Spelling and grammar fixes

3 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/how_tos/custom_checkers.rst b/doc/how_tos/custom_checkers.rst
index c5deddd94..7a454c4f5 100644
--- a/doc/how_tos/custom_checkers.rst
+++ b/doc/how_tos/custom_checkers.rst
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ and to remove the list of return nodes when we leave the function.
 
 Finally we'll implement the check.
 We will define a ``visit_return`` function,
-which is called with a :class:`.astroid.nodes.Return` node.
+which is called with an :class:`.astroid.nodes.Return` node.
 
 .. _astroid_extract_node:
 .. TODO We can shorten/remove this bit once astroid has API docs.
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/1.7.rst b/doc/whatsnew/1.7.rst
index 0690ab9e5..0f799e6af 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/1.7.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/1.7.rst
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ New checkers
 
 * A new refactoring check was added, ``trailing-comma-tuple``, which is emitted
   when pylint finds an one-element tuple, created by a stray comma. This can
-  suggest a potential problem in the code and it is recommended to use parantheses
+  suggest a potential problem in the code and it is recommended to use parentheses
   in order to emphasise the creation of a tuple, rather than relying on the comma
   itself.
 
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ New checkers
 
      a = 1,
 
-  The warning can be fixed by adding parantheses:
+  The warning can be fixed by adding parentheses:
 
   .. code-block:: python
 
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
index 4a7478ffb..ffa0c92cd 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Other Changes
 
   Close #996
 
-* ``pylint`` used to emit a ``unused-variable`` error if unused import was found in the function. Now instead of
+* ``pylint`` used to emit an ``unused-variable`` error if unused import was found in the function. Now instead of
   ``unused-variable``, ``unused-import`` is emitted.
 
   Close #2421