diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 12a4b2f9db..c639876f41 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ This will ignore the tests that require an explicit license acceptance.
 ./mvnw clean install -Pall-dbs,ignore-missing-license
 ----
 
-If you want to run an integration tests against a different database you can do so by activating an apropriate Spring Profile.
+If you want to run an integration tests against a different database you can do so by activating an appropriate Spring Profile.
 Available are the following Spring Profiles:
 
 `db2`, `h2`, `hsql` (default), `mariadb`, `mssql`, `mysql`, `oracle`, `postgres`
diff --git a/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/AbstractJdbcConfiguration.java b/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/AbstractJdbcConfiguration.java
index 18c60527fe..d2fc199f6a 100644
--- a/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/AbstractJdbcConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-data-jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/config/AbstractJdbcConfiguration.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ protected Collection<String> getMappingBasePackages() {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the a {@link RelationalManagedTypes} object holding the initial entity set.
+	 * Returns a {@link RelationalManagedTypes} object holding the initial entity set.
 	 *
 	 * @return new instance of {@link RelationalManagedTypes}.
 	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
diff --git a/spring-data-r2dbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/r2dbc/config/AbstractR2dbcConfiguration.java b/spring-data-r2dbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/r2dbc/config/AbstractR2dbcConfiguration.java
index e27a7a7790..9e783ab048 100644
--- a/spring-data-r2dbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/r2dbc/config/AbstractR2dbcConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-data-r2dbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/r2dbc/config/AbstractR2dbcConfiguration.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ protected Collection<String> getMappingBasePackages() {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns the a {@link RelationalManagedTypes} object holding the initial entity set.
+	 * Returns a {@link RelationalManagedTypes} object holding the initial entity set.
 	 *
 	 * @return new instance of {@link RelationalManagedTypes}.
 	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
diff --git a/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/dialect/IdGeneration.java b/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/dialect/IdGeneration.java
index 889f39809c..c4de7fe40e 100644
--- a/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/dialect/IdGeneration.java
+++ b/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/dialect/IdGeneration.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public String createSequenceQuery(SqlIdentifier sequenceName) {
 	 * <p>
 	 * This should be {@literal false} for most dialects. One notable exception is Oracle.
 	 *
-	 * @return {@literal true} if the a list of column names should get passed to the JDBC driver for which ids shall be
+	 * @return {@literal true} if a list of column names should get passed to the JDBC driver for which ids shall be
 	 *         generated.
 	 * @see Connection#prepareStatement(String, String[])
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/sql/OrderByField.java b/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/sql/OrderByField.java
index ddd8af2176..2aeb8dec66 100644
--- a/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/sql/OrderByField.java
+++ b/spring-data-relational/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/relational/core/sql/OrderByField.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public static OrderByField from(Expression expression, Direction direction) {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a new {@link OrderByField} from a the current one using ascending sorting.
+	 * Creates a new {@link OrderByField} from the current one using ascending sorting.
 	 *
 	 * @return the new {@link OrderByField} with ascending sorting.
 	 * @see #desc()
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public OrderByField asc() {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a new {@link OrderByField} from a the current one using descending sorting.
+	 * Creates a new {@link OrderByField} from the current one using descending sorting.
 	 *
 	 * @return the new {@link OrderByField} with descending sorting.
 	 * @see #asc()