diff --git a/src/tools/readme_plugin_lin.txt b/src/tools/readme_plugin_lin.txt
index b76ef3b9..d83b7cf1 100644
--- a/src/tools/readme_plugin_lin.txt
+++ b/src/tools/readme_plugin_lin.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ and use the one that is found first:
 
   Tor does not necessarily need to be running or configured in any
 special way to use ToChat, TorChat will care about all that automatically.
-It will start a separate process with its own configuation that will not
+It will start a separate process with its own configuration that will not
 and can not interfere with your existing tor configuration and usage.
 
   Now start pidgin from within a console window. You should see some
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ for a username just enter your name (or anything else), this is NOT the
 TorChat ID, its just an account name to tell different TorChat profiles
 apart with a human readable name. It will create a config folder
 ~/.torchat2_accountname/ for each account (profile). You can create as
-many accounts (profiles) as you want and use them all simultanously.
+many accounts (profiles) as you want and use them all simultaneously.
 
 If you need a log file for debugging purposes create the folder
 ~/torchatlogs before you start it, TorChat will detect this and enable
-logging for the plugin and for tor, if you want to disable logging smply
+logging for the plugin and for tor, if you want to disable logging simply
 remove this folder.
 
 The TorChat plugin will recognize the following environment variables
 on all platforms: PURPLEHOME, APPDATA, TOR_EXE to override the defaults
-for the data directory (if you want to include it with portable Pidgn),
+for the data directory (if you want to include it with portable Pidgin),
 TOR_EXE is the path and name of the tor binary (not just the folder).
diff --git a/src/tools/readme_plugin_win.txt b/src/tools/readme_plugin_win.txt
index b67df416..c62c84a9 100644
--- a/src/tools/readme_plugin_win.txt
+++ b/src/tools/readme_plugin_win.txt
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ rights for this):
       %ProgramFiles%\Pidgin\plugins\
 
   You also must have Tor installed in the usual location, this must
-be one of the following folders (this is where the offical Tor
-installer will install Tor.exe), TorChat will automtically search
+be one of the following folders (this is where the official Tor
+installer will install Tor.exe), TorChat will automatically search
 these folders and use the one that is first found:
 
       %ProgramFiles%\Tor\
       %ProgramFiles%\Vidalia Bundle\Tor\
 
-  Tor only needs to be installed on your computer, it doesn not need to
+  Tor only needs to be installed on your computer, it does not need to
 be running or configured in any special way to use TorChat. TorChat will
 take care of all that automatically and without interfering with your
 other usage of Tor.
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ for a username just enter your name (or anything else), this is NOT the
 TorChat ID, its just an account name to tell different TorChat profiles
 apart with a human readable name. It will create a config folder
 %APPDATA%\torchat2_accountname\ for each account (profile). You can create
-as many accounts (profiles) as you want and use them all simultanously.
+as many accounts (profiles) as you want and use them all simultaneously.
 
 If you need a log file for debugging purposes create the folder
 %APPDATA%\torchatlogs before you start it, TorChat will detect this and
 enable logging for the plugin and for tor, if you want to disable logging
-smply remove this folder.
+simply remove this folder.
 
 The TorChat plugin will recognize the following environment variables
 on all platforms: PURPLEHOME, APPDATA, TOR_EXE to override the defaults