diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d56703..f93da77 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ See [etc](etc) directory to integrate `lf` to your shell or editor.
 
 ## File Opener
 
-lf does not come bundled with a file opener.
+`lf` does not come bundled with a file opener.
 By default it tries to call `xdg-open` from `xdg-utils` package.
-You can change the file opener using the opener option (e.g. `:set opener mimeopen`).
+You can change the file opener using the opener option (e.g. `set opener mimeopen`).
 Below are a few alternatives you can use:
 
 - [libfile-mimeinfo-perl](https://metacpan.org/release/File-MimeInfo) (executable name is `mimeopen`)
diff --git a/doc/tutorial.md b/doc/tutorial.md
index 246b520..426b99a 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial.md
+++ b/doc/tutorial.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ We can move it outside of the command so it would only run once at startup.
 
     cmd trash ${{ IFS=':'; mv --backup=numbered $fx $HOME/.trash }}
 
-Since these are one liners, we can drop `{{` and `}}.
+Since these are one liners, we can drop `{{` and `}}`.
 
     $mkdir -p ~/.trash
 
diff --git a/etc/lfrc.example b/etc/lfrc.example
index 47eab7a..26a2593 100644
--- a/etc/lfrc.example
+++ b/etc/lfrc.example
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ map sn :set sortby name; set showinfo none;
 map ss :set sortby size; set showinfo size;
 map st :set sortby time; set showinfo time;
 
-# sets internal field seperator (IFS) to ":"
+# sets internal field seperator (IFS) to ':'
 # useful for interactive use to automatically split file names in $fs and $fx
 # things may behave unexpectedly so use with caution
 #set ifs :
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ cmd extract ${{
 
 # compress selected files with tar and gunzip
 # takes the name without '.tar.gz' suffix as an argument
-# (e.g. ":compress foo" creates "foo.tar.gz")
+# (e.g. "compress foo" creates "foo.tar.gz")
 cmd compress ${{
     mkdir "$1"
     IFS=':'; cp $fs "$1"