diff --git a/docs/guide/CSS.md b/docs/guide/CSS.md
index 7bca457f8..bfac0d098 100644
--- a/docs/guide/CSS.md
+++ b/docs/guide/CSS.md
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ For example, the following will draw a red outline around all widgets:
 
 ### Pseudo classes
 
-Pseudo classes can be used to match widgets in a particular state. Psuedo classes are set automatically by Textual. For instance, you might want a button to have a green background when the mouse cursor moves over it. We can do this with the `:hover` pseudo selector.
+Pseudo classes can be used to match widgets in a particular state. Pseudo classes are set automatically by Textual. For instance, you might want a button to have a green background when the mouse cursor moves over it. We can do this with the `:hover` pseudo selector.
 
 ```sass
 Button:hover {
diff --git a/docs/guide/styles.md b/docs/guide/styles.md
index 99457a078..ac7a32e79 100644
--- a/docs/guide/styles.md
+++ b/docs/guide/styles.md
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ You can also set padding to a tuple of *four* values which applies padding to ea
 
 ### Border 
 
-The [border](../styles/border.md) style draws a border around a widget. To add a border set `syles.border` to a tuple of two values. The first value is the border type, which should be a string. The second value is the border color which will accept any value that works with  [color](../styles/color.md) and [background](../styles/background.md).
+The [border](../styles/border.md) style draws a border around a widget. To add a border set `styles.border` to a tuple of two values. The first value is the border type, which should be a string. The second value is the border color which will accept any value that works with  [color](../styles/color.md) and [background](../styles/background.md).
 
 The following example adds a border around a widget:
 
diff --git a/docs/styles/background.md b/docs/styles/background.md
index 1cf5283c7..6c41885c7 100644
--- a/docs/styles/background.md
+++ b/docs/styles/background.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ This example creates three widgets and applies a different background to each.
 /* Blue background */
 background: blue;
 
-/* 20% red backround */
+/* 20% red background */
 background: red 20%;
 
 /* RGB color */
diff --git a/docs/styles/overflow.md b/docs/styles/overflow.md
index f850281a1..7b49ec4f1 100644
--- a/docs/styles/overflow.md
+++ b/docs/styles/overflow.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ The right side has `overflow-y: hidden` which will prevent a scrollbar from bein
 ## CSS
 
 ```sass
-/* Automatic scrollbars on both axies (the default) */
+/* Automatic scrollbars on both axes (the default) */
 overflow: auto auto;
 
 /* Hide the vertical scrollbar */
diff --git a/docs/widgets/footer.md b/docs/widgets/footer.md
index 01717b225..ee1d4eeb7 100644
--- a/docs/widgets/footer.md
+++ b/docs/widgets/footer.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ available keybindings for the currently focused widget.
 ## Example
 
 The example below shows an app with a single keybinding that contains only a `Footer`
-widget. Notice how the `Footer` automatically displays the keybind.
+widget. Notice how the `Footer` automatically displays the keybinding.
 
 === "Output"