diff --git a/tconfpy.3 b/tconfpy.3
index 234c6da..bc04bcc 100644
--- a/tconfpy.3
+++ b/tconfpy.3
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@
 \fC.literal\fP directive) is left untouched.  Whitespace,
 the \fC#\fP symbol, and so on are not intepreted in any
 way and are passed back to the calling program as-is.  The
-once exception to this rule is when variable substitution
+one exception to this rule is when variable substitution
 inside literal blocks is enabled.  This is discussed in a later
 section of this document as well.
 
@@ -2058,9 +2058,9 @@
 
 Finally, you can use variable references here to get the name of a
 variable to test by "indirection" (as we saw in the previous section
-on accessing/setting variables indirectly.  This should be used
-sparingly since it can be kind of hard to understand after-the-fact,
-but it is possible to do this:
+on accessing/setting variables indirectly).  This should be used
+sparingly since it can be kind of obscure to understand, but it is
+possible to do this:
 
 .ft C \" Courier
 .nf
@@ -2171,7 +2171,7 @@
 previous section on the \*(TC API).  Literal text is returned in the order
 it is found in the configuration file.
 
-What good is this?  It is a nifty way to embedd plain text or even
+What good is this?  It is a nifty way to embed plain text or even
 programs written in other languages within a configuration file and
 pass them back to the calling program.  This is especially handy
 when used in combination with \*(TC conditional features:
@@ -2308,10 +2308,10 @@
 .B value
 of the variable \fCfoo\fP with the string \fCbar\fP.
 
-This was done for a very good reason.  Because you have to
-explicitly note whether you want the name or value of a variable
-(instead of inferring it from context), you can mix both literal text
-and variable values on either side of a comparison or assignment:
+This was done for a very good reason.  Because you have to explicitly
+note whether you want the name or value of a variable (instead of
+having \*(TC infer it from context), you can mix both literal text and
+variable values on either side of a comparison or assignment:
 
 .ft C \" Courier
 .nf