diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 68b9653ecedc0e577e37ec4f55cc0f8124d03116..4ab1d3a1221c3ff050b791ba5bdaf33503a96478 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Xorg Developers mailing list:
 
   https://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-devel
 
-The master development code repository can be found at:
+The primary development code repository can be found at:
 
   https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/util/modular
 
diff --git a/make-readme.pl b/make-readme.pl
index e726ee49583f6b7c7521749c745628b806a7a8c5..04eed84583a82c92b253a6f8bf434d929988613f 100755
--- a/make-readme.pl
+++ b/make-readme.pl
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Please submit bug reports to the Xorg bugzilla:
 
         https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=xorg
 
-The master development code repository can be found at:
+The primary development code repository can be found at:
 
         git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/$module
 
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index bbe01826bbf82edd06a38601eaaf6a568fd6589e..d7fcd2a59d5fbb53dcce83dd8c2693d3038846e6 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ do
 	shift
 	MODFILE=$1
 	;;
-    # The jhbuild moduleset to update with relase info
+    # The jhbuild moduleset to update with release info
     --moduleset)
 	check_option_args $1 $2
 	shift
diff --git a/xorg.modules b/xorg.modules
index 0cc40fcfbce23dc1fca7815f78f381b994a5aca1..e05badd58fec84d7bb84c1e8c433b7091466c3e8 100644
--- a/xorg.modules
+++ b/xorg.modules
@@ -2699,7 +2699,7 @@
     </suggests>
   </autotools>
 
-  <!--  XCB (X protocol C-language Binding)  Modules Defintion -->
+  <!--  XCB (X protocol C-language Binding)  Modules Definition -->
   <autotools id="xcb-pthread-stubs">
     <branch module="xorg/lib/pthread-stubs"
             checkoutdir="xorg/lib/pthread-stubs"/>