diff --git a/README b/README
index 79de40216..ea646a390 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ key cipher suites with
 though static key cipher suites are deprecated and will be removed from future
 versions of TLS.  They also lower your security by removing PFS.
 
-When compiling ssl.c wolfSSL will now issue a comipler error if no cipher suites
+When compiling ssl.c wolfSSL will now issue a compiler error if no cipher suites
 are available.  You can remove this error by defining WOLFSSL_ALLOW_NO_SUITES
 in the event that you desire that, i.e., you're not using TLS cipher suites.
 
@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ includes bug fixes and new features including:
   a) If using wolfSSL for DTLS on the server side of a publicly accessible
      machine you MUST update.
   b) If using wolfSSL for TLS on the server side with private RSA keys allowing
-     ephemeral key exchange without low memory optimziations you MUST update and
+     ephemeral key exchange without low memory optimizations you MUST update and
      regenerate the private RSA keys.
 
      Please see https://www.wolfssl.com/wolfSSL/Blog/Blog.html for more details
 
 - No filesystem build fixes for various configurations
 - Certificate generation now supports several extensions including KeyUsage,
-    SKID, AKID, and Ceritifcate Policies
+    SKID, AKID, and Certificate Policies
 - CRLs can be loaded from buffers as well as files now
-- SHA-512 Ceritifcate Signing generation
+- SHA-512 Certificate Signing generation
 - Fixes for sniffer reassembly processing
 
 See INSTALL file for build instructions.
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ Release 3.6.6 of wolfSSL has bug fixes and new features including:
   size is smaller than the total message size, no user action required.
 - DTLS duplicate message fixes
 - Visual Studio project files now support DLL and static builds for 32/64bit.
-- Support for new Freesacle I/O
+- Support for new Freescale I/O
 - FreeRTOS FIPS support
 
 - No high level security fixes that requires an update though we always
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ Release 3.4.0 wolfSSL has bug fixes and new features including:
   the Prosecco team at INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt for the report.
 - FIPS version submitted
 - Removes SSLv2 Client Hello processing, can be enabled with OLD_HELLO_ALLOWED
-- User can set mimimum downgrade version with CyaSSL_SetMinVersion()
+- User can set minimum downgrade version with CyaSSL_SetMinVersion()
 - Small stack improvements at TLS/SSL layer
 - TLS Master Secret generation and Key Expansion are now exposed
 - Adds client side Secure Renegotiation, * not recommended *
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 7ad1ba83d..f01a97528 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 #ifndef WOLFSSL_ALLOW_NO_SUITES
     #if defined(NO_DH) && !defined(HAVE_ECC) && !defined(WOLFSSL_STATIC_RSA) \
                   && !defined(WOLFSSL_STATIC_DH) && !defined(WOLFSSL_STATIC_PSK)
-        #error "No cipher suites defined becuase DH disabled, ECC disabled, and no static suites defined. Please see top of README"
+        #error "No cipher suites defined because DH disabled, ECC disabled, and no static suites defined. Please see top of README"
     #endif
 #endif
 
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ int wolfSSL_dtls_get_peer(WOLFSSL* ssl, void* peer, unsigned int* peerSz)
 #endif /* WOLFSSL_LEANPSK */
 
 
-/* return underlyig connect or accept, SSL_SUCCESS on ok */
+/* return underlying connect or accept, SSL_SUCCESS on ok */
 int wolfSSL_negotiate(WOLFSSL* ssl)
 {
     int err = SSL_FATAL_ERROR;
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ int wolfSSL_pending(WOLFSSL* ssl)
 
 
 #ifndef WOLFSSL_LEANPSK
-/* trun on handshake group messages for context */
+/* turn on handshake group messages for context */
 int wolfSSL_CTX_set_group_messages(WOLFSSL_CTX* ctx)
 {
     if (ctx == NULL)
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ int wolfSSL_connect_cert(WOLFSSL* ssl)
 
 
 #ifndef WOLFSSL_LEANPSK
-/* trun on handshake group messages for ssl object */
+/* turn on handshake group messages for ssl object */
 int wolfSSL_set_group_messages(WOLFSSL* ssl)
 {
     if (ssl == NULL)
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ int wolfSSL_set_group_messages(WOLFSSL* ssl)
 }
 
 
-/* make minVersion the internal equivilant SSL version */
+/* make minVersion the internal equivalent SSL version */
 static int SetMinVersionHelper(byte* minVersion, int version)
 {
     switch (version) {