diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 5147595ab54..53caba6615c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Also please document your lint with a doc comment akin to the following:
 /// **Example:** Insert a short example if you have one
 ```
 
-Our `util/update_wiki.py` script can then add your ilnt docs to the wiki.
+Our `util/update_wiki.py` script can then add your lint docs to the wiki.
 
 ## Contributions
 
diff --git a/src/bit_mask.rs b/src/bit_mask.rs
index 3d428aa0da7..f4310db0fcb 100644
--- a/src/bit_mask.rs
+++ b/src/bit_mask.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use utils::span_lint;
 /// **What it does:** This lint checks for incompatible bit masks in comparisons. It is `Warn` by default.
 ///
 /// The formula for detecting if an expression of the type  `_ <bit_op> m <cmp_op> c` (where `<bit_op>`
-/// is one of {`&`, '|'} and `<cmp_op>` is one of {`!=`, `>=`, `>`, `!=`, `>=`, `>`}) can be determined from the following table:
+/// is one of {`&`, `|`} and `<cmp_op>` is one of {`!=`, `>=`, `>`, `!=`, `>=`, `>`}) can be determined from the following table:
 ///
 /// |Comparison  |Bit-Op|Example     |is always|Formula               |
 /// |------------|------|------------|---------|----------------------|
diff --git a/src/needless_update.rs b/src/needless_update.rs
index e1e0f481848..9a314616cdc 100644
--- a/src/needless_update.rs
+++ b/src/needless_update.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use utils::span_lint;
 ///
 /// **Known problems:** None.
 ///
-/// **Example:** `Point { x: 1, y: 0, ..zero_point }``
+/// **Example:** `Point { x: 1, y: 0, ..zero_point }`
 declare_lint! {
     pub NEEDLESS_UPDATE,
     Warn,