diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
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@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 * Added header `User-Agent: Actix-web/<current_version>` to default headers when building a request
 
-* port `Extensions` type from http create, we dont need `Send + Sync`
+* port `Extensions` type from http create, we don't need `Send + Sync`
 
 * `HttpRequest::query()` returns `&HashMap<String, String>`
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 
-* Allow to use path without traling slashes for scope registration #241
+* Allow to use path without trailing slashes for scope registration #241
 
 * Allow to set encoding for exact NamedFile #239
 
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
 
 * Server multi-threading
 
-* Gracefull shutdown support
+* Graceful shutdown support
 
 
 ## 0.2.1 (2017-11-03)