diff --git a/data/appdata/gthumb.appdata.xml.in b/data/appdata/gthumb.appdata.xml.in
index 1e6443e..8c1b7ce 100644
--- a/data/appdata/gthumb.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/appdata/gthumb.appdata.xml.in
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <_p>
       As an image editor gThumb allows to scale, rotate and crop the images;
       change the saturation, lightness, contrast as well as other color
-      trasformations.
+      transformations.
     </_p>
     <_p>
       As an image browser gThumb shows the thumbnails of the images saved on
diff --git a/data/ui/histogram-info.ui b/data/ui/histogram-info.ui
index 1c7c0a0..b9e8fad 100644
--- a/data/ui/histogram-info.ui
+++ b/data/ui/histogram-info.ui
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
                 <property name="xalign">1</property>
-                <property name="label" translatable="yes" comments="Short for &quot;Standard deviation&quot;.  Try to keep it under the 12 characters in the translation or it will be ellipsizied at the end.">Std dev:</property>
+                <property name="label" translatable="yes" comments="Short for &quot;Standard deviation&quot;.  Try to keep it under the 12 characters in the translation or it will be ellipsized at the end.">Std dev:</property>
                 <property name="ellipsize">end</property>
                 <property name="width_chars">12</property>
                 <attributes>
diff --git a/extensions/file_tools/gth-file-tool-effects.c b/extensions/file_tools/gth-file-tool-effects.c
index e833e61..5139b92 100644
--- a/extensions/file_tools/gth-file-tool-effects.c
+++ b/extensions/file_tools/gth-file-tool-effects.c
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ artic_add_to_special_effects (GthFilterGrid *grid)
 				    GTH_FILTER_GRID_NEW_FILTER_ID,
 				    gth_image_task_new (_("Applying changes"), NULL, artic_exec, NULL, NULL, NULL),
 				    /* Translators: this is the name of an image filter */
-				    _("Artic"),
+				    _("Arctic"),
 				    NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/webalbums/data/ui/web-album-exporter.ui b/extensions/webalbums/data/ui/web-album-exporter.ui
index de129aa..65c183e 100644
--- a/extensions/webalbums/data/ui/web-album-exporter.ui
+++ b/extensions/webalbums/data/ui/web-album-exporter.ui
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     </columns>
     <data>
       <row>
-        <col id="0" translatable="yes">All images on  a single image</col>
+        <col id="0" translatable="yes">All images on a single image</col>
       </row>
       <row>
         <col id="0" translatable="yes">Adapts to the window width</col>
diff --git a/help/C/batch-scripts.page b/help/C/batch-scripts.page
index cc1ecb2..e6e01fa 100644
--- a/help/C/batch-scripts.page
+++ b/help/C/batch-scripts.page
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@ id="gthumb-batch-scripts">
   execute on your files), click the <gui>Tools</gui> button on the main toolbar, 
   and select <guiseq><gui>Tools</gui><gui>Personalize</gui></guiseq>.</p>
 
-  <p>TODO: further documentation is need here.</p>
+  <p>TODO: further documentation is needed here.</p>
 
 </page>
diff --git a/help/C/shortcuts.page b/help/C/shortcuts.page
index a43a2b4..79ed317 100644
--- a/help/C/shortcuts.page
+++ b/help/C/shortcuts.page
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ id="gthumb-shortcuts">
           <p>
           <keyseq>
             <key>Alt</key>
-            <key>Up</key>
+            <key>Up Arrow</key>
           </keyseq>
           </p>
         </td>
diff --git a/help/C/thumbnails.page b/help/C/thumbnails.page
index d962dda..d1a534b 100644
--- a/help/C/thumbnails.page
+++ b/help/C/thumbnails.page
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ id="gthumb-thumbnails">
   with other applications. By default, Gnome systems prune cached
   thumbnails when they are older than 180 days, or when the
   thumbnail cache exceeds 512 MB. Technically-inclined users can
-  explore these settings with <app>gconf-editor</app>. See the
-  /desktop/gnome/thumbnail_cache/maximum_age and
-  /desktop/gnome/thumbnail_cache/maximum_size keys in particular.
+  explore these settings with <app>dconf-editor</app>. See the
+  org.gnome.desktop.thumbnail_cache.maximum_age and
+  org.gnome.desktop.thumbnail_cache.maximum_size keys in particular.
   Certain applications (like <app>F-Spot</app>) may automatically increase
   these settings greatly.</p>
 </page>
