diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt
index bf706b950e..a3cdeaaa14 100644
--- a/Documentation/config.txt
+++ b/Documentation/config.txt
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ color::
 The basic colors accepted are `normal`, `black`, `red`, `green`, `yellow`,
 `blue`, `magenta`, `cyan` and `white`.  The first color given is the
 foreground; the second is the background.  All the basic colors except
-`normal` have a bright variant that can be speficied by prefixing the
+`normal` have a bright variant that can be specified by prefixing the
 color with `bright`, like `brightred`.
 +
 Colors may also be given as numbers between 0 and 255; these use ANSI
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index dab9609013..ec233ac0c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ p4-post-changelist
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 The `p4-post-changelist` hook is invoked after the submit has
-successfully occured in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant
+successfully occurred in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant
 primarily for notification and cannot affect the outcome of the
 git p4 submit action.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/githooks.txt b/Documentation/githooks.txt
index 6e461ace6e..2bcf9b539f 100644
--- a/Documentation/githooks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/githooks.txt
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ p4-post-changelist
 This hook is invoked by `git-p4 submit`.
 
 The `p4-post-changelist` hook is invoked after the submit has
-successfully occured in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant
+successfully occurred in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant
 primarily for notification and cannot affect the outcome of the
 git p4 submit action.
 
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index 4433ca53de..8af92a5a96 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
     Submit after inspect the message file.
 
     The `p4-post-changelist` hook is invoked after the submit has successfully
-    occured in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant primarily for notification
+    occurred in P4. It takes no parameters and is meant primarily for notification
     and cannot affect the outcome of the git p4 submit action.
     """