diff --git a/doc/src/Howto_bioFF.rst b/doc/src/Howto_bioFF.rst
index d35913eb0d..92dd45b9b6 100644
--- a/doc/src/Howto_bioFF.rst
+++ b/doc/src/Howto_bioFF.rst
@@ -248,11 +248,11 @@ exist for united atom representations (OPLS-UA) and for all-atom
 representations (OPLS-AA).
 
 This force field is based on atom types mapped to specific functional
-groups in organic and biological molecules. Each atom includes an
+groups in organic and biological molecules.  Each atom includes a
 static, partial atomic charge reflecting the oxidation state of the
-element derived from its bonded neighbors :ref:`(Jorgensen) <howto-jorgensen>`
-and computed based on increments determined by the atom type of the
-atoms bond to it.
+element derived from its bonded neighbors :ref:`(Jorgensen)
+<howto-jorgensen>` and computed based on increments determined by the
+atom type of the atoms bond to it.
 
 The interaction styles listed below compute force field formulas that
 are fully or in part consistent with the OPLS style force fields.  See
diff --git a/src/compute_angle_local.cpp b/src/compute_angle_local.cpp
index 569c30772e..b4a9334416 100644
--- a/src/compute_angle_local.cpp
+++ b/src/compute_angle_local.cpp
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ComputeAngleLocal::ComputeAngleLocal(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
     if (!setflag) error->all(FLERR, "Compute angle/local variable requires a set variable");
     for (int i = 0; i < nvar; i++) {
       vvar[i] = input->variable->find(vstr[i]);
-      if (vvar[i] < 0) error->all(FLERR, "Variable name for copute angle/local does not exist");
+      if (vvar[i] < 0) error->all(FLERR, "Variable name for compute angle/local does not exist");
       if (!input->variable->equalstyle(vvar[i]))
         error->all(FLERR, "Variable for compute angle/local is invalid style");
     }
diff --git a/src/compute_bond_local.cpp b/src/compute_bond_local.cpp
index bd59d76b9c..e9632d254f 100644
--- a/src/compute_bond_local.cpp
+++ b/src/compute_bond_local.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ ComputeBondLocal::ComputeBondLocal(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
     for (int i = 0; i < nvar; i++) {
       vvar[i] = input->variable->find(vstr[i]);
       if (vvar[i] < 0)
-        error->all(FLERR, "Variable name {} for copute bond/local does not exist", vstr[i]);
+        error->all(FLERR, "Variable name {} for compute bond/local does not exist", vstr[i]);
       if (!input->variable->equalstyle(vvar[i]))
         error->all(FLERR, "Variable {} for compute bond/local is invalid style", vstr[i]);
     }
diff --git a/src/compute_dihedral_local.cpp b/src/compute_dihedral_local.cpp
index 11e970b8de..bd1e389e85 100644
--- a/src/compute_dihedral_local.cpp
+++ b/src/compute_dihedral_local.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ComputeDihedralLocal::ComputeDihedralLocal(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) :
     if (!setflag) error->all(FLERR, "Compute dihedral/local variable requires a set variable");
     for (int i = 0; i < nvar; i++) {
       vvar[i] = input->variable->find(vstr[i]);
-      if (vvar[i] < 0) error->all(FLERR, "Variable name for copute dihedral/local does not exist");
+      if (vvar[i] < 0) error->all(FLERR, "Variable name for compute dihedral/local does not exist");
       if (!input->variable->equalstyle(vvar[i]))
         error->all(FLERR, "Variable for compute dihedral/local is invalid style");
     }