diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.properties
index 9fe17fef0..61291f67d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/resources/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.properties
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ exceptionCaughtDuringExecutionOfResetCommand=Exception caught during execution o
 exceptionCaughtDuringExecutionOfRevertCommand=Exception caught during execution of revert command. {0}
 exceptionCaughtDuringExecutionOfRmCommand=Exception caught during execution of rm command
 exceptionCaughtDuringExecutionOfTagCommand=Exception caught during execution of tag command
-exceptionOccuredDuringAddingOfOptionToALogCommand=Exception occured during adding of {0} as option to a Log command
-exceptionOccuredDuringReadingOfGIT_DIR=Exception occured during reading of $GIT_DIR/{0}. {1}
+exceptionOccurredDuringAddingOfOptionToALogCommand=Exception occurred during adding of {0} as option to a Log command
+exceptionOccurredDuringReadingOfGIT_DIR=Exception occurred during reading of $GIT_DIR/{0}. {1}
 expectedACKNAKFoundEOF=Expected ACK/NAK, found EOF
 expectedACKNAKGot=Expected ACK/NAK, got: {0}
 expectedBooleanStringValue=Expected boolean string value
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.java
index e07a4252e..1ce088461 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/JGitText.java
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ public class JGitText extends TranslationBundle {
 	/***/ public String exceptionCaughtDuringExecutionOfRevertCommand;
 	/***/ public String exceptionCaughtDuringExecutionOfRmCommand;
 	/***/ public String exceptionCaughtDuringExecutionOfTagCommand;
-	/***/ public String exceptionOccuredDuringAddingOfOptionToALogCommand;
-	/***/ public String exceptionOccuredDuringReadingOfGIT_DIR;
+	/***/ public String exceptionOccurredDuringAddingOfOptionToALogCommand;
+	/***/ public String exceptionOccurredDuringReadingOfGIT_DIR;
 	/***/ public String expectedACKNAKFoundEOF;
 	/***/ public String expectedACKNAKGot;
 	/***/ public String expectedBooleanStringValue;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
index 0d7a7da8d..472b778c8 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CommitCommand.java
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ public class CommitCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 				parents = repo.readMergeHeads();
 			} catch (IOException e) {
 				throw new JGitInternalException(MessageFormat.format(
-						JGitText.get().exceptionOccuredDuringReadingOfGIT_DIR,
+						JGitText.get().exceptionOccurredDuringReadingOfGIT_DIR,
 						Constants.MERGE_HEAD, e), e);
 			}
 			if (message == null) {
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ public class CommitCommand extends GitCommand<RevCommit> {
 					message = repo.readMergeCommitMsg();
 				} catch (IOException e) {
 					throw new JGitInternalException(MessageFormat.format(
-							JGitText.get().exceptionOccuredDuringReadingOfGIT_DIR,
+							JGitText.get().exceptionOccurredDuringReadingOfGIT_DIR,
 							Constants.MERGE_MSG, e), e);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/LogCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/LogCommand.java
index aa1cdea7d..6d60f5d74 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/LogCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/LogCommand.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class LogCommand extends GitCommand<Iterable<RevCommit>> {
 			throw e;
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			throw new JGitInternalException(MessageFormat.format(
-					JGitText.get().exceptionOccuredDuringAddingOfOptionToALogCommand
+					JGitText.get().exceptionOccurredDuringAddingOfOptionToALogCommand
 					, start), e);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/MergeResult.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/MergeResult.java
index 045fecd21..ceef6e69a 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/MergeResult.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/MergeResult.java
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ public class MergeResult {
 	 * 	}
 	 * }</pre>
 	 *
-	 * @return the conflicts or <code>null</code> if no conflict occured
+	 * @return the conflicts or <code>null</code> if no conflict occurred
 	 */
 	public Map<String, int[][]> getConflicts() {
 		return conflicts;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
index e5861ec58..525e4b352 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ public class ResolveMerger extends ThreeWayMerger {
 	 *            the file in the working tree
 	 * @return <code>false</code> if the merge will fail because the index entry
 	 *         didn't match ours or the working-dir file was dirty and a
-	 *         conflict occured
+	 *         conflict occurred
 	 * @throws MissingObjectException
 	 * @throws IncorrectObjectTypeException
 	 * @throws CorruptObjectException
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ public class ResolveMerger extends ThreeWayMerger {
 		}
 
 		if (result.containsConflicts()) {
-			// a conflict occured, the file will contain conflict markers
+			// a conflict occurred, the file will contain conflict markers
 			// the index will be populated with the three stages and only the
 			// workdir (if used) contains the halfways merged content
 			add(tw.getRawPath(), base, DirCacheEntry.STAGE_1);
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ public class ResolveMerger extends ThreeWayMerger {
 			mergeResults.put(tw.getPathString(), result);
 			return false;
 		} else {
-			// no conflict occured, the file will contain fully merged content.
+			// no conflict occurred, the file will contain fully merged content.
 			// the index will be populated with the new merged version
 			DirCacheEntry dce = new DirCacheEntry(tw.getPathString());
 			dce.setFileMode(tw.getFileMode(0));