diff --git a/Modules/CPackDeb.cmake b/Modules/CPackDeb.cmake
index 98d40d65e..6c3398ebc 100644
--- a/Modules/CPackDeb.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CPackDeb.cmake
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 # CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEBUG
 #     Mandatory : NO
 #     Default   : -
-#     May be set when invoking cpack in order to trace debug informations
+#     May be set when invoking cpack in order to trace debug information
 #     during CPackDeb run.
 # CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_PREDEPENDS
 #     Mandatory : NO
diff --git a/Modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake b/Modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake
index 6455c99e1..96b674112 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPostgreSQL.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# Find the PostgreSQL installation.
-#
-# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# - Find the PostgreSQL installation.
 # Usage:
 # In your CMakeLists.txt file do something like this:
 # ...
diff --git a/Modules/UsewxWidgets.cmake b/Modules/UsewxWidgets.cmake
index 9ecfff0cc..a0f2e8632 100644
--- a/Modules/UsewxWidgets.cmake
+++ b/Modules/UsewxWidgets.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #  # Note that for MinGW users the order of libs is important!
 #  FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets REQUIRED net gl core base)
 #  INCLUDE(${wxWidgets_USE_FILE})
-#  # and for each of your dependant executable/library targets:
+#  # and for each of your dependent executable/library targets:
 #  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(<YourTarget> ${wxWidgets_LIBRARIES})
 #
 # DEPRECATED
diff --git a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx
index 2d1f79212..37070b61d 100644
--- a/Source/cmPolicies.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmPolicies.cxx
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ cmPolicies::cmPolicies()
     "Starting with CMake 2.8.4, if a cmake-module shipped with CMake (i.e. "
     "located in the CMake module directory) calls include() or "
     "find_package(), the files located in the the CMake module directory are "
-    "prefered over the files in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH.  "
+    "preferred over the files in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH.  "
     "This makes sure that the modules belonging to "
     "CMake always get those files included which they expect, and against "
     "which they were developed and tested.  "
diff --git a/Source/cmTarget.h b/Source/cmTarget.h
index b0e20baeb..3b1f016a6 100644
--- a/Source/cmTarget.h
+++ b/Source/cmTarget.h
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ public:
    */
   bool FindSourceFiles();
 
-  ///! Return the prefered linker language for this target
+  ///! Return the preferred linker language for this target
   const char* GetLinkerLanguage(const char* config = 0);
 
   ///! Return the rule variable used to create this type of target,
diff --git a/Utilities/cmcurl/easy.c b/Utilities/cmcurl/easy.c
index f3c227317..209d1c3e0 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmcurl/easy.c
+++ b/Utilities/cmcurl/easy.c
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ void curl_easy_reset(CURL *curl)
   data->set.ssl.verifypeer = TRUE;
   data->set.ssl.verifyhost = 2;
 #ifdef CURL_CA_BUNDLE
-  /* This is our prefered CA cert bundle since install time */
+  /* This is our preferred CA cert bundle since install time */
   data->set.ssl.CAfile = (char *)CURL_CA_BUNDLE;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Utilities/cmcurl/setup.h b/Utilities/cmcurl/setup.h
index e302f35be..5ae881fba 100644
--- a/Utilities/cmcurl/setup.h
+++ b/Utilities/cmcurl/setup.h
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ typedef unsigned char bool;
 #define SIZEOF_CURL_OFF_T 4
 #endif
 
-/* We set up our internal prefered (CURL_)FORMAT_OFF_T here */
+/* We set up our internal preferred (CURL_)FORMAT_OFF_T here */
 #if SIZEOF_CURL_OFF_T > 4
 #define FORMAT_OFF_T "lld"
 #else