diff --git a/baksmali/src/main/java/org/jf/baksmali/baksmali.java b/baksmali/src/main/java/org/jf/baksmali/baksmali.java
index 8e90616f..dc49640f 100644
--- a/baksmali/src/main/java/org/jf/baksmali/baksmali.java
+++ b/baksmali/src/main/java/org/jf/baksmali/baksmali.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class baksmali {
                         Iterables.concat(options.bootClassPathEntries, extraClassPathEntries), dexFile,
                         options.apiLevel);
             } catch (Exception ex) {
-                System.err.println("\n\nError occured while loading boot class path files. Aborting.");
+                System.err.println("\n\nError occurred while loading boot class path files. Aborting.");
                 ex.printStackTrace(System.err);
                 return false;
             }
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public class baksmali {
             writer = new IndentingWriter(bufWriter);
             classDefinition.writeTo((IndentingWriter)writer);
         } catch (Exception ex) {
-            System.err.println("\n\nError occured while disassembling class " + classDescriptor.replace('/', '.') + " - skipping class");
+            System.err.println("\n\nError occurred while disassembling class " + classDescriptor.replace('/', '.') + " - skipping class");
             ex.printStackTrace();
             // noinspection ResultOfMethodCallIgnored
             smaliFile.delete();
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ public class baksmali {
                 try {
                     writer.close();
                 } catch (Throwable ex) {
-                    System.err.println("\n\nError occured while closing file " + smaliFile.toString());
+                    System.err.println("\n\nError occurred while closing file " + smaliFile.toString());
                     ex.printStackTrace();
                 }
             }
diff --git a/smali-integration-tests/src/test/smali/junit-tests/SpecialInstructionPaddingTest/SpecialInstructionPaddingTest.smali b/smali-integration-tests/src/test/smali/junit-tests/SpecialInstructionPaddingTest/SpecialInstructionPaddingTest.smali
index 49b4ae41..7e17dce0 100644
--- a/smali-integration-tests/src/test/smali/junit-tests/SpecialInstructionPaddingTest/SpecialInstructionPaddingTest.smali
+++ b/smali-integration-tests/src/test/smali/junit-tests/SpecialInstructionPaddingTest/SpecialInstructionPaddingTest.smali
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     .registers 2
     .annotation runtime Lorg/junit/Test;
     .end annotation
-    
+
     const v0, 0
     invoke-static {}, LSpecialInstructionPaddingTest;->paddingTest()I
     move-result v0
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         :Label13
     .end packed-switch
 
-    #this tests out an issue that occured where the prior packed switch data starts at a byte offset
+    #this tests out an issue that occurred where the prior packed switch data starts at a byte offset
     #that is 4 byte aligned but isn't 8 byte aligned, which caused the code to report the size of the
     #instruction to be 2 bytes more than it should be.
     #
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/org/jf/util/ClassFileNameHandler.java b/util/src/main/java/org/jf/util/ClassFileNameHandler.java
index 5619478c..aede10e8 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/org/jf/util/ClassFileNameHandler.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/org/jf/util/ClassFileNameHandler.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class ClassFileNameHandler {
                 writer.close();
                 f.delete(); //doesn't throw IOException
             } catch (IOException ex) {
-                //if an exception occured, it's likely that we're on a windows system.
+                //if an exception occurred, it's likely that we're on a windows system.
                 return true;
             }
         }