diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index b245f51069a8b76abdd13dbc1b39cb6387dce7d4..37b3f7dff54c8bec8b66e895ddeb67ffce27ef38 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -32,12 +32,11 @@ Deploying a Python application couldn't be easier:
 
 A `requirements.txt` file must be present at the root of your application's repository.
 
-You can also specify the latest production relase of this buildpack for upcoming builds of an existing application:
+You can also specify the latest production release of this buildpack for upcoming builds of an existing application:
 
     $ heroku buildpacks:set heroku/python
 
 
-
 Specify a Python Runtime
 ------------------------
 
diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 45e961763077ce9052547a4bf9fddd9967a86563..1d2d653518fa362cb8bf943caed037e0d1162e35 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# The Heroku Python Buildpack. This script accepts paramaters for a build
+# The Heroku Python Buildpack. This script accepts parameters for a build
 # directory, a cache directory, and a directory for app environment variables.
 
-# Warning: there are a few hacks in this script to accomidate excellent builds
-# on Heroku. No gaurentee for external compatibility is made. However,
+# Warning: there are a few hacks in this script to accommodate excellent builds
+# on Heroku. No guarantee for external compatibility is made. However,
 # everything should work fine outside of the Heroku environment, if the
 # environment is setup correctly.
 
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ source $BIN_DIR/utils
 # Import collection of warnings.
 source $BIN_DIR/warnings
 
-# Directory Hacks for path consistiency.
+# Directory Hacks for path consistency.
 APP_DIR='/app'
 TMP_APP_DIR=$CACHE_DIR/tmp_app_dir
 
diff --git a/bin/steps/collectstatic b/bin/steps/collectstatic
index 12f05db15626d9e7dc5655bf2b76926d6301f4f6..56dc7a7f351feeae01d063597151f7197f5251e9 100755
--- a/bin/steps/collectstatic
+++ b/bin/steps/collectstatic
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ MANAGE_FILE=${MANAGE_FILE:-fakepath}
 # Legacy file-based support for $DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC
 [ -f .heroku/collectstatic_disabled ] && DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC=1
 
-# Ensure that Django is explicitily specified in requirments.txt
+# Ensure that Django is explicitly specified in requirements.txt
 pip-grep -s requirements.txt django Django && DJANGO_INSTALLED=1
 
 bpwatch start collectstatic  # metrics collection