diff --git a/common/dig.md b/common/dig.md
index fab845bd3a..1d9cfce6c6 100644
--- a/common/dig.md
+++ b/common/dig.md
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 - Lookup the IP(s) associated with a hostname (A records)
 
-``dig +short {{hostname.com}}
+``dig +short {{hostname.com}}`
 
-- Lookup the mail associated with a given domain name (MX records)
+- Lookup the mail server associated with a given domain name (MX record)
 
-``dig +short {{hostname.com}} MX
+``dig +short {{hostname.com}} MX`
 
 - Specify an alternate DNS server to query (8.8.8.8 is google's public DNS)
 
diff --git a/common/find.md b/common/find.md
index 1712d6891e..d56ef8f9c3 100644
--- a/common/find.md
+++ b/common/find.md
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
 
 - find files using case insensitive name matching, of a certain size
 
-`find {{root_path}} -size +120k -iname {{'*.dOC'}} `
-`find {{root_path}} -size -100M -iname {{'*.moV'}} `
-`find {{root_path}} -size -1.2T -size +800G -iname {{'*.TaR.gZ'}} `
+`find {{root_path}} -size +120k -iname {{'*.dOC'}}`
+`find {{root_path}} -size -100M -iname {{'*.moV'}}`
+`find {{root_path}} -size -1.2T -size +800G -iname {{'*.TaR.gZ'}}`
diff --git a/common/gzip.md b/common/gzip.md
index a4d90d4701..87e913caef 100644
--- a/common/gzip.md
+++ b/common/gzip.md
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
 
 - compress a file, replacing it with a gzipped compressed version
 
-`gzip {{file.ext}}
+`gzip {{file.ext}}`
 
 - decompress a file, replacing it with the original uncomrpessed version
 
-`gzip -d {{file.ext.gz}}
+`gzip -d {{file.ext.gz}}`
 
 - compress a file specifying the output filename
 
-`gzip -c {{file.ext}} > compressed-file.ext.gz
+`gzip -c {{file.ext}} > compressed-file.ext.gz`
 
 - uncompress a gzipped file specifying the output filename
 
-`gzip -c -d {{file.ext.gz}} > uncompressed-file.ext
+`gzip -c -d {{file.ext.gz}} > uncompressed-file.ext`
 
 - specify the compression level. 1=Fastest (Worst), 9=Slowest (Best), Default level is 6
 
diff --git a/common/zfs.md b/common/zfs.md
index 493cc28524..a7bc7d03d4 100644
--- a/common/zfs.md
+++ b/common/zfs.md
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
 
 - Create a Snapshot of a ZFS filesystem
 
-`zfs snapshot {{poolname/filesystem@snapshot-name}}
+`zfs snapshot {{poolname/filesystem@snapshot-name}}`
 
 - Enable compression on a filesystem
 
-`zfs set compression=on {{poolname/fileystem}}
+`zfs set compression=on {{poolname/fileystem}}`
 
 - Change mountpoint for a filesytem
 
-`zfs set mountpoint={{/my/mount/path}} {{poolname/filesystem}}
\ No newline at end of file
+`zfs set mountpoint={{/my/mount/path}} {{poolname/filesystem}}`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/osx/diskutil.md b/osx/diskutil.md
index a2de64b845..0bbabe568f 100644
--- a/osx/diskutil.md
+++ b/osx/diskutil.md
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
 
 - Eject a CD/DVD (unmount first)
 
-`diskutil eject {{/dev/disk1}}
+`diskutil eject {{/dev/disk1}}`
diff --git a/osx/pgrep.md b/osx/pgrep.md
index f7684d1917..497c11c1c0 100644
--- a/osx/pgrep.md
+++ b/osx/pgrep.md
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 - case insensitive greping
 
-`pgrep -i {{fireFOx}}
+`pgrep -i {{fireFOx}}`
 
 - kill all processes which match
 
-`pkill -9 {{Finder}}
+`pkill -9 {{Finder}}`
diff --git a/osx/qlmanage.md b/osx/qlmanage.md
index b1831ff797..db7b9a6b19 100644
--- a/osx/qlmanage.md
+++ b/osx/qlmanage.md
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 
 - Compute 300px wide PNG thumbnails of all JPEGs in the current directory and put them in a directory.
 
-`quicklook *.jpg -t -s 300 {{/existing//thumbnail/directory}}
+`quicklook *.jpg -t -s 300 {{/existing//thumbnail/directory}}`
diff --git a/osx/system_profiler.md b/osx/system_profiler.md
index 3362707fde..e2351dab85 100644
--- a/osx/system_profiler.md
+++ b/osx/system_profiler.md
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 
 `system_profiler SPHardwareDataType`
 
-- Print the system serial numebr
+- Print the system serial number
 
 `system_profiler SPHardwareDataType|grep "Serial Number (system)" |awk '{print $4}'`