diff --git a/docs/user_guide.txt b/docs/user_guide.txt
index ace4e78..cc4885f 100644
--- a/docs/user_guide.txt
+++ b/docs/user_guide.txt
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ role can be found in the <a href="https://github.com/OndrejHome/ansible.fast-vm-
 By default all features are enables and only minimum of configuration options
 needs to be changed to get from minimal system to system with functional
 <code>fast-vm</code>. The single options that would need to be customized on
-most of the systems is <b>fastvm_vg</b>VG that will contain
+most of the systems is <b>fastvm_vg</b> VG that will contain
 <code>fast-vm</code> thin LV pool. Rest of options can be left in defaults or
 tweaked as needed.</p>
 
diff --git a/fast-vm b/fast-vm
index d378c70..6780ea4 100755
--- a/fast-vm
+++ b/fast-vm
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ handle_multiple_requests () {
 		pmsg $P_ERROR "Some ($errors) operations reported errors\n"
 		exit 1
 	else
-		pmsg $P_INFO "All operations returned succesfully\n"
+		pmsg $P_INFO "All operations returned successfully\n"
 		exit 0
 	fi
 }
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ case "$1" in
 			if [ "$vm_number" = "base" ]; then
 				pmsg $P_DEBUG "creating base image VM for $image_name\n" $vm_number
 			else
-				pmsg $P_ERROR "only numbers from range 20-220 and word 'base' permited here\n" $vm_number
+				pmsg $P_ERROR "only numbers from range 20-220 and word 'base' permitted here\n" $vm_number
 				usage create
 			fi
 		fi
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ case "$1" in
 			pmsg $P_DEBUG "Sending ACPI shutdown event to $vm_name\n" $vm_number
 			virsh --connect qemu:///system shutdown $vm_name
 			if [ "$?" != '0' ]; then
-				pmsg $P_ERROR "failed to send gracefull shutdown to VM $vm_name, check syslog for more information\n" $vm_number
+				pmsg $P_ERROR "failed to send graceful shutdown to VM $vm_name, check syslog for more information\n" $vm_number
 				exit 1
 			fi
 		else