diff --git a/aleksis/core/settings.py b/aleksis/core/settings.py
index f5ec9e4c4c03a0810b6db4f10d1607c47dcb8e35..df59f9b01760d4c7176e18da2cf997e3f70b0f70 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/settings.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/settings.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ ACCOUNT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD = _settings.get("auth.registration.method", "usern
 ACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = _settings.get("auth.registration.email_required", True)
 SOCIALACCOUNT_EMAIL_REQUIRED = False
 
-# Require email verification after sigm up
+# Require email verification after sign up
 ACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = _settings.get("auth.registration.email_verification", "mandatory")
 SOCIALACCOUNT_EMAIL_VERIFICATION = False
 
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ if _settings.get("ldap.uri", None):
         AUTH_LDAP_BIND_DN = _settings.get("ldap.bind.dn")
         AUTH_LDAP_BIND_PASSWORD = _settings.get("ldap.bind.password")
 
-    # Keep local password for users to be required to proveide their old password on change
+    # Keep local password for users to be required to provide their old password on change
     AUTH_LDAP_SET_USABLE_PASSWORD = _settings.get("ldap.handle_passwords", True)
 
     # Keep bound as the authenticating user
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ if _settings.get("ldap.uri", None):
                 "is_superuser"
             ]
 
-# Add ModelBckend last so all other backends get a chance
+# Add ModelBackend last so all other backends get a chance
 # to verify passwords first
 AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS.append("django.contrib.auth.backends.ModelBackend")
 
diff --git a/aleksis/core/util/notifications.py b/aleksis/core/util/notifications.py
index 38d27057033752d6ae7cdefce9c53b4728447b80..dac344b7a2e2877d65ff1bc80b580b860bf1067f 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/util/notifications.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/util/notifications.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ except ImportError:
 def send_templated_sms(
     template_name: str, from_number: str, recipient_list: Sequence[str], context: dict
 ) -> None:
-    """Render a plan-text template and send via SMS to all recipients."""
+    """Render a plain-text template and send via SMS to all recipients."""
     template = get_template(template_name)
     text = template.render(context)