diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py
index dd5a410be2..0ac8f47ce5 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ text might not be covered by the subset font.</p>
 
 'jacket': _('''\
 <p>Insert a "book jacket" page at the start of the book that contains
-all the book metadata such as title, tags, authors, series, commets,
+all the book metadata such as title, tags, authors, series, comments,
 etc.</p>'''),
 
 'remove_jacket': _('''\
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/coloring.py b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/coloring.py
index 0278db7e00..1dce44b865 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/coloring.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/coloring.py
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ class ConditionEditor(QWidget): # {{{
                        'Zero is today. Dates in the past always match')
             elif action == 'newer future days':
                 self.value_box.setValidator(QIntValidator(self.value_box))
-                tt = _('Enter the mimimum days in the future the item can be. '
+                tt = _('Enter the minimum days in the future the item can be. '
                        'Zero is today. Dates in the past never match')
             else:
                 self.value_box.setInputMask('9999-99-99')
diff --git a/src/calibre/translations/calibre.pot b/src/calibre/translations/calibre.pot
index a454d5c962..35b5d5e88f 100644
--- a/src/calibre/translations/calibre.pot
+++ b/src/calibre/translations/calibre.pot
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: calibre 0.9.19\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2013-02-15 10:14+IST\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-02-15 10:14+IST\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2013-02-15 12:35+IST\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2013-02-15 12:35+IST\n"
 "Last-Translator: Automatically generated\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE\n"
 "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
@@ -3963,7 +3963,7 @@ msgstr ""
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py:67
 msgid ""
 "<p>Insert a \"book jacket\" page at the start of the book that contains\n"
-"all the book metadata such as title, tags, authors, series, commets,\n"
+"all the book metadata such as title, tags, authors, series, comments,\n"
 "etc.</p>"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -13142,7 +13142,7 @@ msgid "Enter the maximum days in the future the item can be. Zero is today. Date
 msgstr ""
 
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/coloring.py:260
-msgid "Enter the mimimum days in the future the item can be. Zero is today. Dates in the past never match"
+msgid "Enter the minimum days in the future the item can be. Zero is today. Dates in the past never match"
 msgstr ""
 
 #: /home/kovid/work/calibre/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/coloring.py:264