diff --git a/doc/01-basic-usage.md b/doc/01-basic-usage.md
index cc5ac5459..e1faa6318 100644
--- a/doc/01-basic-usage.md
+++ b/doc/01-basic-usage.md
@@ -241,14 +241,14 @@ be in your project root, on the same level as `vendor` directory is. An example
 filename would be `src/Foo.php` containing an `Acme\Foo` class.
 
 After adding the [`autoload`](04-schema.md#autoload) field, you have to re-run
-this command : 
+this command :
 
 ```sh
 php composer.phar dump-autoload
 ```
 
 This command will re-generate the `vendor/autoload.php` file.
-See the [`dump-autoload`](03-cli.md#dump-autoload) section for more informations.
+See the [`dump-autoload`](03-cli.md#dump-autoload) section for more information.
 
 Including that file will also return the autoloader instance, so you can store
 the return value of the include call in a variable and add more namespaces.
diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/SvnDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/SvnDownloader.php
index e23958164..f7e14e6ce 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/SvnDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/SvnDownloader.php
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ class SvnDownloader extends VcsDownloader
         $this->io->writeError(sprintf('    <error>The package has modified file%s:</error>', $countChanges === 1 ? '' : 's'));
         $this->io->writeError(array_slice($changes, 0, 10));
         if ($countChanges > 10) {
-            $remaingChanges = $countChanges - 10;
+            $remainingChanges = $countChanges - 10;
             $this->io->writeError(
                 sprintf(
-                    '    <info>'.$remaingChanges.' more file%s modified, choose "v" to view the full list</info>',
-                    $remaingChanges === 1 ? '' : 's'
+                    '    <info>'.$remainingChanges.' more file%s modified, choose "v" to view the full list</info>',
+                    $remainingChanges === 1 ? '' : 's'
                 )
             );
         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/Hg.php b/src/Composer/Util/Hg.php
index 8cf6241a6..3681ad5c7 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/Hg.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/Hg.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Hg
             return;
         }
 
-        // Try with the authentication informations available
+        // Try with the authentication information available
         if (preg_match('{^(https?)://((.+)(?:\:(.+))?@)?([^/]+)(/.*)?}mi', $url, $match) && $this->io->hasAuthentication($match[5])) {
             $auth = $this->io->getAuthentication($match[5]);
             $authenticatedUrl = $match[1] . '://' . rawurlencode($auth['username']) . ':' . rawurlencode($auth['password']) . '@' . $match[5] . (!empty($match[6]) ? $match[6] : null);