diff --git a/docs/deployment/central-backup-server.rst b/docs/deployment/central-backup-server.rst
index 431bd531e..047ca4437 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/central-backup-server.rst
+++ b/docs/deployment/central-backup-server.rst
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The client needs to initialize the `pictures` repository like this:
 
  borg init backup@backup01.srv.local:pictures
 
-Or with the full path (should actually never be used, as only for demonstrational purposes).
+Or with the full path (should actually never be used, as only for demonstration purposes).
 The server should automatically change the current working directory to the `<client fqdn>` folder.
 
 ::
diff --git a/docs/internals/frontends.rst b/docs/internals/frontends.rst
index 2fc1ab0a6..e239784cb 100644
--- a/docs/internals/frontends.rst
+++ b/docs/internals/frontends.rst
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ Archive Differencing
 ++++++++++++++++++++
 
 Each archive difference item (file contents, user/group/mode) output by :ref:`borg_diff` is represented by an *ItemDiff* object.
-The propertiese of an *ItemDiff* object are:
+The properties of an *ItemDiff* object are:
 
 path:
     The filename/path of the *Item* (file, directory, symlink).
diff --git a/scripts/sdist-sign b/scripts/sdist-sign
index 50758a30a..1186bdee8 100755
--- a/scripts/sdist-sign
+++ b/scripts/sdist-sign
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ python setup.py sdist
 
 D=dist/borgbackup-$R.tar.gz
 
-$GPG --detach-sign --local-user "Thomas Waldmann" --armor --output $D.asc $D
+$GPG --detach-sign --local-user "Thomas Waldmann" --armor --output "$D.asc" "$D"
diff --git a/scripts/sign-binaries b/scripts/sign-binaries
index 4f145be75..ecbefda13 100755
--- a/scripts/sign-binaries
+++ b/scripts/sign-binaries
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 for file in dist/borg-*; do
-    $GPG --local-user "Thomas Waldmann" --armor --detach-sign --output $file.asc $file
+    $GPG --local-user "Thomas Waldmann" --armor --detach-sign --output "$file.asc" "$file"
 done
 
-touch -t $D dist/*
+touch -t "$D" dist/*
diff --git a/scripts/upload-pypi b/scripts/upload-pypi
index db0ef45f3..618e36f82 100755
--- a/scripts/upload-pypi
+++ b/scripts/upload-pypi
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ fi
 
 D=dist/borgbackup-$R.tar.gz
 
-twine upload $D.asc $D
+twine upload "$D.asc" "$D"
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver.py b/src/borg/archiver.py
index 87a0dd83a..431f5e99f 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver.py
@@ -2653,7 +2653,7 @@ def do_break_lock(self, args, repository):
         The first matching pattern is used, so if an include pattern matches
         before an exclude pattern, the file is backed up. Note that a no-recurse
         exclude stops examination of subdirectories so that potential includes
-        will not match - use normal exludes for such use cases.
+        will not match - use normal excludes for such use cases.
 
         **Tip: You can easily test your patterns with --dry-run and  --list**::