diff --git a/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet.c b/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet.c
index 2f3f64471..15467b73b 100644
--- a/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet.c
+++ b/appl/telnet/telnet/telnet.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ dontoption(int option)
 
 /*
  * Given a buffer returned by tgetent(), this routine will turn
- * the pipe seperated list of names in the buffer into an array
+ * the pipe separated list of names in the buffer into an array
  * of pointers to null terminated names.  We toss out any bad,
  * duplicate, or verbose names (names with spaces).
  */
@@ -1775,12 +1775,12 @@ process_iac:
 		    /*
 		     * This is an error.  We only expect to get
 		     * "IAC IAC" or "IAC SE".  Several things may
-		     * have happend.  An IAC was not doubled, the
+		     * have happened.  An IAC was not doubled, the
 		     * IAC SE was left off, or another option got
 		     * inserted into the suboption are all possibilities.
 		     * If we assume that the IAC was not doubled,
 		     * and really the IAC SE was left off, we could
-		     * get into an infinate loop here.  So, instead,
+		     * get into an infinite loop here.  So, instead,
 		     * we terminate the suboption, and process the
 		     * partial suboption if we can.
 		     */
@@ -2097,7 +2097,7 @@ my_telnet(char *user)
 		}
 	    }
 	    if (auth_has_failed) {
-		printf("\nAuthentication negotation has failed,\n");
+		printf("\nAuthentication negotiation has failed,\n");
 		printf("which is required for encryption.\n");
 		Exit(1);
 	    }