diff --git a/src/target/arc.c b/src/target/arc.c
index 694ac6f85..e11cd7d79 100644
--- a/src/target/arc.c
+++ b/src/target/arc.c
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ static int arc_configure_actionpoint(struct target *target, uint32_t ap_num,
 	if (control_tt != AP_AC_TT_DISABLE) {
 
 		if (arc->actionpoints_num_avail < 1) {
-			LOG_ERROR("No free actionpoints, maximim amount is %u",
+			LOG_ERROR("No free actionpoints, maximum amount is %u",
 					arc->actionpoints_num);
 			return ERROR_TARGET_RESOURCE_NOT_AVAILABLE;
 		}
diff --git a/src/target/arc.h b/src/target/arc.h
index 8d44bfa41..f0351bdf3 100644
--- a/src/target/arc.h
+++ b/src/target/arc.h
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ struct arc_common {
 	bool dcache_invalidated;
 	bool l2cache_invalidated;
 
-	/* Indicate if cach was built (for deinit function) */
+	/* Indicate if cache was built (for deinit function) */
 	bool core_aux_cache_built;
 	bool bcr_cache_built;
 	/* Closely Coupled memory(CCM) regions for performance-critical
diff --git a/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c b/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c
index 8f5ad59c3..6569fccfd 100644
--- a/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c
+++ b/src/target/arm_adi_v5.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  * This file implements support for the ARM Debug Interface version 5 (ADIv5)
  * debugging architecture.  Compared with previous versions, this includes
  * a low pin-count Serial Wire Debug (SWD) alternative to JTAG for message
- * transport, and focusses on memory mapped resources as defined by the
+ * transport, and focuses on memory mapped resources as defined by the
  * CoreSight architecture.
  *
  * A key concept in ADIv5 is the Debug Access Port, or DAP.  A DAP has two
diff --git a/src/target/avr32_mem.c b/src/target/avr32_mem.c
index 71ec0b431..8f38a1844 100644
--- a/src/target/avr32_mem.c
+++ b/src/target/avr32_mem.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ int avr32_jtag_write_memory16(struct avr32_jtag *jtag_info,
 	 */
 	if (addr & 3) {
 		/*
-		 * mwa_read will read whole world, no nead to fiddle
+		 * mwa_read will read whole world, no need to fiddle
 		 * with address. It will be truncated in set_addr
 		 */
 		retval = avr32_jtag_mwa_read(jtag_info, SLAVE_HSB_UNCACHED,
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ int avr32_jtag_write_memory8(struct avr32_jtag *jtag_info,
 	 */
 	if (addr & 3) {
 		/*
-		 * mwa_read will read whole world, no nead to fiddle
+		 * mwa_read will read whole world, no need to fiddle
 		 * with address. It will be truncated in set_addr
 		 */
 		retval = avr32_jtag_mwa_read(jtag_info, SLAVE_HSB_UNCACHED,
diff --git a/src/target/embeddedice.h b/src/target/embeddedice.h
index 4b5c816a6..4a62cefaa 100644
--- a/src/target/embeddedice.h
+++ b/src/target/embeddedice.h
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int embeddedice_send(struct arm_jtag *jtag_info, uint32_t *data, uint32_t size);
 
 int embeddedice_handshake(struct arm_jtag *jtag_info, int hsbit, uint32_t timeout);
 
-/* If many embeddedice_write_reg() follow eachother, then the >1 invocations can be
+/* If many embeddedice_write_reg() follow each other, then the >1 invocations can be
  * this faster version of embeddedice_write_reg
  */
 static inline void embeddedice_write_reg_inner(struct jtag_tap *tap, int reg_addr, uint32_t value)
diff --git a/src/target/target.c b/src/target/target.c
index e9d67702e..d60e642c9 100644
--- a/src/target/target.c
+++ b/src/target/target.c
@@ -5173,7 +5173,7 @@ no_params:
 			if (goi->isconfigure) {
 				struct command_context *cmd_ctx = current_command_context(goi->interp);
 				if (cmd_ctx->mode != COMMAND_CONFIG) {
-					Jim_SetResultString(goi->interp, "-gdb-max-conenctions must be configured before 'init'", -1);
+					Jim_SetResultString(goi->interp, "-gdb-max-connections must be configured before 'init'", -1);
 					return JIM_ERR;
 				}
 
diff --git a/src/target/target_type.h b/src/target/target_type.h
index 0f3df0002..1948121fa 100644
--- a/src/target/target_type.h
+++ b/src/target/target_type.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct target_type {
 	 * state correctly.
 	 *
 	 * Otherwise the following would fail, as there will not
-	 * be any "poll" invoked inbetween the "reset run" and
+	 * be any "poll" invoked between the "reset run" and
 	 * "halt".
 	 *
 	 * reset run; halt