reuse or revalidate a cached response.
 Servers MUST include sufficient Cache-Control headers
 to prevent caching of the response.
 
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ Clients MUST first perform ref discovery with
    S:
    S: ....
 
-Clients MUST NOT reuse or revalidate a cached reponse.
+Clients MUST NOT reuse or revalidate a cached response.
 Servers MUST include sufficient Cache-Control headers
 to prevent caching of the response.