diff --git a/src/colvar/ERMSD.cpp b/src/colvar/ERMSD.cpp
index ad0e175d66a571b480127c57c75897000ce102fe..c64b81a5f116cf676585d54c7983f9354ff09caa 100644
--- a/src/colvar/ERMSD.cpp
+++ b/src/colvar/ERMSD.cpp
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Calculate the eRMSD from reference structure reference.pdb using the default cut
 considering residues 1,2,3,4,5,6.
 
 \plumedfile
-#SETTINGS MOLFILE=regtest/basic/rt-ermsd/ref.pdb 
+#SETTINGS MOLFILE=regtest/basic/rt-ermsd/ref.pdb
 MOLINFO STRUCTURE=reference.pdb
 eRMSD1: ERMSD REFERENCE=reference.pdb ATOMS=@lcs-1,@lcs-2,@lcs-3,@lcs-4,@lcs-5,@lcs-6
 \endplumedfile
diff --git a/src/mapping/PathTools.cpp b/src/mapping/PathTools.cpp
index 257aebb0cf1c807f8d1a9da098de5a6fdc558af4..6e4ed801eedb3f37de4f570fa31cf5ea0e24f038 100644
--- a/src/mapping/PathTools.cpp
+++ b/src/mapping/PathTools.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ frame just after end.pdb.  All these frames would be equally spaced.
 plumed pathtools --start start.pdb --end end.pdb --nframes 4 --metric OPTIMAL --out path.pdb --nframes-before-start 2 --nframes-after-end 2
 \endverbatim
 
-Notice also that when you re-parametrize paths you must choose two frames to fix.  Generally you chose to fix the states
+Notice also that when you re-parameterize paths you must choose two frames to fix.  Generally you chose to fix the states
 that are representative of your states A and B.  By default pathtools will fix the first and last frames.  You can, however,
 change the states to fix by taking advantage of the fixed flag as shown below.
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void PathTools::registerKeywords( Keywords& keys ) {
   keys.add("compulsory","--metric","the measure to use to calculate the distance between frames");
   keys.add("compulsory","--out","the name of the file on which to output your path");
   keys.add("compulsory","--arg-fmt","%f","the format to use for argument values in your frames");
-  keys.add("compulsory","--tolerance","1E-4","the tolerance to use for the algorithm that is used to re-parametrize the path");
+  keys.add("compulsory","--tolerance","1E-4","the tolerance to use for the algorithm that is used to re-parameterize the path");
   keys.add("compulsory","--nframes-before-start","1","the number of frames to include in the path before the first frame");
   keys.add("compulsory","--nframes","1","the number of frames between the start and end frames in your path");
   keys.add("compulsory","--nframes-after-end","1","the number of frames to put after the last frame of your path");
diff --git a/src/ves/TD_Uniform.cpp b/src/ves/TD_Uniform.cpp
index 472aaf662c2634b284e5ca9d4cdf08f5b6e91d0c..6fcd0dac84a21ba417b99432e507c5ad4b9fb23c 100644
--- a/src/ves/TD_Uniform.cpp
+++ b/src/ves/TD_Uniform.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void TD_Uniform::registerKeywords(Keywords& keys) {
   keys.add("optional","MINIMA","The minimum of the intervals where the target distribution is taken as uniform. You should give one value for each argument.");
   keys.add("optional","MAXIMA","The maximum of the intervals where the target distribution is taken as uniform. You should give one value for each argument.");
   keys.add("optional","SIGMA_MINIMA","The standard deviation parameters of the Gaussian switching functions for the minima of the intervals. You should give one value for each argument. Value of 0.0 means that switch is done without a smooth switching function, this is the default behavior.");
-  keys.add("optional","SIGMA_MAXIMA","The standard deviation parameters of the Gaussian switching functions for the maxima of the intervals. You should give one value for each argument. Value of 0.0 means that switch is done without a smooth switching function, this is the default behavior.");
+  keys.add("optional","SIGMA_MAXIMA","The standard deviation parameters of the Gaussian switching functions for the maximum of the intervals. You should give one value for each argument. Value of 0.0 means that switch is done without a smooth switching function, this is the default behavior.");
 }
 
 
diff --git a/user-doc/Installation.md b/user-doc/Installation.md
index 3d710ab0f2dd6bb2ab9c1108ed87e4fddf206c5d..7f14a9ec185866a359943291643f38d8f454117b 100644
--- a/user-doc/Installation.md
+++ b/user-doc/Installation.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ PLUMED is made up of modules. Some of them are on by default, some others aren't
 Since version 2.3, the activation of modules should be made during configuration using the `--enable-modules`
 option (see \ref mymodules).
 
-Notice that some functionalities of PLUMED depend on external
+Notice that some of the methods within PLUMED depend on external
 libraries which are looked for by configure. You can typically
 avoid looking for a library using the "disable" syntax, e.g.
 \verbatim
diff --git a/user-doc/spelling_words.dict b/user-doc/spelling_words.dict
index 311d0bf34dfe6fb090306dae0aedfe435f8eaee8..3e7a097cee4dbf2a6d5169e7c623ebb6e50dce9e 100644
--- a/user-doc/spelling_words.dict
+++ b/user-doc/spelling_words.dict
@@ -980,3 +980,4 @@ SVN
 refactoring
 Boltzmann
 unweighted
+parameterize