diff --git a/policy/support/loadable_module.spt b/policy/support/loadable_module.spt
index 606ee80d0..1f6163054 100644
--- a/policy/support/loadable_module.spt
+++ b/policy/support/loadable_module.spt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ define(`gen_require',`
 	')
 ')
 
-# helper function, since m4 wont expand macros
+# helper function, since m4 will not expand macros
 # if a line is a comment (#):
 define(`policy_m4_comment',`
 ##### $2 depth: $1
diff --git a/policy/support/mls_mcs_macros.spt b/policy/support/mls_mcs_macros.spt
index 7593e20d0..7d1293301 100644
--- a/policy/support/mls_mcs_macros.spt
+++ b/policy/support/mls_mcs_macros.spt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ define(`gen_cats',`decl_cats(0,decr($1))')
 #
 # gen_sens(N)
 #
-# declares sensitivites s0 to s(N-1) with dominance
+# declares sensitivities s0 to s(N-1) with dominance
 # in increasing numeric order with s0 lowest, s(N-1) highest
 #
 define(`decl_sens',`dnl
diff --git a/support/genhomedircon.py b/support/genhomedircon.py
index d5177ee4a..b865a07c8 100644
--- a/support/genhomedircon.py
+++ b/support/genhomedircon.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def getStartingUID():
 	rc=getstatusoutput("grep -h '^UID_MIN' /etc/login.defs")
 	if rc[0] == 0:
 		uid_min = re.sub("^UID_MIN[^0-9]*", "", rc[1])
-		#stip any comment from the end of the line
+		#strip any comment from the end of the line
 		uid_min = uid_min.split("#")[0]
 		uid_min = uid_min.strip()
 		if int(uid_min) < starting_uid:
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def getStartingUID():
 	rc=getstatusoutput("grep -h '^LU_UIDNUMBER' /etc/libuser.conf")
 	if rc[0] == 0:
 		lu_uidnumber = re.sub("^LU_UIDNUMBER[^0-9]*", "", rc[1])
-		#stip any comment from the end of the line
+		#strip any comment from the end of the line
 		lu_uidnumber = re.sub("[ \t].*", "", lu_uidnumber)
 		lu_uidnumber = lu_uidnumber.split("#")[0]
 		lu_uidnumber = lu_uidnumber.strip()