diff --git a/admin/aqbudgets.pl b/admin/aqbudgets.pl
index 45403911db..364d512f53 100755
--- a/admin/aqbudgets.pl
+++ b/admin/aqbudgets.pl
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ my $op = $input->param('op') || 'list';
 # see if the user want to see all budgets or only owned ones by default
 my $show_mine = $input->param('show_mine') // 0;
 
-# IF USER DOESNT HAVE PERM FOR AN 'ADD', THEN REDIRECT TO THE DEFAULT VIEW...
+# IF USER DOESN'T HAVE PERM FOR AN 'ADD', THEN REDIRECT TO THE DEFAULT VIEW...
 if (not defined $template->{VARS}->{'CAN_user_acquisition_budget_add_del'}
     and $op eq 'add_form')
 {
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ if ( $op eq 'list' ) {
             $budget->{'budget_lock'} = 1;
         }
 
-        # if a budget search doesnt match, next
+        # if a budget search doesn't match, next
         if ($filter_budgetname) {
             next
               unless $budget->{budget_code} =~ m/$filter_budgetname/i
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ if ( $op eq 'list' ) {
             $available_total += $budget->{total_remaining};
         }
 
-# if amount == 0 dont display...
+# if amount == 0 don't display...
         delete $budget->{'budget_unalloc_sublevel'}
             if (!defined $budget->{'budget_unalloc_sublevel'}
             or $budget->{'budget_unalloc_sublevel'} == 0);
diff --git a/admin/aqplan.pl b/admin/aqplan.pl
index 864c5b0272..f55acc2c8d 100755
--- a/admin/aqplan.pl
+++ b/admin/aqplan.pl
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ foreach my $budget (@budgets) {
         or  $authcat eq 'BRANCHES'
         or  $authcat eq 'MONTHS' ) {
 
-        # but skip budgets that dont match the current auth-category
+        # but skip budgets that don't match the current auth-category
         next if ( $budget->{'sort1_authcat'} ne $authcat
             && $budget->{'sort2_authcat'} ne $authcat );
     }
diff --git a/admin/check_parent_total.pl b/admin/check_parent_total.pl
index a2d5cbf5f2..10f1036639 100755
--- a/admin/check_parent_total.pl
+++ b/admin/check_parent_total.pl
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if ($parent) {
     my $sum = $sth->fetchrow_hashref;
     $sth->finish;
     $sub_unalloc = $parent->{'budget_amount'} - $sum->{sum};
-#    TRICKY.. , IF THE PARENT IS THE CURRENT PARENT  - THEN SUBSTRACT CURRENT BUDGET FROM TOTAL
+#    TRICKY.. , IF THE PARENT IS THE CURRENT PARENT  - THEN SUBTRACT CURRENT BUDGET FROM TOTAL
     $sub_unalloc           += $budget->{'budget_amount'} if ( $budget->{'budget_parent_id'} == $parent_id ) ;
 }
 
diff --git a/admin/env_tz_test.pl b/admin/env_tz_test.pl
index 533bda0a5c..ecbb93d3bf 100755
--- a/admin/env_tz_test.pl
+++ b/admin/env_tz_test.pl
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/time-zone-support.html
 
 =head2 cron/crontab
 
-Current versions of cron in debian allow ENV variables to be set in the lines preceeding 
+Current versions of cron in debian allow ENV variables to be set in the lines preceding
 scheduled commands.  They will be exported to the environment of the scheduled job.  This is 
 an example for crontab: