diff --git a/gdk/win32/gdkselection-win32.c b/gdk/win32/gdkselection-win32.c
index e3936a9b3e..3fb46b9f44 100644
--- a/gdk/win32/gdkselection-win32.c
+++ b/gdk/win32/gdkselection-win32.c
@@ -584,14 +584,14 @@ gdk_selection_convert (GdkWindow *requestor,
 	       * it.
 	       *
 	       * If the data is from Mozilla Firefox or IE7, and
-	       * starts with an "oldfashioned" BITMAPINFOHEADER,
+	       * starts with an "old fashioned" BITMAPINFOHEADER,
 	       * i.e. with biSize==40, and biCompression == BI_RGB and
 	       * biBitCount==32, we assume that the "extra" byte in
 	       * each pixel in fact is alpha.
 	       *
 	       * The gdk-pixbuf bmp loader doesn't trust 32-bit BI_RGB
-	       * nitmaps to in fact have alpha, so we have to convince
-	       * it by changint the bitmap header to a version 5
+	       * bitmaps to in fact have alpha, so we have to convince
+	       * it by changing the bitmap header to a version 5
 	       * BI_BITFIELDS one with explicit alpha mask indicated.
 	       *
 	       * The RGB bytes that are in bitmaps on the clipboard