diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 63e8d375..d33edeb6 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 * `system_requirements()` now works as intended if only the `os` argument is used (@mdneuzerling, #609)
 
-* `remote_package_name.git2r_remote` and `remote_package_name.xgit_remote` now get correct package name from HTTP(S) git repo's `DESCRIPTION` file, and thus package's `DESCRIPTION` file's `Remotes` field could have `git::http(s)://<host>/<username>/<repo>[.git][@ref]` items that install remote packages using git via HTTP(S) protocal (@niheaven, #603).
+* `remote_package_name.git2r_remote` and `remote_package_name.xgit_remote` now get correct package name from HTTP(S) git repo's `DESCRIPTION` file, and thus package's `DESCRIPTION` file's `Remotes` field could have `git::http(s)://<host>/<username>/<repo>[.git][@ref]` items that install remote packages using git via HTTP(S) protocol (@niheaven, #603).
 
 # remotes 2.3.0
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60f9f40e..ebe41814 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ dependencies are installed from Bioconductor.
     * `method = "wininet"` is used on windows OS
     * `method = "libcurl"` is used on other OS, if available.
 
-See `help("download.file")` for informations on these methods and for
+See `help("download.file")` for information on these methods and for
 setting proxies if needed.
 
 ### Standalone mode
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-deps.R b/tests/testthat/test-deps.R
index 62c1a6ad..155a4997 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-deps.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-deps.R
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ test_that("extra_deps", {
 
   expect_equal(res$package, c("testthat", "roxygen2"))
 
-  # There are the shas for the v2.0.0 and v6.0.1 tags respectivly
+  # There are the shas for the v2.0.0 and v6.0.1 tags respectively
   expect_equal(
     res$available,
     c("b0c0d5dcd78c5f97790c4b6ddb5babbce4c63a9d",