diff --git a/app/models/project.rb b/app/models/project.rb
index de1911f13b9fa6cf4aac1b56afd85848a2ca6593..714953c64c7362d598048baf1958d33ec79874f0 100644
--- a/app/models/project.rb
+++ b/app/models/project.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
     project
   rescue => ex
     project.error_code = :db
-    project.errors.add(:base, "Cant save project. Please try again later")
+    project.errors.add(:base, "Can't save project. Please try again later")
     project
   end
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class Project < ActiveRecord::Base
       errors[:base] << ("Your own projects limit is #{owner.projects_limit}! Please contact administrator to increase it")
     end
   rescue
-    errors[:base] << ("Cant check your ability to create project")
+    errors[:base] << ("Can't check your ability to create project")
   end
 
   def repo_name
diff --git a/app/views/errors/access_denied.html.haml b/app/views/errors/access_denied.html.haml
index 4766ef7bcddb3d1de2ae9e4351fa08d4ad2fc783..3b60ed8b0ee355751d1d3ef7be6956f4ec3363a9 100644
--- a/app/views/errors/access_denied.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/errors/access_denied.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 %h1 Access Denied
 %hr
-%h2 You are not allowed to access this page
+%h2 You are not allowed to access this page.
 %p Read more about project permissions #{link_to "here", help_permissions_path, class: "vlink"}
diff --git a/app/views/errors/encoding.html.haml b/app/views/errors/encoding.html.haml
index 0ffbadeb08d4aa84fca99088e6b80222400738da..4662437f2d21f14e6f37eb2b9f464fc5a3fbbe0f 100644
--- a/app/views/errors/encoding.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/errors/encoding.html.haml
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
   %h3 Encoding Error
   %hr
   %p
-    Page cant be loaded cause of encoding error
-
+    Page can't be loaded because of an encoding error.
diff --git a/app/views/errors/git_not_found.html.haml b/app/views/errors/git_not_found.html.haml
index 7bc6e98026e59c8357b069cd943d2fa1b68e304b..cd01ea1b0e65d80510f6ccdd27c8caf2878a2fa9 100644
--- a/app/views/errors/git_not_found.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/errors/git_not_found.html.haml
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 %hr
 %h2 Git Resource Not found
 %p
-  Application cant get access to some branch or commit in your repository. Maybe it was removed
+  Application can't get access to some branch or commit in your repository. It
+  may have been moved.
diff --git a/app/views/errors/gitolite.html.haml b/app/views/errors/gitolite.html.haml
index 44276419bac407d99ad4e70033d3040068674097..4788c2e5237cb277fad3bc97f194618f81cf554f 100644
--- a/app/views/errors/gitolite.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/errors/gitolite.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 %h1 Git Error
 %hr
-%h2 Application cant get access to your gitolite system.
-
+%h2 Gitlab was unable to access your Gitolite system.
 
 .git_error_tips
   %h4 Tips for Administrator:
diff --git a/app/views/errors/not_found.html.haml b/app/views/errors/not_found.html.haml
index d3734e07d3c86870d8fd3bc88bf7a785daebe889..a4e8d0204a9858372587213f6ec1b2c81c366b44 100644
--- a/app/views/errors/not_found.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/errors/not_found.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 %h1 404
 %hr
-%h2 Resource you were looking for doesn't exist.
+%h2 The resource you were looking for doesn't exist.
 %p You may have mistyped the address or the page may have moved.
diff --git a/app/views/merge_requests/show/_mr_accept.html.haml b/app/views/merge_requests/show/_mr_accept.html.haml
index a6c2afb117cd0abe47a0d8820bd41dd62fbf8ad8..efd47af0cda9fc142153b2497998afed2568b76f 100644
--- a/app/views/merge_requests/show/_mr_accept.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/merge_requests/show/_mr_accept.html.haml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
       %span
         = link_to "Show how to merge", "#", class: "how_to_merge_link btn small padded", title: "How To Merge"
         &nbsp;
-        %strong This request cant be merged with GitLab. You should do it manually
+        %strong This request can't be merged with GitLab. You should do it manually
 
   .automerge_widget.unchecked
     .alert-message
diff --git a/app/views/snippets/index.html.haml b/app/views/snippets/index.html.haml
index 2d07921e879105e7a18fe9fd2ac100ae8c007adf..7229b587bc823ae80c2d6145fbc3516937fd26f8 100644
--- a/app/views/snippets/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/snippets/index.html.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   .alert-message.block-message
     = link_to new_project_snippet_path(@project), class: "btn small add_new right", title: "New Snippet" do
       Add new snippet
-    Share code pastes with others if it cant be in a git repository
+    Share code pastes with others if it can't be in a git repository
     %br
     To add new snippet - click on button.
 
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/gitolite.rb b/lib/gitlab/gitolite.rb
index 7b80d4a836abf55fd8fc9ef049e7338c9109cab9..e82f9e6230798d628adcac9695247b142133c32e 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/gitolite.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/gitolite.rb
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ module Gitlab
         owner_name = repo.permissions[0]["RW+"][""][0]
         raise StandardError if owner_name.blank?
       rescue => ex
-        puts "Cant determine gitolite-admin owner".red
+        puts "Can't determine gitolite-admin owner".red
         raise StandardError
       end