diff --git a/src/osg/Version.in b/src/osg/Version.in
index cb3a71d37..cf3cc0fec 100644
--- a/src/osg/Version.in
+++ b/src/osg/Version.in
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    @OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION@
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        @OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION@
 
-/* convinience macro that can be used to decide whether a feature is present or not i.e.
+/* Convenience macro that can be used to decide whether a feature is present or not i.e.
  * #if OSG_MIN_VERSION_REQUIRED(2,9,5)
  *    your code here
  * #endif
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /**
   * osgGetVersion() returns the library version number.
- * Numbering convention : OpenSceneGraph-1.0 will return 1.0 from osgGetVersion.
+  * Numbering convention : OpenSceneGraph-1.0 will return 1.0 from osgGetVersion.
   *
   * This C function can be also used to check for the existence of the OpenSceneGraph
   * library using autoconf and its m4 macro AC_CHECK_LIB.
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ extern "C" {
 */
 extern OSG_EXPORT const char* osgGetVersion();
 
-/** The osgGetSOVersion() method returns the OpenSceneGraph soversion number. */
+/** The osgGetSOVersion() method returns the OpenSceneGraph shared object version number. */
 extern OSG_EXPORT const char* osgGetSOVersion();
 
 /** The osgGetLibraryName() method returns the library name in human-friendly form. */