diff --git a/docs/reference/builder.md b/docs/reference/builder.md
index 3b9a6d5ea4..9b5cfdaf79 100644
--- a/docs/reference/builder.md
+++ b/docs/reference/builder.md
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ feature](../userguide/networking/index.md)).
     ENV <key>=<value> ...
 
 The `ENV` instruction sets the environment variable `<key>` to the value
-`<value>`. This value will be in the environment of all "descendent"
+`<value>`. This value will be in the environment of all "descendant"
 `Dockerfile` commands and can be [replaced inline](#environment-replacement) in
 many as well.
 
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ guide](../userguide/eng-image/dockerfile_best-practices.md#build-cache) for more
 
   > **Note**:
   > Whether a file is identified as a recognized compression format or not
-  > is done soley based on the contents of the file, not the name of the file.
+  > is done solely based on the contents of the file, not the name of the file.
   > For example, if an empty file happens to end with `.tar.gz` this will not
   > be recognized as a compressed file and **will not** generate any kind of
   > decompression error message, rather the file will simply be copied to the
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/daemon.md b/docs/reference/commandline/daemon.md
index 1986295414..34b42850a3 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/daemon.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/daemon.md
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ cgroup.
 
 Assuming the daemon is running in cgroup `daemoncgroup`,
 `--cgroup-parent=/foobar` creates a cgroup in
-`/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/foobar`, wheras using `--cgroup-parent=foobar`
+`/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/foobar`, whereas using `--cgroup-parent=foobar`
 creates the cgroup in `/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/daemoncgroup/foobar`
 
 This setting can also be set per container, using the `--cgroup-parent`
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/network_connect.md b/docs/reference/commandline/network_connect.md
index 49f0b3d7f4..a815ca38ec 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/network_connect.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/network_connect.md
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ You can specify the IP address you want to be assigned to the container's interf
 $ docker network connect --ip 10.10.36.122 multi-host-network container2
 ```
 
-You can use `--link` option to link another container with a prefered alias
+You can use `--link` option to link another container with a preferred alias
 
 ```bash
 $ docker network connect --link container1:c1 multi-host-network container2
diff --git a/docs/reference/commandline/run.md b/docs/reference/commandline/run.md
index e9b913dff2..5d3fc733b4 100644
--- a/docs/reference/commandline/run.md
+++ b/docs/reference/commandline/run.md
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ For information on connecting a container to a network, see the ["*Docker networ
 
 ## Examples
 
-### Assign name and allocate psuedo-TTY (--name, -it)
+### Assign name and allocate pseudo-TTY (--name, -it)
 
     $ docker run --name test -it debian
     root@d6c0fe130dba:/# exit 13