diff --git a/nsswitch/pam_winbind.c b/nsswitch/pam_winbind.c
index 63fede87c78..7ac5bb08181 100644
--- a/nsswitch/pam_winbind.c
+++ b/nsswitch/pam_winbind.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ static bool winbind_name_list_to_sid_string_list(struct pwb_context *ctx,
 		/*
 		 * The lookup of the last name failed..
 		 * It results in require_member_of_sid ends with ','
-		 * It is malformated parameter here, overwrite the last ','.
+		 * It is malformatted parameter here, overwrite the last ','.
 		 */
 		len = strlen(sid_list_buffer);
 		if ((len != 0) && (sid_list_buffer[len - 1] == ',')) {
diff --git a/source3/lib/cbuf.h b/source3/lib/cbuf.h
index 2fec822fec9..8a4098a42e5 100644
--- a/source3/lib/cbuf.h
+++ b/source3/lib/cbuf.h
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int cbuf_puts(cbuf* b, const char* str, size_t len);
 int cbuf_putdw(cbuf* b, uint32_t u);
 
 /**
- * Print formated to a character buffer.
+ * Print formatted to a character buffer.
  *
  * @param b a charcter buffer
  * @param fmt a printf format string
diff --git a/source3/utils/log2pcaphex.c b/source3/utils/log2pcaphex.c
index b5c234f1b3c..99733ed3c87 100644
--- a/source3/utils/log2pcaphex.c
+++ b/source3/utils/log2pcaphex.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static long read_log_data(FILE *in, unsigned char *buffer, long data_length)
 		}
 		if(!fscanf(in, "%02X", &tmp)) {
 			if(!quiet)
-				fprintf(stderr, "%ld: Log message formated incorrectly. "
+				fprintf(stderr, "%ld: Log message formatted incorrectly. "
 				    "Only first %ld bytes are logged, packet trace will "
 				    "be incomplete\n", line_num, i-1);
 			while ((tmp = getc(in)) != '\n');
diff --git a/source3/utils/net_printing.c b/source3/utils/net_printing.c
index 8287e0ea04a..a7f31ae1ac3 100644
--- a/source3/utils/net_printing.c
+++ b/source3/utils/net_printing.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ static int net_printing_dump(struct net_context *c, int argc,
 			   "net printing dump [options] <file.tdb>\n"
 			   "    %s\n",
 			 _("Usage:"),
-			 _("Dump formated printer information of the tdb."));
+			 _("Dump formatted printer information of the tdb."));
 		d_printf(_("Valid options:\n"));
 		d_printf(_("    encoding=<CP>   Set the Code Page of the tdb file.\n"
 			   "                    See iconv -l for the list of CP values\n"