diff -Nru docs-xml/manpages-3/ntlm_auth.1.xml docs-xml.new/manpages-3/ntlm_auth.1.xml
--- docs-xml/manpages-3/ntlm_auth.1.xml	2009-12-17 07:30:46.000000000 +0100
+++ docs-xml.new/manpages-3/ntlm_auth.1.xml	2010-01-03 10:33:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	users using NT/LM authentication. It returns 0 if the users is authenticated
 	successfully and 1 if access was denied. ntlm_auth uses winbind to access 
 	the user and authentication data for a domain.  This utility 
-	is only indended to be used by other programs (currently
+	is only intended to be used by other programs (currently
 	<ulink url="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid</ulink>
 	and <ulink url="http://download.samba.org/ftp/unpacked/lorikeet/trunk/mod_ntlm_winbind/">mod_ntlm_winbind</ulink>)
 	</para>
diff -Nru docs-xml/manpages-3/smbd.8.xml docs-xml.new/manpages-3/smbd.8.xml
--- docs-xml/manpages-3/smbd.8.xml	2009-12-17 07:30:46.000000000 +0100
+++ docs-xml.new/manpages-3/smbd.8.xml	2010-01-03 10:33:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 		<listitem><para>If this parameter is specified it causes the
 		server to run "interactively", not as a daemon, even if the
 		server is executed on the command line of a shell. Setting this
-		parameter negates the implicit deamon mode when run from the
+		parameter negates the implicit daemon mode when run from the
 		command line. <command>smbd</command> also logs to standard
 		output, as if the <command>-S</command> parameter had been
 		given.
diff -Nru docs-xml/manpages-3/winbindd.8.xml docs-xml.new/manpages-3/winbindd.8.xml
--- docs-xml/manpages-3/winbindd.8.xml	2009-12-17 07:30:46.000000000 +0100
+++ docs-xml.new/manpages-3/winbindd.8.xml	2010-01-03 10:33:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <para> The Name Service Switch allows user
 	and system information to be obtained from different databases
 	services such as NIS or DNS.  The exact behaviour can be configured
-	throught the <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file.
+	through the <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file.
 	Users and groups are allocated as they are resolved to a range
 	of user and group ids specified by the administrator of the
 	Samba system.</para>
diff -Nru docs-xml/smbdotconf/browse/preferredmaster.xml docs-xml.new/smbdotconf/browse/preferredmaster.xml
--- docs-xml/smbdotconf/browse/preferredmaster.xml	2009-12-17 07:30:47.000000000 +0100
+++ docs-xml.new/smbdotconf/browse/preferredmaster.xml	2010-01-03 10:36:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 				 type="boolean-auto"
                  basic="1" advanced="1" developer="1"
                  xmlns:samba="http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
-<synonym>prefered master</synonym>
+<synonym>preferred master</synonym>
  <description>
 	<para>
 	This boolean parameter controls if <citerefentry><refentrytitle>nmbd</refentrytitle>
diff -Nru docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/largereadwrite.xml docs-xml.new/smbdotconf/protocol/largereadwrite.xml
--- docs-xml/smbdotconf/protocol/largereadwrite.xml	2009-12-17 07:30:48.000000000 +0100
+++ docs-xml.new/smbdotconf/protocol/largereadwrite.xml	2010-01-03 10:37:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <para>This parameter determines whether or not
     <citerefentry><refentrytitle>smbd</refentrytitle>
     <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> supports the new 64k
-    streaming read and write varient SMB requests introduced with
+    streaming read and write variant SMB requests introduced with
     Windows 2000. Note that due to Windows 2000 client redirector bugs
     this requires Samba to be running on a 64-bit capable operating
     system such as IRIX, Solaris or a Linux 2.4 kernel. Can improve
diff -Nru docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindnormalizenames.xml docs-xml.new/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindnormalizenames.xml
--- docs-xml/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindnormalizenames.xml	2009-12-17 07:30:46.000000000 +0100
+++ docs-xml.new/smbdotconf/winbind/winbindnormalizenames.xml	2010-01-03 10:34:08.000000000 +0100
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 	  version.  Please refer to the manpage for the configured
 	  idmap and nss_info plugin for the specifics on how to configure
 	  name aliasing for a specific configuration.  Name aliasing takes
-	  precendence (and is mutually exclusive) over the whitespace
+	  precedence (and is mutually exclusive) over the whitespace
 	  replacement mechanism discussed previsouly.
 	  </para>