diff --git a/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp b/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp
index 4f44b7dad..dca60de7c 100644
--- a/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp
+++ b/include/libtorrent/settings_pack.hpp
@@ -716,8 +716,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 		{
 			// ``tracker_completion_timeout`` is the number of seconds the tracker
 			// connection will wait from when it sent the request until it
-			// considers the tracker to have timed-out. Default value is 60
-			// seconds.
+			// considers the tracker to have timed-out.
 			tracker_completion_timeout = int_type_base,
 
 			// ``tracker_receive_timeout`` is the number of seconds to wait to
@@ -727,9 +726,9 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 			// occur.
 			tracker_receive_timeout,
 
-			// the time to wait when sending a stopped message before considering
-			// a tracker to have timed out. this is usually shorter, to make the
-			// client quit faster
+			// ``stop_tracker_timeout`` is the number of seconds to wait when
+			// sending a stopped message before considering a tracker to have
+			// timed out. This is usually shorter, to make the client quit faster.
 			stop_tracker_timeout,
 
 			// this is the maximum number of bytes in a tracker response. If a
diff --git a/src/http_tracker_connection.cpp b/src/http_tracker_connection.cpp
index 0a7d195f7..153021cc9 100644
--- a/src/http_tracker_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/http_tracker_connection.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 
 		// in anonymous mode we omit the user agent to mitigate fingerprinting of
 		// the client. Private torrents is an exception because some private
-		// trackers may requre the user agent
+		// trackers may require the user agent
 		std::string const user_agent = settings.get_bool(settings_pack::anonymous_mode)
 			&& !tracker_req().private_torrent ? "" : settings.get_str(settings_pack::user_agent);
 
diff --git a/src/torrent.cpp b/src/torrent.cpp
index 0199fddaf..8d6677e54 100644
--- a/src/torrent.cpp
+++ b/src/torrent.cpp
@@ -2733,7 +2733,7 @@ namespace libtorrent {
 				}
 
 				// for UDP, only socks5 and i2p proxies will work.
-				// if we're not using one of those proxues with a UDP
+				// if we're not using one of those proxies with a UDP
 				// tracker, skip it
 				if (protocol == "udp"
 					&& proxy_type != settings_pack::socks5