diff --git a/buildutil/glib-tap.mk b/buildutil/glib-tap.mk
index 88b9fb1a..99f7b2fc 100644
--- a/buildutil/glib-tap.mk
+++ b/buildutil/glib-tap.mk
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ EXTRA_DIST += buildutil/tap-driver.sh buildutil/tap-test
 #   dist_installed_test_scripts, dist_installed_test_data, dist_installed_test_extra_scripts
 #   dist_uninstalled_test_scripts, dist_uninstalled_test_data, dist_uninstalled_test_extra_scripts
 #
-# Note that no file is automatically disted unless it appears in one of the dist_ variables.  This follows the
-# standard automake convention of not disting programs scripts or data by default.
+# Note that no file is automatically dist-ed unless it appears in one of the dist_ variables.  This follows the
+# standard automake convention of not dist-ing programs scripts or data by default.
 #
-# test_programs, test_scripts, uninstalled_test_programs and uninstalled_test_scripts (as well as their disted
+# test_programs, test_scripts, uninstalled_test_programs and uninstalled_test_scripts (as well as their dist-ed
 # variants) will be run as part of the in-tree 'make check'.  These are all assumed to be runnable under
 # gtester.  That's a bit strange for scripts, but it's possible.
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ TESTS += $(test_programs) $(test_scripts) $(uninstalled_test_programs) $(uninsta
          $(dist_test_scripts) $(dist_uninstalled_test_scripts)
 
 # Note: build even the installed-only targets during 'make check' to ensure that they still work.
-# We need to do a bit of trickery here and manage disting via EXTRA_DIST instead of using dist_ prefixes to
+# We need to do a bit of trickery here and manage dist-ing via EXTRA_DIST instead of using dist_ prefixes to
 # prevent automake from mistreating gmake functions like $(wildcard ...) and $(addprefix ...) as if they were
 # filenames, including removing duplicate instances of the opening part before the space, eg. '$(addprefix'.
 all_test_programs     = $(test_programs) $(uninstalled_test_programs) $(installed_test_programs) \