diff --git a/decode_test.go b/decode_test.go
index 0364b0bb..65029d6b 100644
--- a/decode_test.go
+++ b/decode_test.go
@@ -1485,7 +1485,7 @@ func (s *S) TestMergeNestedStruct(c *C) {
 	// 
 	// Quick summary of the fields:
 	//
-	// - A must come from outer and not overriden
+	// - A must come from outer and not overridden
 	// - B must not be set as its in the ignored merge
 	// - C should still be set as it's preset in the value
 	// - D should be set from the recursive merge
diff --git a/scannerc.go b/scannerc.go
index ca007010..7edd31d8 100644
--- a/scannerc.go
+++ b/scannerc.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ import (
 //      %TAG    !yaml!  tag:yaml.org,2002:
 //      ---
 //
-// The correspoding sequence of tokens:
+// The corresponding sequence of tokens:
 //
 //      STREAM-START(utf-8)
 //      VERSION-DIRECTIVE(1,1)
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ import (
 // The tokens BLOCK-SEQUENCE-START and BLOCK-MAPPING-START denote indentation
 // increase that precedes a block collection (cf. the INDENT token in Python).
 // The token BLOCK-END denote indentation decrease that ends a block collection
-// (cf. the DEDENT token in Python).  However YAML has some syntax pecularities
+// (cf. the DEDENT token in Python).  However YAML has some syntax peculiarities
 // that makes detections of these tokens more complex.
 //
 // The tokens BLOCK-ENTRY, KEY, and VALUE are used to represent the indicators
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ func yaml_parser_fetch_key(parser *yaml_parser_t) bool {
 
 	// In the block context, additional checks are required.
 	if parser.flow_level == 0 {
-		// Check if we are allowed to start a new key (not nessesary simple).
+		// Check if we are allowed to start a new key (not necessary simple).
 		if !parser.simple_key_allowed {
 			return yaml_parser_set_scanner_error(parser, "", parser.mark,
 				"mapping keys are not allowed in this context")
@@ -2563,7 +2563,7 @@ func yaml_parser_scan_flow_scalar(parser *yaml_parser_t, token *yaml_token_t, si
 					for k := 0; k < code_length; k++ {
 						if !is_hex(parser.buffer, parser.buffer_pos+k) {
 							yaml_parser_set_scanner_error(parser, "while parsing a quoted scalar",
-								start_mark, "did not find expected hexdecimal number")
+								start_mark, "did not find expected hexadecimal number")
 							return false
 						}
 						value = (value << 4) + as_hex(parser.buffer, parser.buffer_pos+k)
diff --git a/yaml.go b/yaml.go
index 8cec6da4..bc7d2556 100644
--- a/yaml.go
+++ b/yaml.go
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ const (
 // control over the content being decoded or encoded.
 //
 // It's worth noting that although Node offers access into details such as
-// line numbers, colums, and comments, the content when re-encoded will not
+// line numbers, columns, and comments, the content when re-encoded will not
 // have its original textual representation preserved. An effort is made to
-// render the data plesantly, and to preserve comments near the data they
+// render the data pleasantly, and to preserve comments near the data they
 // describe, though.
 //
 // Values that make use of the Node type interact with the yaml package in the
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ type Node struct {
 	// scalar nodes may be obtained via the ShortTag and LongTag methods.
 	Kind  Kind
 
-	// Style allows customizing the apperance of the node in the tree.
+	// Style allows customizing the appearance of the node in the tree.
 	Style Style
 
 	// Tag holds the YAML tag defining the data type for the value.
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ type Node struct {
 	// the implicit tag diverges from the provided one.
 	Tag string
 
-	// Value holds the unescaped and unquoted represenation of the value.
+	// Value holds the unescaped and unquoted representation of the value.
 	Value string
 
 	// Anchor holds the anchor name for this node, which allows aliases to point to it.
diff --git a/yamlh.go b/yamlh.go
index 7c6d0077..b9a9e55d 100644
--- a/yamlh.go
+++ b/yamlh.go
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ type yaml_emitter_t struct {
 	scalar_data struct {
 		value                 []byte              // The scalar value.
 		multiline             bool                // Does the scalar contain line breaks?
-		flow_plain_allowed    bool                // Can the scalar be expessed in the flow plain style?
+		flow_plain_allowed    bool                // Can the scalar be expressed in the flow plain style?
 		block_plain_allowed   bool                // Can the scalar be expressed in the block plain style?
 		single_quoted_allowed bool                // Can the scalar be expressed in the single quoted style?
 		block_allowed         bool                // Can the scalar be expressed in the literal or folded styles?