diff --git a/doc/events.md b/doc/events.md
index 7933ad42..ff5a598d 100644
--- a/doc/events.md
+++ b/doc/events.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ nodemon will emit events based on the child process.
 - stderr - the stderr stream from the child process
 - readable - stdout and stderr streams are ready ([example](https://github.com/remy/nodemon#pipe-output-to-somewhere-else))
 
-Note that if you want to supress the normal stdout & stderr of the child, in favour
+Note that if you want to suppress the normal stdout & stderr of the child, in favour
 of processing the stream manually using the stdout/stderr nodemon events, pass
 nodemon the option of `stdout: false`.
 
diff --git a/faq.md b/faq.md
index f0425825..636b17e8 100644
--- a/faq.md
+++ b/faq.md
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ The workaround is to run the following command:
 fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1
 ```
 
-[Futher reading thread](https://github.com/remy/nodemon/issues/1354)
+[Further reading thread](https://github.com/remy/nodemon/issues/1354)
 
 ## Error: Cannot find module 'internal/util/types'
 
diff --git a/lib/cli/parse.js b/lib/cli/parse.js
index 560cc715..164a3915 100644
--- a/lib/cli/parse.js
+++ b/lib/cli/parse.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function nodemonOption(options, arg, eatNext) {
     options.pollingInterval = parseInt(eatNext(), 10);
   } else
 
-  // Depricated as this is "on" by default
+  // Deprecated as this is "on" by default
   if (arg === '--js') {
     options.js = true;
   } else
diff --git a/lib/help/index.js b/lib/help/index.js
index 1054b602..5615b341 100644
--- a/lib/help/index.js
+++ b/lib/help/index.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ function help(item) {
   }
 
   // cleanse the filename to only contain letters
-  // aka: /\W/g but figured this was eaiser to read
+  // aka: /\W/g but figured this was easier to read
   item = item.replace(/[^a-z]/gi, '');
 
   try {
diff --git a/lib/monitor/run.js b/lib/monitor/run.js
index 5fa7f45a..07b687fa 100644
--- a/lib/monitor/run.js
+++ b/lib/monitor/run.js
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ function run(options) {
   });
 
   // moved the run.kill outside to handle both the cases
-  // intial start
+  // initial start
   // no start
 
   // connect stdin to the child process (options.stdin is on by default)
diff --git a/test/cli/exec.test.js b/test/cli/exec.test.js
index eceb4900..997a0a32 100644
--- a/test/cli/exec.test.js
+++ b/test/cli/exec.test.js
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ describe('nodemon exec', function () {
     assert(cmd.string === 'node app.js', cmd.string);
   });
 
-  it('should not expand index to non-existant index.js', function () {
+  it('should not expand index to non-existent index.js', function () {
     var options = exec({ script: 'index' });
     var cmd = toCmd(options);
     assert(cmd.string === 'node index', cmd.string);