diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3f0a6a..1337e22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![PkgGoDev](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/github.com/rivo/tview)](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/rivo/tview)
 [![Go Report](https://img.shields.io/badge/go%20report-A%2B-brightgreen.svg)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/rivo/tview)
 
-This Go package provides commonly needed components for terminal based user interfaces.
+This Go package provides commonly used components for terminal based user interfaces.
 
 ![Screenshot](tview.gif)
 
diff --git a/textview.go b/textview.go
index 9f00e90..2675461 100644
--- a/textview.go
+++ b/textview.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type textViewRegion struct {
 }
 
 // TextViewWriter is a writer that can be used to write to and clear a TextView
-// in batches, i.e. multiple writes with the lock only being aquired once. Don't
+// in batches, i.e. multiple writes with the lock only being acquired once. Don't
 // instantiated this class directly but use the TextView's BatchWriter method
 // instead.
 type TextViewWriter struct {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (w TextViewWriter) Clear() {
 }
 
 // Write implements the io.Writer interface. It behaves like the TextView's
-// Write() method except that it does not aquire the lock.
+// Write() method except that it does not acquire the lock.
 func (w TextViewWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return w.t.write(p)
 }
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ func (t *TextView) write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 
 // BatchWriter returns a new writer that can be used to write into the buffer
 // but without Locking/Unlocking the buffer on every write, as TextView's
-// Write() and Clear() functions do. The lock will be aquired once when
+// Write() and Clear() functions do. The lock will be acquired once when
 // BatchWriter is called, and will be released when the returned writer is
 // closed. Example:
 //