7 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/activemodel/README b/activemodel/README
index 3945a6da06..6f162ef408 100644
--- a/activemodel/README
+++ b/activemodel/README
@@ -177,7 +177,8 @@ functionality from the following modules:
    end
 
 
-   person = Person.new(:first_name => 'zoolander')
+   person = Person.new
+   person.first_name = 'zoolander'
    person.valid?          #=> false
 
   {Learn more}[link:classes/ActiveModel/Validations.html]
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb
index a7690ba5b9..817640b178 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ module ActiveModel
   #     end
   #   end
   #
-  # Notice that whenever you include ActiveModel::AtributeMethods in your class,
+  # Notice that whenever you include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods in your class,
   # it requires you to implement a <tt>attributes</tt> methods which returns a hash 
   # with each attribute name in your model as hash key and the attribute value as 
   # hash value.
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb
index f4c7400621..9efb683547 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/errors.rb
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ module ActiveModel
     # (e.g. <tt>activemodel.errors.messages.MESSAGE</tt>). The translated model name,
     # translated attribute name and the value are available for interpolation.
     #
-    # When using inheritence in your models, it will check all the inherited 
+    # When using inheritance in your models, it will check all the inherited
     # models too, but only if the model itself hasn't been found. Say you have
     # <tt>class Admin < User; end</tt> and you wanted the translation for 
     # the <tt>:blank</tt> error +message+ for the <tt>title</tt> +attribute+, 
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/translation.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/translation.rb
index 3228cfed9a..0554677296 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/translation.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/translation.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module ActiveModel
   #     extend ActiveModel::Translation
   #   end
   # 
-  #   TranslatedPerson.human_attribute_name('my_attribue')
+  #   TranslatedPerson.human_attribute_name('my_attribute')
   #   #=> "My attribute"
   # 
   # This also provides the required class methods for hooking into the
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb
index 57487cf75a..36d89c2492 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations.rb
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ module ActiveModel
       end
 
       # Adds a validation method or block to the class. This is useful when
-      # overriding the +validate+ instance method becomes too unwieldly and
+      # overriding the +validate+ instance method becomes too unwieldy and
       # you're looking for more descriptive declaration of your validations.
       #
       # This can be done with a symbol pointing to a method:
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ module ActiveModel
       !valid?(context)
     end
 
-    # Hook method defining how an attribute value should be retieved. By default 
+    # Hook method defining how an attribute value should be retrieved. By default 
     # this is assumed to be an instance named after the attribute. Override this 
     # method in subclasses should you need to retrieve the value for a given
     # attribute differently:
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/validates.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/validates.rb
index 90b244228a..57162996c2 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/validates.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validations/validates.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module ActiveModel
       #   validates :username, :presence => true
       #   validates :username, :uniqueness => true
       # 
-      # The power of the +validates+ method comes when using cusom validators
+      # The power of the +validates+ method comes when using custom validators
       # and default validators in one call for a given attribute e.g.
       #
       #   class EmailValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
diff --git a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validator.rb b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validator.rb
index dd9e39843e..689c617177 100644
--- a/activemodel/lib/active_model/validator.rb
+++ b/activemodel/lib/active_model/validator.rb
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ module ActiveModel #:nodoc:
       @kind ||= name.split('::').last.underscore.sub(/_validator$/, '').to_sym unless anonymous?
     end
 
-    # Accepts options that will be made availible through the +options+ reader.
+    # Accepts options that will be made available through the +options+ reader.
     def initialize(options)
       @options = options
     end
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ module ActiveModel #:nodoc:
       end
     end
 
-    # Override this method in subclasses with the validation logic, adding
+    # Override this method in subclasses with the validation logic, adding
     # errors to the records +errors+ array where necessary.
     def validate_each(record, attribute, value)
       raise NotImplementedError