diff --git a/README b/README
index 16ec46b..f7cf867 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ EXAMPLES
 
 CONCEPTS
      Santoku deals with messages (which are files), folders (which are Maildir
-     folders), sequences (which are newline-seperated lists of messages,
+     folders), sequences (which are newline-separated lists of messages,
      possibly persisted on disk in ~/.santoku/map), and the current message
      (kept as a symlink in ~/.santoku/cur).
 
diff --git a/man/maddr.1 b/man/maddr.1
index 89c14e0..1f0df38 100644
--- a/man/maddr.1
+++ b/man/maddr.1
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ will read filenames from standard input.
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width Ds
 .It Fl h Ar headers
-Only search the colon-seperated list of
+Only search the colon-separated list of
 .Ar headers
 for mail addresses.
 Default:
diff --git a/man/mintro.7 b/man/mintro.7
index 478b8ef..1577695 100644
--- a/man/mintro.7
+++ b/man/mintro.7
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ As usual with pipes, the sky is the limit.
 .N2
 deals with messages (which are files),
 folders (which are Maildir folders),
-sequences (which are newline-seperated lists of messages, possibly persisted on disk in
+sequences (which are newline-separated lists of messages, possibly persisted on disk in
 .Pa ~/.santoku/map ) ,
 and the current message (kept as a symlink in
 .Pa ~/.santoku/cur ) .