diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a19bc0038..9cb5e3d27 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/ebfull/pairing"
 [dependencies]
 rand = "0.3"
 byteorder = "1.1.0"
-clippy = { version = "0.0.148", optional = true }
+clippy = { version = "0.0.151", optional = true }
 
 [features]
 unstable-wnaf = []
diff --git a/src/bls12_381/fq.rs b/src/bls12_381/fq.rs
index edfe1500c..6ebd8d49a 100644
--- a/src/bls12_381/fq.rs
+++ b/src/bls12_381/fq.rs
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ impl Fq {
     }
 
     /// Subtracts the modulus from this element if this element is not in the
-    /// field. Only used interally.
+    /// field. Only used internally.
     #[inline(always)]
     fn reduce(&mut self) {
         if !self.is_valid() {
diff --git a/src/bls12_381/fq6.rs b/src/bls12_381/fq6.rs
index 2c62a9237..4d1e4702a 100644
--- a/src/bls12_381/fq6.rs
+++ b/src/bls12_381/fq6.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use ::{Field};
 use super::fq2::Fq2;
 use super::fq::{FROBENIUS_COEFF_FQ6_C1, FROBENIUS_COEFF_FQ6_C2};
 
-/// An element of Fq6, represented by c0 + c1 * v + c2 * v^2.
+/// An element of Fq6, represented by c0 + c1 * v + c2 * v^(2).
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Fq6 {
     pub c0: Fq2,
diff --git a/src/bls12_381/fr.rs b/src/bls12_381/fr.rs
index 9fc90ee0a..8a1fbd533 100644
--- a/src/bls12_381/fr.rs
+++ b/src/bls12_381/fr.rs
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ impl Fr {
     }
 
     /// Subtracts the modulus from this element if this element is not in the
-    /// field. Only used interally.
+    /// field. Only used internally.
     #[inline(always)]
     fn reduce(&mut self) {
         if !self.is_valid() {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 62abed95f..37f511102 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ pub trait PrimeFieldRepr: Sized +
                           AsMut<[u64]> +
                           From<u64>
 {
-    /// Subtract another reprensetation from this one, returning the borrow bit.
+    /// Subtract another represetation from this one, returning the borrow bit.
     fn sub_noborrow(&mut self, other: &Self) -> bool;
 
     /// Add another representation to this one, returning the carry bit.
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ pub enum GroupDecodingError {
     NotInSubgroup,
     /// One of the coordinates could not be decoded
     CoordinateDecodingError(&'static str, PrimeFieldDecodingError),
-    /// The compression mode of the encoded elemnet was not as expected
+    /// The compression mode of the encoded element was not as expected
     UnexpectedCompressionMode,
     /// The encoding contained bits that should not have been set
     UnexpectedInformation
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ pub trait PrimeField: Field
     /// Convert this prime field element into a biginteger representation.
     fn from_repr(Self::Repr) -> Result<Self, PrimeFieldDecodingError>;
 
-    /// Convert a biginteger reprensentation into a prime field element, if
+    /// Convert a biginteger representation into a prime field element, if
     /// the number is an element of the field.
     fn into_repr(&self) -> Self::Repr;