diff --git a/init/completions/mplayer.fish b/init/completions/mplayer.fish
index 653aa5302..c1368898d 100644
--- a/init/completions/mplayer.fish
+++ b/init/completions/mplayer.fish
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ complete -c mplayer -o idx -d (_ "Build index if unavailable")
 complete -c mplayer -o loadidx -d (_ "Load index from file") -r
 complete -c mplayer -o ni -d (_ "Force non-interleaved AVI parser")
 complete -c mplayer -o saveidx -d (_ "Rebuild index and save to file") -r
-complete -c mplayer -o ss -d (_ "Seek to give time position") -x
+complete -c mplayer -o ss -d (_ "Seek to given time position") -x
 complete -c mplayer -o tv -d (_ "TV capture mode")
 complete -c mplayer -o slang -d (_ "Subtitle language") -x -a $mplayer_lang
 complete -c mplayer -o sub -d (_ "Subtitle file") -r
diff --git a/init/completions/pine.fish b/init/completions/pine.fish
index 7c4e45127..76e34f314 100644
--- a/init/completions/pine.fish
+++ b/init/completions/pine.fish
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ complete -c pine -s o -d (_ "Open folder read-only")
 complete -c pine -s p -d (_ "Set configuration file") -r
 complete -c pine -s P -d (_ "Set global configuration file")
 complete -c pine -s r -d (_ "Restricted mode")
-complete -c pine -s z -d (_ "Enable suspention support")
+complete -c pine -s z -d (_ "Enable suspension support")
 complete -c pine -o conf -d (_ "Produce a sample global configuration file")
 complete -c pine -o pinerc -d (_ "Produce sample configuration file") -r
 complete -c pine -o sort -d (_ "Set mail sort order") -a "
diff --git a/init/completions/rpm.fish b/init/completions/rpm.fish
index aaf0e1333..42b823f27 100644
--- a/init/completions/rpm.fish
+++ b/init/completions/rpm.fish
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ complete $rpm_mode -s i -l install -d (_ 'Install new package')
 complete $rpm_mode -s U -l upgrade -d (_ 'Upgrade existing package')
 complete $rpm_mode -s F -l freshen -d (_ 'Upgrade package if already installed')
 complete $rpm_mode -s q -l query -d (_ 'Query installed packages')
-complete $rpm_mode -s V -l verify -d (_ 'Verify package integrety')
+complete $rpm_mode -s V -l verify -d (_ 'Verify package integrity')
 complete $rpm_mode -s e -l erase -d (_ 'Erase package')
 set -e rpm_mode
 
diff --git a/init/completions/tar.fish b/init/completions/tar.fish
index 41c8034e3..0da0cbe00 100644
--- a/init/completions/tar.fish
+++ b/init/completions/tar.fish
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ complete -c tar -l force-local -d (_ "Archive is local")
 complete -c tar -s F -l info-script -d (_ "Run script at end of tape")
 complete -c tar -s G -l incremental -d (_ "Use old incremental GNU format")
 complete -c tar -s g -l listed-incremental -d (_ "Use new incremental GNU format")
-complete -c tar -s h -l dereference -d (_ "Derefrerence symlinks")
+complete -c tar -s h -l dereference -d (_ "Dereference symlinks")
 complete -c tar -s i -l ignore-zeros -d (_ "Ignore zero block in archive")
 complete -c tar -s j -l bzip -d (_ "Filter through bzip2")
 complete -c tar -l ignore-failed-read -d (_ "Don't exit on unreadable files")
diff --git a/init/completions/uname.fish b/init/completions/uname.fish
index d62106b09..d9cb2462a 100644
--- a/init/completions/uname.fish
+++ b/init/completions/uname.fish
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ complete -c uname -s r -l kernel-release -d (_ "Print kernel release")
 complete -c uname -s v -l kernel-version -d (_ "Print kernel version")
 complete -c uname -s m -l machine -d (_ "Print machine name")
 complete -c uname -s p -l processor -d (_ "Print processor")
-complete -c uname -s i -l hardware-platform -d (_ "Print harware platform")
+complete -c uname -s i -l hardware-platform -d (_ "Print hardware platform")
 complete -c uname -s o -l operating-system -d (_ "Print operating system")
 complete -c uname -l help -d (_ "Display help and exit")
 complete -c uname -l verion -d (_ "Display version and exit")
diff --git a/init/completions/wget.fish b/init/completions/wget.fish
index 08be77e14..faa6307d8 100644
--- a/init/completions/wget.fish
+++ b/init/completions/wget.fish
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ complete -c wget -l no-http-keep-alive -d (_ "Turn off keep-alive for http downl
 complete -c wget -l no-remove-listing -d (_ "Don't remove the temporary .listing files generated")
 complete -c wget -l no-glob -d (_ "Turn off FTP globbing")
 complete -c wget -l passive-ftp -d (_ "Use the passive FTP retrieval scheme")
-complete -c wget -l retr-symlinks -d (_ "Traverse symlinks and retrive pointed-to files")
+complete -c wget -l retr-symlinks -d (_ "Traverse symlinks and retrieve pointed-to files")
 
 # Recursive options