diff --git a/lib/dictutils.py b/lib/dictutils.py
index 4cc7acc8a2..442f632edb 100644
--- a/lib/dictutils.py
+++ b/lib/dictutils.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def append_if(array, item):
 
     :param array: ``list``  List object to append to
     :param item: ``object``  Object to append to the list
-    :returns bool:  Flag indicating whether the append happend (True)
+    :returns bool:  Flag indicating whether the append happened (True)
         or not (False)
     """
     if item not in array:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def recursive_dict_removal(inventory, purge_list):
     Only items in child dictionaries and lists are removed.
 
     Dictionary keys can only be deleted at the 3rd level (e.g in
-    inventory['top']['middle']['bottom'], only 'bottom' would be targetted by
+    inventory['top']['middle']['bottom'], only 'bottom' would be targeted by
     this function)
 
     :param inventory: ``dict`` Dictionary representing the inventory
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-ansible.cfg-e65e4f17bc30cce7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-ansible.cfg-e65e4f17bc30cce7.yaml
index 35c5523340..aae8ca2a81 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/remove-ansible.cfg-e65e4f17bc30cce7.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-ansible.cfg-e65e4f17bc30cce7.yaml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ other:
     directory has been removed. This file was making
     compatibility difficult for deployers who need to
     change these values. Additionally this files very
-    existance forced Ansible to ignore any other config
+    existence forced Ansible to ignore any other config
     file in either a users home directory or in the
     default "/etc/ansible" directory.
diff --git a/tests/test_dictutils.py b/tests/test_dictutils.py
index c6c970460a..2022e8102b 100644
--- a/tests/test_dictutils.py
+++ b/tests/test_dictutils.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class TestListRemovalUnit(unittest.TestCase):
 
 class TestDictRemovalUnit(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_deleting_single_item_in_single_level_noop(self):
-        """The funtion only operates on nested dictionaries"""
+        """The function only operates on nested dictionaries"""
         base = {'key1': 'value1'}
         target = ['value1']