diff --git a/docs/man/borg-compression.1 b/docs/man/borg-compression.1
index f4ee1bf8e..c942a71a8 100644
--- a/docs/man/borg-compression.1
+++ b/docs/man/borg-compression.1
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ Use lz4 compression. High speed, low compression. (default)
 .TP
 .B zlib[,L]
 Use zlib ("gz") compression. Medium speed, medium compression.
-If you do not explicitely give the compression level L (ranging from 0
+If you do not explicitly give the compression level L (ranging from 0
 to 9), it will use level 6.
 Giving level 0 (means "no compression", but still has zlib protocol
 overhead) is usually pointless, you better use "none" compression.
 .TP
 .B lzma[,L]
 Use lzma ("xz") compression. Low speed, high compression.
-If you do not explicitely give the compression level L (ranging from 0
+If you do not explicitly give the compression level L (ranging from 0
 to 9), it will use level 6.
 Giving levels above 6 is pointless and counterproductive because it does
 not compress better due to the buffer size used by borg \- but it wastes
diff --git a/docs/usage/help.rst.inc b/docs/usage/help.rst.inc
index 3201dab4f..02691d58c 100644
--- a/docs/usage/help.rst.inc
+++ b/docs/usage/help.rst.inc
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ lz4
 
 zlib[,L]
     Use zlib ("gz") compression. Medium speed, medium compression.
-    If you do not explicitely give the compression level L (ranging from 0
+    If you do not explicitly give the compression level L (ranging from 0
     to 9), it will use level 6.
     Giving level 0 (means "no compression", but still has zlib protocol
     overhead) is usually pointless, you better use "none" compression.
 
 lzma[,L]
     Use lzma ("xz") compression. Low speed, high compression.
-    If you do not explicitely give the compression level L (ranging from 0
+    If you do not explicitly give the compression level L (ranging from 0
     to 9), it will use level 6.
     Giving levels above 6 is pointless and counterproductive because it does
     not compress better due to the buffer size used by borg - but it wastes
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 877f6f7b7..450e4d9e7 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -1973,20 +1973,20 @@ def do_break_lock(self, args, repository):
 
         zstd[,L]
             Use zstd ("zstandard") compression, a modern wide-range algorithm.
-            If you do not explicitely give the compression level L (ranging from 1
+            If you do not explicitly give the compression level L (ranging from 1
             to 22), it will use level 3.
             Archives compressed with zstd are not compatible with borg < 1.1.4.
 
         zlib[,L]
             Use zlib ("gz") compression. Medium speed, medium compression.
-            If you do not explicitely give the compression level L (ranging from 0
+            If you do not explicitly give the compression level L (ranging from 0
             to 9), it will use level 6.
             Giving level 0 (means "no compression", but still has zlib protocol
             overhead) is usually pointless, you better use "none" compression.
 
         lzma[,L]
             Use lzma ("xz") compression. Low speed, high compression.
-            If you do not explicitely give the compression level L (ranging from 0
+            If you do not explicitly give the compression level L (ranging from 0
             to 9), it will use level 6.
             Giving levels above 6 is pointless and counterproductive because it does
             not compress better due to the buffer size used by borg - but it wastes