diff --git a/python/gui/qgsfontbutton.sip b/python/gui/qgsfontbutton.sip
index da6a0437933..9be67bf2938 100644
--- a/python/gui/qgsfontbutton.sip
+++ b/python/gui/qgsfontbutton.sip
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class QgsFontButton : QToolButton
 %Docstring
  A button for customising QgsTextFormat settings.
 
- The button will open a detailed text format settings dialog when clicked. An attached drop down
+ The button will open a detailed text format settings dialog when clicked. An attached drop-down
  menu allows for copying and pasting text styles, picking colors for the text, and for dropping
  colors from other color widgets.
 
diff --git a/python/plugins/MetaSearch/pavement.py b/python/plugins/MetaSearch/pavement.py
index 10abad95897..0e84e9da1f1 100644
--- a/python/plugins/MetaSearch/pavement.py
+++ b/python/plugins/MetaSearch/pavement.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import zipfile
 from paver.easy import (call_task, cmdopts, error, info, options, path,
                         sh, task, Bunch)
 
-from owslib.csw import CatalogueServiceWeb
+from owslib.csw import CatalogueServiceWeb  # spellok
 
 PLUGIN_NAME = 'MetaSearch'
 BASEDIR = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def test_default_csw_connections():
 
     for conn in conns.findall('csw'):
         try:
-            csw = CatalogueServiceWeb(conn.attrib.get('url'))
+            csw = CatalogueServiceWeb(conn.attrib.get('url'))  # spellok
             info('Success: %s', csw.identification.title)
             csw.getrecords2()
         except Exception as err:
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def generate_csw_connections_file():
             if not url:  # blank line
                 continue
             try:
-                csw = CatalogueServiceWeb(url)
+                csw = CatalogueServiceWeb(url)  # spellok
                 title = str(csw.identification.title)
                 etree.SubElement(conns, 'csw', name=title, url=url)
             except Exception as err:
diff --git a/src/core/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerutils.cpp b/src/core/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerutils.cpp
index 98b2dea526b..211ec00ebf0 100644
--- a/src/core/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerutils.cpp
+++ b/src/core/symbology-ng/qgssymbollayerutils.cpp
@@ -3553,7 +3553,7 @@ QPointF QgsSymbolLayerUtils::pointOnLineWithDistance( QPointF startPoint, QPoint
 
 QStringList QgsSymbolLayerUtils::listSvgFiles()
 {
-  // copied from QgsMarkerCatalogue - TODO: unify
+  // copied from QgsMarkerCatalogue - TODO: unify  //#spellok
   QStringList list;
   QStringList svgPaths = QgsApplication::svgPaths();
 
diff --git a/src/gui/qgsfontbutton.h b/src/gui/qgsfontbutton.h
index 425d4df1e38..5179d9ae668 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsfontbutton.h
+++ b/src/gui/qgsfontbutton.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class QgsMapCanvas;
  * \class QgsFontButton
  * A button for customising QgsTextFormat settings.
  *
- * The button will open a detailed text format settings dialog when clicked. An attached drop down
+ * The button will open a detailed text format settings dialog when clicked. An attached drop-down
  * menu allows for copying and pasting text styles, picking colors for the text, and for dropping
  * colors from other color widgets.
  *
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsFontButton : public QToolButton
 
     void showSettingsDialog();
 
-    /** Creates the drop down menu entries
+    /** Creates the drop-down menu entries
      */
     void prepareMenu();
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsFontButton : public QToolButton
     bool colorFromMimeData( const QMimeData *mimeData, QColor &resultColor, bool &hasAlpha );
 
     /**
-     * Create a \a color icon for display in the drop down menu.
+     * Create a \a color icon for display in the drop-down menu.
      */
     QPixmap createColorIcon( const QColor &color ) const;