diff --git a/docs/topics/3.0-announcement.md b/docs/topics/3.0-announcement.md
index 5242be573..fcae79e12 100644
--- a/docs/topics/3.0-announcement.md
+++ b/docs/topics/3.0-announcement.md
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ The following class is an example of a generic serializer that can handle coerci
                     # Ignore methods and other callables.
                     pass
                 elif isinstance(attribute, (str, int, bool, float, type(None))):
-                    # primitive types can be passed through unmodified.
+                    # Primitive types can be passed through unmodified.
                     output[attribute_name] = attribute
                 elif isinstance(attribute, list):
                     # Recursivly deal with items in lists.
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ We now use the following:
 
 #### The `required`, `allow_none`, `allow_blank` and `default` arguments.
 
-REST framework now has more explict and clear control over validating empty values for fields.
+REST framework now has more explicit and clear control over validating empty values for fields.
 
 Previously the meaning of the `required=False` keyword argument was underspecified. In practice its use meant that a field could either be not included in the input, or it could be included, but be `None`.
 
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ However this code *would not be valid* in `2.4.3`:
             # ...
 
 The queryset argument is now always required for writable relational fields.
-This removes some magic and makes it easier and more obvious to move between implict `ModelSerializer` classes and explicit `Serializer` classes.
+This removes some magic and makes it easier and more obvious to move between implicit `ModelSerializer` classes and explicit `Serializer` classes.
 
     class AccountSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
         organisations = serializers.SlugRelatedField(
diff --git a/rest_framework/filters.py b/rest_framework/filters.py
index 4c485668a..d188a2d1e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/filters.py
+++ b/rest_framework/filters.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class OrderingFilter(BaseFilterBackend):
                 if not getattr(field, 'write_only', False)
             ]
         elif valid_fields == '__all__':
-            # View explictly allows filtering on any model field
+            # View explicitly allows filtering on any model field
             valid_fields = [field.name for field in queryset.model._meta.fields]
             valid_fields += queryset.query.aggregates.keys()
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/mixins.py b/rest_framework/mixins.py
index 04b7a7636..de334b4b9 100644
--- a/rest_framework/mixins.py
+++ b/rest_framework/mixins.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class DestroyModelMixin(object):
 
 
 # The AllowPUTAsCreateMixin was previously the default behaviour
-# for PUT requests. This has now been removed and must be *explictly*
+# for PUT requests. This has now been removed and must be *explicitly*
 # included if it is the behavior that you want.
 # For more info see: ...
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index 8141de134..dc9781e7c 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class HyperlinkedRelatedField(RelatedField):
 
         # We include these simply for dependency injection in tests.
         # We can't add them as class attributes or they would expect an
-        # implict `self` argument to be passed.
+        # implicit `self` argument to be passed.
         self.reverse = reverse
         self.resolve = resolve
 
diff --git a/tests/test_response.py b/tests/test_response.py
index 84c39c1a6..f233ae332 100644
--- a/tests/test_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_response.py
@@ -262,9 +262,9 @@ class Issue807Tests(TestCase):
         expected = "{0}; charset={1}".format(RendererC.media_type, RendererC.charset)
         self.assertEqual(expected, resp['Content-Type'])
 
-    def test_content_type_set_explictly_on_response(self):
+    def test_content_type_set_explicitly_on_response(self):
         """
-        The content type may be set explictly on the response.
+        The content type may be set explicitly on the response.
         """
         headers = {"HTTP_ACCEPT": RendererC.media_type}
         resp = self.client.get('/setbyview', **headers)