diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/db/error/error.H b/src/OpenFOAM/db/error/error.H
index 8216f5f71f..97a08b175c 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/db/error/error.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/db/error/error.H
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ Description
     Class to handle errors and exceptions in a simple, consistent stream-based
     manner.
 
-    The error class is globaly instantiated with a title string. Errors,
+    The error class is globally instantiated with a title string. Errors,
     messages and other data are piped to the messageStream class in the
     standard manner.  Manipulators are supplied for exit and abort which may
-    terminate the program or throw an exception depending of if the exception
-    handling has beed switched on (off by default).
+    terminate the program or throw an exception depending on whether the
+    exception handling has been switched on (off by default).
 
 Usage
     \code