diff --git a/tufte-book.cls b/tufte-book.cls
index 534552f..f733ce2 100644
--- a/tufte-book.cls
+++ b/tufte-book.cls
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 %%
 % Declare we're tufte-book
-\newcommand{\@tufte@class}{book}% the base LaTeX class (defaults to the article/handout style)
+\newcommand{\@tufte@class}{book}% the base LaTeX class (defaults to the book style)
 \newcommand{\@tufte@pkgname}{tufte-book}% the name of the package (defaults to tufte-handout)
 
 %%
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 %%
 % The back matter contains appendices, indices, glossaries, endnotes,
-% biliographies, list of contributors, illustration credits, etc.
+% bibliographies, list of contributors, illustration credits, etc.
 \renewcommand\backmatter{%
   \if@openright%
     \cleardoublepage%
diff --git a/tufte-common.def b/tufte-common.def
index 3fd41ea..0d60c0e 100644
--- a/tufte-common.def
+++ b/tufte-common.def
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@
 \newcommand*{\setcitationfont}[1]{\renewcommand*{\@tufte@citation@font}{#1}}
 
 %%
-% Set the justification baesed on the `justified' class option
+% Set the justification based on the `justified' class option
 
 \newcommand{\@tufte@justification}{%
   \ifthenelse{\boolean{@tufte@justified}}%
@@ -836,7 +836,7 @@
 
 
 %%
-% A function that removes leading and trailling spaces from the supplied macro.
+% A function that removes leading and trailing spaces from the supplied macro.
 % Based on code written by Michael Downes (See ``Around the Bend'', #15.)
 % Executing \@tufte@trim@spaces\xyzzy will result in the contents of \xyzzy
 % being trimmed of leading and trailing white space.
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@
 
 
 %%
-% A couple commands to incresae the number of floats you can use at a time.
+% A couple commands to increase the number of floats you can use at a time.
 
 \def\morefloats{% provides a total of 52 floats
   \ifthenelse{\isundefined{\bx@S}}{%