docs: fix typo

shama · koichik · commit 34f34e44110d · 2011-11-27T01:45:27.000+09:00
Fixes #2193.
diff --git a/doc/api/buffers.markdown b/doc/api/buffers.markdown
@@ -511,4 +511,4 @@ given it will fill the entire buffer.
 ### INSPECT_MAX_BYTES
 
 How many bytes will be returned when `buffer.inspect()` is called. This can
-be overriden by user modules.
+be overridden by user modules.
diff --git a/doc/api/child_processes.markdown b/doc/api/child_processes.markdown
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ This is a special case of the `spawn()` functionality for spawning Node
 processes. In addition to having all the methods in a normal ChildProcess
 instance, the returned object has a communication channel built-in. The
 channel is written to with `child.send(message, [sendHandle])` and messages
-are recieved by a `'message'` event on the child.
+are received by a `'message'` event on the child.
 
 For example:
 
diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ Options:
 
 - `host`: A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to.
   Defaults to `'localhost'`.
-- `hostname`: To support `url.parse()` `hostname` is prefered over `host`
+- `hostname`: To support `url.parse()` `hostname` is preferred over `host`
 - `port`: Port of remote server. Defaults to 80.
 - `socketPath`: Unix Domain Socket (use one of host:port or socketPath)
 - `method`: A string specifying the HTTP request method. Defaults to `'GET'`.
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ There are a few special headers that should be noted.
   and listen for the `continue` event. See RFC2616 Section 8.2.3 for more
   information.
 
-* Sending an Authorization header will override useing the `auth` option
+* Sending an Authorization header will override using the `auth` option
   to compute basic authentication.
 
 ## http.get(options, callback)
diff --git a/doc/api/https.markdown b/doc/api/https.markdown
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ This class is a subclass of `tls.Server` and emits events same as
 
 ## https.createServer(options, [requestListener])
 
-Returns a new HTTPS web server object. The `options` is similer to
+Returns a new HTTPS web server object. The `options` is similar to
 `tls.createServer()`. The `requestListener` is a function which is
 automatically added to the `'request'` event.
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ The options argument has the following options
 
 - `host`: A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to.
   Defaults to `'localhost'`.
-- `hostname`: To support `url.parse()` `hostname` is prefered over `host`
+- `hostname`: To support `url.parse()` `hostname` is preferred over `host`
 - `port`: Port of remote server. Defaults to 443.
 - `method`: A string specifying the HTTP request method. Defaults to `'GET'`.
 - `path`: Request path. Defaults to `'/'`. Should include query string if any.
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ Example:
 
 ## https.Agent
 
-An Agent object for HTTPS similer to [http.Agent](http.html#http.Agent).
+An Agent object for HTTPS similar to [http.Agent](http.html#http.Agent).
 See [https.request()](#https.request) for more information.
 
 
diff --git a/doc/api/modules.markdown b/doc/api/modules.markdown
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ Where `$HOME` is the user's home directory, and `$PREFIX` is node's
 configured `installPrefix`.
 
 These are mostly for historic reasons.  You are highly encouraged to
-place your dependencies localy in `node_modules` folders.  They will be
+place your dependencies locally in `node_modules` folders.  They will be
 loaded faster, and more reliably.
 
 ### Accessing the main module
diff --git a/doc/api/stdio.markdown b/doc/api/stdio.markdown
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ Prints to stdout with newline. This function can take multiple arguments in a
 
     console.log('count: %d', count);
 
-If formating elements are not found in the first string then `util.inspect`
+If formatting elements are not found in the first string then `util.inspect`
 is used on each argument.
-See [util.format()](util.html#util.format) for more infomation.
+See [util.format()](util.html#util.format) for more information.
 
 ### console.info()
 
diff --git a/doc/api/tls.markdown b/doc/api/tls.markdown
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ defaults to `localhost`.) `options` should be an object which specifies
   - `NPNProtocols`: An array of string or `Buffer` containing supported NPN
     protocols. `Buffer` should have following format: `0x05hello0x05world`,
     where first byte is next protocol name's length. (Passing array should
-    usually be much simplier: `['hello', 'world']`.)
+    usually be much simpler: `['hello', 'world']`.)
 
   - `servername`: Servername for SNI (Server Name Indication) TLS extension.
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ thereafter.
 
 ### NPN and SNI
 
-NPN (Next Protocol Negotitation) and SNI (Server Name Indication) are TLS
+NPN (Next Protocol Negotiation) and SNI (Server Name Indication) are TLS
 handshake extensions allowing you:
 
   * NPN - to use one TLS server for multiple protocols (HTTP, SPDY)
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ becomes available only when `cleartextStream.authorized === false`.
 
 #### cleartextStream.getPeerCertificate()
 
-Returns an object representing the peer's certicicate. The returned object has
+Returns an object representing the peer's certificate. The returned object has
 some properties corresponding to the field of the certificate.
 
 Example:
