diff --git a/README b/README
index c6915d0f..a6905827 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -357,12 +357,12 @@ grandchild.tpl:
{/foreach}
{/block}
-We redefined all the blocks here, however in the title block we used {$amrty.parent},
+We redefined all the blocks here, however in the title block we used {$smarty.parent},
which tells Smarty to insert the default content from the parent template in its place.
The content block was overriden to display the image files, and page-title has also be
overriden to display a completely different title.
-If we render garndchild.tpl we will get this:
+If we render grandchild.tpl we will get this:
Home - Child title
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ If we render garndchild.tpl we will get this:
-NOTE: In the child templates everthing outside the {extend} or {block} tag sections
+NOTE: In the child templates everything outside the {extend} or {block} tag sections
is ignored.
The inheritance tree can be as big as you want (meaning you can extend a file that
@@ -389,8 +389,8 @@ can use the extend resource as follow:
$smarty->display('extend:grandchild.tpl|child.tpl|parent.tpl');
-Child {block} tags may otionally have a append or prepand attribute. In this case the parent block content
-is appended or prpended to the child block content.
+Child {block} tags may optionally have a append or prepend attribute. In this case the parent block content
+is appended or prepended to the child block content.
{block name='title' append} My title {/block}