diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index bff76c3..c4cf884 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -37,5 +37,3 @@ Before making a pull request, please consider that:
 3. Our code will be reviewed and edited by us.  In particular, we may
    reformat your code according to the [Linux Kernel Coding
    Style](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/v4.10/process/coding-style.html)
-
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 93e21d6..9c56e27 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -173,4 +173,3 @@ both [Cygwin](http://www.cygwin.com) and [MingW](http://www.mingw.org)
 allow you to compile a great number of UNIX programs in Microsoft Windows.
 They both provide a full Dirent API as well as many other UNIX APIs.  MingW
 can even be used for commercial applications!
-
diff --git a/examples/du.c b/examples/du.c
index 17763f2..e3e4224 100644
--- a/examples/du.c
+++ b/examples/du.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ list_directory(const char *dirname, int level)
 	char buffer[PATH_MAX + 2];
 	char *p = buffer;
 	char *end = &buffer[PATH_MAX];
-	
+
 	/* Copy directory name to buffer */
 	const char *src = dirname;
 	while (p < end && *src != '\0') {
diff --git a/examples/extension_lookup.cpp b/examples/extension_lookup.cpp
index 4f19830..9c2423d 100644
--- a/examples/extension_lookup.cpp
+++ b/examples/extension_lookup.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) 
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     string directory, extension;
     string csvFiles[50];
diff --git a/include/dirent.h b/include/dirent.h
index fd1e813..be4e1ee 100644
--- a/include/dirent.h
+++ b/include/dirent.h
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ _wclosedir(_WDIR *dirp)
 	/*
 	 * Release search handle if we have one.  Being able to handle
 	 * partially initialized _WDIR structure allows us to use this
-	 * function to handle errors occuring within _wopendir.
+	 * function to handle errors occurring within _wopendir.
 	 */
 	if (dirp->handle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
 		FindClose(dirp->handle);
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ _wseekdir(_WDIR *dirp, long loc)
 {
 	if (!dirp)
 		return;
-	
+
 	/* Directory must be open */
 	if (dirp->handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 		goto exit_failure;
diff --git a/tests/t-symlink.c b/tests/t-symlink.c
index 5bafa90..31b0600 100644
--- a/tests/t-symlink.c
+++ b/tests/t-symlink.c
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ test_dirent(void)
 
 	closedir(dir);
 #else
-	fprintf(stderr, "Skippped test_dirent\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "Skipped test_dirent\n");
 #endif
 }