diff --git a/parser/tst/gen-xtrans.py b/parser/tst/gen-xtrans.py
index 139fe1d8b..0ff169f16 100755
--- a/parser/tst/gen-xtrans.py
+++ b/parser/tst/gen-xtrans.py
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ def gen_file (name, xres, leading1, qual1, rule1, perm1, target1, leading2, qual
 #
 # will conflict
 #
-# NOTE: conflict tests don't tests leading permissions or using unsafe keywords
-#      It is assumed that there are extra tests to verify 1 to 1 coorispondance
+# NOTE: conflict tests don't test leading permissions or using unsafe keywords
+#      It is assumed that there are extra tests to verify 1 to 1 correspondance
 def gen_files(name, rule1, rule2, default):
     perms = gen_list()
 
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def gen_leading_perms (name, rule1, rule2):
                 gen_file(file, "PASS", 0, q, rule1, i, t, 1, q, rule2, i, t)
 
 # test for rules with leading safe or unsafe keywords.
-# check they are equivalent to their counter part,
+# check they are equivalent to their counterpart,
 # or if $invert that they properly conflict with their counterpart
 def gen_safe_perms(name, xres, invert, rule1, rule2):
     perms = gen_list()
diff --git a/utils/aa-notify b/utils/aa-notify
index 024044a0c..650281682 100755
--- a/utils/aa-notify
+++ b/utils/aa-notify
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def follow_apparmor_events(logfile, wait=0):
     '''Follow AppArmor events and yield relevant entries until process stops'''
 
     # If wait was given as argument but was type None (from ArgumentParser)
-    # ensure it type int and zero
+    # ensure it's type int and zero
     if not wait:
         wait = 0
 
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ def main():
                 os.environ['DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS'] = 'unix:path=/run/user/{}/bus'.format(os.geteuid())
 
             # Before use, notify2 must be initialized and the DBUS channel
-            # should be opened using the non-root user. This this step needs to
+            # should be opened using the non-root user. This step needs to
             # be executed after the drop_privileges().
             notify2.init('AppArmor')
 
diff --git a/utils/apparmor/aa.py b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
index 3390a68ed..67b3fe432 100644
--- a/utils/apparmor/aa.py
+++ b/utils/apparmor/aa.py
@@ -1815,7 +1815,7 @@ def parse_profile_data(data, file, do_include, in_preamble):
                         load_include(incname, in_preamble)
 
         elif RE_PROFILE_START.search(line) or RE_PROFILE_HAT_DEF.search(line):  # Starting line of a profile/hat
-            # in_contained_hat is needed to know if we are already in a profile or not. (Simply checking if we are in a hat doesn't work,
+            # in_contained_hat is needed to know if we are already in a profile or not. Simply checking if we are in a hat doesn't work,
             # because something like "profile foo//bar" will set profile and hat at once, and later (wrongfully) expect another "}".
             # The logic is simple and resembles a "poor man's stack" (with limited/hardcoded height).
             if profile:
diff --git a/utils/apparmor/config.py b/utils/apparmor/config.py
index 9997655df..991c0ea77 100644
--- a/utils/apparmor/config.py
+++ b/utils/apparmor/config.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class Config(object):
         if os.path.exists(self.input_file):
             with open_file_read(self.input_file) as f_in:
                 for line in f_in:
-                    # If its a section
+                    # If it's a section
                     if line.lstrip().startswith('['):
                         # If any options from preceding section remain write them
                         if options:
diff --git a/utils/apparmor/easyprof.py b/utils/apparmor/easyprof.py
index a00092cc2..acadca144 100644
--- a/utils/apparmor/easyprof.py
+++ b/utils/apparmor/easyprof.py
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ class AppArmorEasyProfile:
             else: # should not ever reach this
                 raise AppArmorException("Could not determine output filename")
 
-            # Generate an absolute path, convertng any path delimiters to '.'
+            # Generate an absolute path, converting any path delimiters to '.'
             out_fn = os.path.join(dir, re.sub(r'/', '.', out_fn.lstrip('/')))
             if os.path.exists(out_fn):
                 raise AppArmorException("'%s' already exists" % out_fn)
diff --git a/utils/test/test-alias.py b/utils/test/test-alias.py
index 2be36e1e6..f9b6a3a99 100644
--- a/utils/test/test-alias.py
+++ b/utils/test/test-alias.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ exp = namedtuple('exp', ['comment',
 
 class AliasTest(AATest):
     def _compare_obj(self, obj, expected):
-        # aliass don't support the allow, audit or deny keyword
+        # aliases don't support the allow, audit or deny keyword
         self.assertEqual(False, obj.allow_keyword)
         self.assertEqual(False, obj.audit)
         self.assertEqual(False, obj.deny)
diff --git a/utils/test/test-profile-list.py b/utils/test/test-profile-list.py
index dd238ce8b..cdaf291bc 100644
--- a/utils/test/test-profile-list.py
+++ b/utils/test/test-profile-list.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class TestAdd_profile(AATest):
 
     def testAdd_profileError_2(self):
         with self.assertRaises(AppArmorBug):
-            self.pl.add_profile('/etc/apparmor.d/bin.foo', None, None, self.dummy_profile)  # neither attachment or profile name
+            self.pl.add_profile('/etc/apparmor.d/bin.foo', None, None, self.dummy_profile)  # neither attachment nor profile name
 
     def testAdd_profileError_list_nonexisting_file(self):
         self.pl.add_profile('/etc/apparmor.d/bin.foo', 'foo', None, self.dummy_profile)