diff --git a/include/geos/geom/Envelope.h b/include/geos/geom/Envelope.h
index 823a0dc04..e64fdf8b1 100644
--- a/include/geos/geom/Envelope.h
+++ b/include/geos/geom/Envelope.h
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ class GEOS_DLL Envelope {
     * Tests if the region defined by other
     * is disjoint from the region of this Envelope
     *
-    * @param other  the Envelope being checked for disjointness
+    * @param other  the Envelope being checked for disjointedness
     * @return true if the Envelopes are disjoint
     */
     bool disjoint(const Envelope& other) const
diff --git a/src/operation/buffer/BufferBuilder.cpp b/src/operation/buffer/BufferBuilder.cpp
index 716215b71..1fa923ccb 100644
--- a/src/operation/buffer/BufferBuilder.cpp
+++ b/src/operation/buffer/BufferBuilder.cpp
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ BufferBuilder::buffer(const Geometry* g, double distance)
         std::vector< std::unique_ptr<Geometry> > geoms_to_delete;
         for ( size_t i=0, n=g->getNumGeometries(); i<n; ++i )
         {
-            // BufferBuilder class cannot be re-used, so
+            // BufferBuilder class cannot be reused, so
             // we create a new one for each subgeom
             BufferBuilder subbuilder(bufParams);
             const Geometry *subgeom = g->getGeometryN(i);
diff --git a/web/content/project/coc.md b/web/content/project/coc.md
index 53928c754..bd3b25955 100644
--- a/web/content/project/coc.md
+++ b/web/content/project/coc.md
@@ -79,4 +79,4 @@ To privately email the code of conduct committee leadership use conduct-report@o
 
 ## Credits
 
-GEOS re-uses the [OSGeo Code of Conduct](https://www.osgeo.org/resources/osgeo-code-of-conduct/)
+GEOS reuses the [OSGeo Code of Conduct](https://www.osgeo.org/resources/osgeo-code-of-conduct/)