diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8566260c..a93a9cde 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dracut-009
 
 - initramfs
   - hooks moved to /lib/dracut/hooks in initramfs
-  - rd.driver.{blacklist|pre|post} accept comma seperated driver list
+  - rd.driver.{blacklist|pre|post} accept comma separated driver list
   - iSCSI: iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) support
   - support for /run
   - live image: support for generic rootfs.img (instead of ext3fs.img)
diff --git a/modules.d/02caps/README b/modules.d/02caps/README
index 57d2538c..34e0f021 100644
--- a/modules.d/02caps/README
+++ b/modules.d/02caps/README
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This adds the following parameters:
 rd.caps=1
         turn the caps module on/off
 rd.caps.initdrop=cap_sys_module,cap_sys_rawio
-        drop the specified comma seperated capabilities
+        drop the specified comma separated capabilities
 rd.caps.disablemodules=1
         turn off module loading
 rd.caps.disablekexec=1
diff --git a/modules.d/95nbd/parse-nbdroot.sh b/modules.d/95nbd/parse-nbdroot.sh
index 40fcef6e..376681bd 100755
--- a/modules.d/95nbd/parse-nbdroot.sh
+++ b/modules.d/95nbd/parse-nbdroot.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #       root=nbd:srv:port[:fstype[:rootflags[:nbdopts]]]
 #       [root=*] netroot=nbd:srv:port[:fstype[:rootflags[:nbdopts]]]
 #
-# nbdopts is a comma seperated list of options to give to nbd-client
+# nbdopts is a comma separated list of options to give to nbd-client
 #
 # root= takes precedence over netroot= if root=nbd[...]
 #