diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
index 93efb4a8cb6..b452023dcb9 100644
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
@@ -1041,8 +1041,8 @@ EOF
 
 mysql_start ()
 {
-# We should not start the deamon here as we don't know the argumens
-# for the test.  Better to let the test start the deamon
+# We should not start the daemon here as we don't know the argumens
+# for the test.  Better to let the test start the daemon
 
 #  $ECHO "Starting MySQL daemon"
 #  start_master
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ then
   mysql_install_db
   start_manager
 
-# Do not automagically start deamons if we are in gdb or running only one test
+# Do not automagically start daemons if we are in gdb or running only one test
 # case
   if [ -z "$DO_GDB" ] && [ -z "$DO_DDD" ]
   then
diff --git a/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh b/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh
index 5b8fa4d4113..d66c33c16b1 100644
--- a/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh
+++ b/scripts/mysql_install_db.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ then
     fi
     echo "WARNING: The host '$hostname' could not be looked up with resolveip."
     echo "This probably means that your libc libraries are not 100 % compatible"
-    echo "with this binary MySQL version. The MySQL deamon, mysqld, should work"
+    echo "with this binary MySQL version. The MySQL daemon, mysqld, should work"
     echo "normally with the exception that host name resolving will not work."
     echo "This means that you should use IP addresses instead of hostnames"
     echo "when specifying MySQL privileges !"
diff --git a/support-files/my-small.cnf.sh b/support-files/my-small.cnf.sh
index f9e30da78ac..3c4cafa688f 100644
--- a/support-files/my-small.cnf.sh
+++ b/support-files/my-small.cnf.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Example mysql config file for small systems.
 #
 # This is for a system with little memory (<= 64M) where MySQL is only used
-# from time to time and it's important that the mysqld deamon
+# from time to time and it's important that the mysqld daemon
 # doesn't use much resources.
 #
 # You can copy this file to