diff --git a/SYNTAX.md b/SYNTAX.md
index 6721d7f..a3f0fac 100644
--- a/SYNTAX.md
+++ b/SYNTAX.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # GJSON Path Syntax
 
-A GJSON Path is a text string syntax that describes a search pattern for quickly retreiving values from a JSON payload.
+A GJSON Path is a text string syntax that describes a search pattern for quickly retrieving values from a JSON payload.
 
 This document is designed to explain the structure of a GJSON Path through examples.
 
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ This document is designed to explain the structure of a GJSON Path through examp
 - [Multipaths](#multipaths)
 - [Literals](#literals)
 
-The definitive implemenation is [github.com/tidwall/gjson](https://github.com/tidwall/gjson).  
+The definitive implementation is [github.com/tidwall/gjson](https://github.com/tidwall/gjson).  
 Use the [GJSON Playground](https://gjson.dev) to experiment with the syntax online.
 
 ## Path structure
 
-A GJSON Path is intended to be easily expressed as a series of components seperated by a `.` character. 
+A GJSON Path is intended to be easily expressed as a series of components separated by a `.` character. 
 
 Along with `.` character, there are a few more that have special meaning, including `|`, `#`, `@`, `\`, `*`, `!`, and `?`.
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ The following GJSON Paths evaluate to the accompanying values.
 
 ### Basic 
 
-In many cases you'll just want to retreive values by object name or array index.
+In many cases you'll just want to retrieve values by object name or array index.
 
 ```go
 name.last              "Anderson"
diff --git a/gjson.go b/gjson.go
index 7949825..000b799 100644
--- a/gjson.go
+++ b/gjson.go
@@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ func parseObject(c *parseContext, i int, path string) (int, bool) {
 }
 
 // matchLimit will limit the complexity of the match operation to avoid ReDos
-// attacks from arbritary inputs.
+// attacks from arbitrary inputs.
 // See the github.com/tidwall/match.MatchLimit function for more information.
 func matchLimit(str, pattern string) bool {
 	matched, _ := match.MatchLimit(str, pattern, 10000)
@@ -2189,8 +2189,8 @@ func unescape(json string) string {
 	return string(str)
 }
 
-// Less return true if a token is less than another token.
-// The caseSensitive paramater is used when the tokens are Strings.
+// Less returns true if a token is less than another token.
+// The caseSensitive parameter is used when the tokens are Strings.
 // The order when comparing two different type is:
 //
 //	Null < False < Number < String < True < JSON