diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index b37b2264..19ff1bc1 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ FreeBSD port, cmake support and fixes:
 Right-to-Left and multilingual mixed text support:
 	Mehdi Sadeghi
 
-Ideas, games, advices, testing, bug reports, fixes ...
+Ideas, games, advice, testing, bug reports, fixes ...
 	Vadim Balashoff
 	Evgeniy Efremov (jhekasoft)
 	Oleg Gvozdev
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 392674f5..60fb1fe4 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
 OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-Please see each individual source file for a list of they copyright holders.
+Please see each individual source file for a list of its copyright holders.
 
 INSTEAD links with the following libraries/sources:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 01b8348e..b709c097 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ To run games you may:
 
 - Unzip game archive into ~/.instead/games/;
 - Or run zip-packed game: $ instead <game.zip>;
-- Or press [f4] to open file dialog (build with gtk2/gtl3 only).
+- Or press [f4] to open file dialog (build with gtk2/gtk3 only).
 
 ## Contacts
 
diff --git a/games/tutorial/tutorial.lua b/games/tutorial/tutorial.lua
index 04a69b83..03dfa9f0 100644
--- a/games/tutorial/tutorial.lua
+++ b/games/tutorial/tutorial.lua
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ obj {
 	};
 	tak = L {
 		ru = 'Вы подобрали карандаш.',
-		en = 'You pick the pencil.',
+		en = 'You pick up the pencil.',
 		de = 'Sie nehmen den Stift.',
 		es = 'Coges el lápiz.',
 		fr = 'Vous prenez le crayon.',
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ obj {
 			en = "Looks appetizing.",
 			de = 'Sieht appetitlich aus.',
 			es = 'Luce apetecible.',
-			fr = 'Elle est appétissante.',
+			fr = 'Elle est appétissant.',
 			hu = 'Ízletesnek látszik.',
 			it = 'Sembra appetitosa.',
 			nl = 'Ziet er smakelijk uit.',