diff --git a/doc/property_tree.qbk b/doc/property_tree.qbk
index 83f6a6bc8..925fb6a21 100644
--- a/doc/property_tree.qbk
+++ b/doc/property_tree.qbk
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ these three basic patterns of usage:
    assignments. Or when tomorrow is final deadline for your project.
  * ['Get the data and revert to default value if it cannot be done.]  Used when
    you want to allow omitting the key in question. Implemented by some similar
-   tools (windows INI file access functions).
+   tools (Windows INI file access functions).
  * ['Get the data, but I care more whether you succeeded than I do for the data
    itself.] Used when you want to vary control flow depending on get
    success/failure. Or to check for presence of a key.
diff --git a/doc/xml_parser.qbk b/doc/xml_parser.qbk
index 8a9a9b1d0..27b2fe3c8 100644
--- a/doc/xml_parser.qbk
+++ b/doc/xml_parser.qbk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RapidXML does not fully support the XML standard; it is not capable of parsing
 DTDs and therefore cannot do full entity substitution.
 
 By default, the parser will preserve most whitespace, but remove element content
-that consists only of whitespace. Encoded whitespaces (e.g.  ) does not
+that consists only of whitespace. Encoded whitespaces (e.g.  ) do not
 count as whitespace in this regard. You can pass the trim_whitespace flag if you
 want all leading and trailing whitespace trimmed and all continuous whitespace
 collapsed into a single space.
diff --git a/include/boost/property_tree/info_parser.hpp b/include/boost/property_tree/info_parser.hpp
index 683ddad46..b38b6d3cc 100644
--- a/include/boost/property_tree/info_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/property_tree/info_parser.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace info_parser
 {
 
     /**
-     * Read INFO from a the given stream and translate it to a property tree.
+     * Read INFO from the given stream and translate it to a property tree.
      * @note Replaces the existing contents. Strong exception guarantee.
      * @throw info_parser_error If the stream cannot be read, doesn't contain
      *                          valid INFO, or a conversion fails.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace info_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Read INFO from a the given stream and translate it to a property tree.
+     * Read INFO from the given stream and translate it to a property tree.
      * @note Replaces the existing contents. Strong exception guarantee.
      * @param default_ptree If parsing fails, pt is set to a copy of this tree.
      */
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace info_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Read INFO from a the given file and translate it to a property tree. The
+     * Read INFO from the given file and translate it to a property tree. The
      * tree's key type must be a string type, i.e. it must have a nested
      * value_type typedef that is a valid parameter for basic_ifstream.
      * @note Replaces the existing contents. Strong exception guarantee.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace info_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Read INFO from a the given file and translate it to a property tree. The
+     * Read INFO from the given file and translate it to a property tree. The
      * tree's key type must be a string type, i.e. it must have a nested
      * value_type typedef that is a valid parameter for basic_ifstream.
      * @note Replaces the existing contents. Strong exception guarantee.
diff --git a/include/boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp b/include/boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp
index 80cdc602c..86962b9ff 100644
--- a/include/boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace ini_parser
     };
 
     /**
-     * Read INI from a the given stream and translate it to a property tree.
+     * Read INI from the given stream and translate it to a property tree.
      * @note Clears existing contents of property tree. In case of error
      *       the property tree is not modified.
      * @throw ini_parser_error If a format violation is found.
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace ini_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Read INI from a the given file and translate it to a property tree.
+     * Read INI from the given file and translate it to a property tree.
      * @note Clears existing contents of property tree.  In case of error the
-     *       property tree unmodified.
+     *       property tree is not modified.
      * @throw ini_parser_error In case of error deserializing the property tree.
      * @param filename Name of file from which to read in the property tree.
      * @param[out] pt The property tree to populate.
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace ini_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Translates the property tree to INI and writes it the given output
+     * Translates the property tree to INI and writes it to the given output
      * stream.
      * @pre @e pt cannot have data in its root.
      * @pre @e pt cannot have keys both data and children.
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace ini_parser
      *                         INI or writing to the output stream.
      * @param stream The stream to which to write the INI representation of the 
      *               property tree.
-     * @param pt The property tree to tranlsate to INI and output.
+     * @param pt The property tree to translate to INI and output.
      * @param flags The flags to use when writing the INI file.
      *              No flags are currently supported.
      */
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace ini_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Translates the property tree to INI and writes it the given file.
+     * Translates the property tree to INI and writes it to the given file.
      * @pre @e pt cannot have data in its root.
      * @pre @e pt cannot have keys both data and children.
      * @pre @e pt cannot be deeper than two levels.
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace ini_parser
      *                          to INI or writing to the file.
      * @param filename The name of the file to which to write the INI
      *                 representation of the property tree.
-     * @param pt The property tree to tranlsate to INI and output.
+     * @param pt The property tree to translate to INI and output.
      * @param flags The flags to use when writing the INI file.
      *              The following flags are supported:
      * @li @c skip_ini_validity_check -- Skip check if ptree is a valid ini. The
diff --git a/include/boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp b/include/boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp
index 62fd89f85..49aeca3fd 100644
--- a/include/boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace json_parser
 {
 
     /**
-     * Read JSON from a the given stream and translate it to a property tree.
+     * Read JSON from the given stream and translate it to a property tree.
      * @note Clears existing contents of property tree.  In case of error the
-     *       property tree unmodified.
+     *       property tree is not modified.
      * @note Items of JSON arrays are translated into ptree keys with empty
      *       names. Members of objects are translated into named keys.
      * @note JSON data can be a string, a numeric value, or one of literals
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace json_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Read JSON from a the given file and translate it to a property tree.
+     * Read JSON from the given file and translate it to a property tree.
      * @note Clears existing contents of property tree.  In case of error the
-     *       property tree unmodified.
+     *       property tree is not modified.
      * @note Items of JSON arrays are translated into ptree keys with empty
      *       names. Members of objects are translated into named keys.
      * @note JSON data can be a string, a numeric value, or one of literals
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace json_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Translates the property tree to JSON and writes it the given output
+     * Translates the property tree to JSON and writes it to the given output
      * stream.
      * @note Any property tree key containing only unnamed subkeys will be
      *       rendered as JSON arrays.
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace json_parser
      *                          to JSON or writing to the output stream.
      * @param stream The stream to which to write the JSON representation of the
      *               property tree.
-     * @param pt The property tree to tranlsate to JSON and output.
+     * @param pt The property tree to translate to JSON and output.
      * @param pretty Whether to pretty-print. Defaults to true for backward
      *               compatibility.
      */
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace json_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Translates the property tree to JSON and writes it the given file.
+     * Translates the property tree to JSON and writes it to the given file.
      * @note Any property tree key containing only unnamed subkeys will be
      *       rendered as JSON arrays.
      * @pre @e pt cannot contain keys that have both subkeys and non-empty data.
diff --git a/include/boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp b/include/boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp
index 2743123c9..cc3708179 100644
--- a/include/boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree
         /** If the node identified by the path does not exist, create it,
          * including all its missing parents.
          * If the node already exists, add a sibling with the same key.
-         * Set the newly created node's value to the given paremeter,
+         * Set the newly created node's value to the given parameter,
          * translated with the supplied translator.
          * @param path Path to the child. The last fragment must not have an
          *             index.
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree
         /** If the node identified by the path does not exist, create it,
          * including all its missing parents.
          * If the node already exists, add a sibling with the same key.
-         * Set the newly created node's value to the given paremeter,
+         * Set the newly created node's value to the given parameter,
          * translated with the supplied translator.
          * @param path Path to the child. The last fragment must not have an
          *             index.
diff --git a/include/boost/property_tree/string_path.hpp b/include/boost/property_tree/string_path.hpp
index de2abc0a4..3dc925ab9 100644
--- a/include/boost/property_tree/string_path.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/property_tree/string_path.hpp
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree
     /// If instantiated with std::string and id_translator\<std::string\>,
     /// it accepts paths of the form "one.two.three.four".
     ///
-    /// @tparam String Any Sequence. If the sequence does not support random-
-    ///                access iteration, concatenation of paths assumes that
-    ///                insertions at the end preserve iterator validity.
+    /// @tparam String Any Sequence. If the sequence does not support
+    ///                random-access iteration, concatenation of paths assumes
+    ///                that insertions at the end preserve iterator validity.
     /// @tparam Translator A translator with internal_type == String.
     template <typename String, typename Translator>
     class string_path
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree
         string_path(const String &value, char_type separator = char_type('.'),
                     Translator tr = Translator());
         /// Create a path by parsing the given string.
-        /// @param value A zero-terminated array of values. Only use if zero-
-        ///              termination makes sense for your type, and your
+        /// @param value A zero-terminated array of values. Only use if
+        ///              zero-termination makes sense for your type, and your
         ///              sequence supports construction from it. Intended for
         ///              string literals.
         /// @param separator The separator used in parsing. Defaults to '.'.
diff --git a/include/boost/property_tree/xml_parser.hpp b/include/boost/property_tree/xml_parser.hpp
index 0544c5554..0da68e481 100644
--- a/include/boost/property_tree/xml_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/property_tree/xml_parser.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace xml_parser
     /**
      * Reads XML from an input stream and translates it to property tree.
      * @note Clears existing contents of property tree.  In case of error the
-     *       property tree unmodified.
+     *       property tree is not modified.
      * @note XML attributes are placed under keys named @c \<xmlattr\>.
      * @throw xml_parser_error In case of error deserializing the property tree.
      * @param stream Stream from which to read in the property tree.
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace xml_parser
      * Reads XML from a file using the given locale and translates it to
      * property tree.
      * @note Clears existing contents of property tree.  In case of error the
-     *       property tree unmodified.
+     *       property tree is not modified.
      * @note XML attributes are placed under keys named @c \<xmlattr\>.
      * @throw xml_parser_error In case of error deserializing the property tree.
      * @param filename The file from which to read in the property tree.
      * @param[out] pt The property tree to populate.
-     * @param flags Flags controlling the bahviour of the parser.
+     * @param flags Flags controlling the behaviour of the parser.
      *              The following flags are supported:
      * @li @c no_concat_text -- Prevents concatenation of text nodes into
      *                          datastring of property tree.  Puts them in
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace xml_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Translates the property tree to XML and writes it the given output
+     * Translates the property tree to XML and writes it to the given output
      * stream.
      * @throw xml_parser_error In case of error translating the property tree to
      *                         XML or writing to the output stream.
      * @param stream The stream to which to write the XML representation of the 
      *               property tree.
-     * @param pt The property tree to tranlsate to XML and output.
+     * @param pt The property tree to translate to XML and output.
      * @param settings The settings to use when writing out the property tree as
      *                 XML.
      */
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ namespace boost { namespace property_tree { namespace xml_parser
     }
 
     /**
-     * Translates the property tree to XML and writes it the given file.
+     * Translates the property tree to XML and writes it to the given file.
      * @throw xml_parser_error In case of error translating the property tree to
      *                         XML or writing to the output stream.
      * @param filename The file to which to write the XML representation of the 
      *                 property tree.
-     * @param pt The property tree to tranlsate to XML and output.
+     * @param pt The property tree to translate to XML and output.
      * @param loc The locale to use when writing the output to file.
      * @param settings The settings to use when writing out the property tree as
      *                 XML.