diff --git a/synapse/util/__init__.py b/synapse/util/__init__.py
index 60f0de70f7..c63256d3bd 100644
--- a/synapse/util/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/util/__init__.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class Clock(object):
return self._reactor.seconds()
def time_msec(self):
- """Returns the current system time in miliseconds since epoch."""
+ """Returns the current system time in milliseconds since epoch."""
return int(self.time() * 1000)
def looping_call(self, f, msec, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/synapse/util/async_helpers.py b/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
index 65abf0846e..f562770922 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class ReadWriteLock(object):
# resolved when they release the lock).
#
# Read: We know its safe to acquire a read lock when the latest writer has
- # been resolved. The new reader is appeneded to the list of latest readers.
+ # been resolved. The new reader is appended to the list of latest readers.
#
# Write: We know its safe to acquire the write lock when both the latest
# writers and readers have been resolved. The new writer replaces the latest
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
index 64f35fc288..9b09c08b89 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ class CacheListDescriptor(_CacheDescriptorBase):
"""
Args:
orig (function)
- cached_method_name (str): The name of the chached method.
+ cached_method_name (str): The name of the cached method.
list_name (str): Name of the argument which is the bulk lookup list
num_args (int): number of positional arguments (excluding ``self``,
but including list_name) to use as cache keys. Defaults to all
diff --git a/synapse/util/distributor.py b/synapse/util/distributor.py
index 45af8d3eeb..da20523b70 100644
--- a/synapse/util/distributor.py
+++ b/synapse/util/distributor.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Distributor(object):
Signals are named simply by strings.
TODO(paul): It would be nice to give signals stronger object identities,
- so we can attach metadata, docstrings, detect typoes, etc... But this
+ so we can attach metadata, docstrings, detect typos, etc... But this
model will do for today.
"""
diff --git a/synapse/util/patch_inline_callbacks.py b/synapse/util/patch_inline_callbacks.py
index 2605f3c65b..54c046b6e1 100644
--- a/synapse/util/patch_inline_callbacks.py
+++ b/synapse/util/patch_inline_callbacks.py
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def _check_yield_points(f: Callable, changes: List[str]):
result = yield d
except Exception:
# this will fish an earlier Failure out of the stack where possible, and
- # thus is preferable to passing in an exeception to the Failure
+ # thus is preferable to passing in an exception to the Failure
# constructor, since it results in less stack-mangling.
result = Failure()
diff --git a/synapse/util/retryutils.py b/synapse/util/retryutils.py
index af69587196..8794317caa 100644
--- a/synapse/util/retryutils.py
+++ b/synapse/util/retryutils.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from synapse.api.errors import CodeMessageException
logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-# the intial backoff, after the first transaction fails
+# the initial backoff, after the first transaction fails
MIN_RETRY_INTERVAL = 10 * 60 * 1000
# how much we multiply the backoff by after each subsequent fail
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ class RetryDestinationLimiter(object):
# has been decommissioned.
# If we get a 401, then we should probably back off since they
# won't accept our requests for at least a while.
- # 429 is us being aggresively rate limited, so lets rate limit
+ # 429 is us being aggressively rate limited, so lets rate limit
# ourselves.
if exc_val.code == 404 and self.backoff_on_404:
valid_err_code = False
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