diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8c511ad9..1c5bf912 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Changes with v0.1.0:
 	* ROADMAP.md: remove the tail spaces
 	* roadmap: update links and add wiki reference
 	* runtime: Add 'version' to the state.json example
-	* runtime-config: add example label before json exmaple
+	* runtime-config: add example label before json example
 	* runtime-config: add section about Hooks
 	* runtime: config: linux: add cgroups information
 	* runtime: config: linux: Edit BlockIO struct
diff --git a/config-linux.md b/config-linux.md
index 90e2cbbf..fbce8579 100644
--- a/config-linux.md
+++ b/config-linux.md
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ processes in the group and egressing the system on various interfaces. The follo
 `pids` represents the cgroup subsystem `pids`.
 For more information, see [the pids cgroup man page][cgroup-v1-pids].
 
-The following paramters can be specified to setup the controller:
+The following parameters can be specified to setup the controller:
 
 * **`limit`** *(int64, required)* - specifies the maximum number of tasks in the cgroup
 
diff --git a/project.md b/project.md
index 34a5f355..ff86a4e8 100644
--- a/project.md
+++ b/project.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 * Increment version in [`specs-go/version.go`](specs-go/version.go)
 * `git commit` version increment
-* `git tag` the prior commit (preferrably signed tag)
+* `git tag` the prior commit (preferably signed tag)
 * `make docs` to produce PDF and HTML copies of the spec
 * Make a release on [github.com/opencontainers/specs](https://github.com/opencontainers/specs/releases) for the version. Attach the produced docs.