diff --git a/doc/modules/http.socks.md b/doc/modules/http.socks.md
index fee94ff2..380c63d1 100644
--- a/doc/modules/http.socks.md
+++ b/doc/modules/http.socks.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Returns a *http.socks* object.
 
 ### `fdopen(socket)` <!-- --> {#http.socks.fdopen}
 
-This function takes an existing cqueues.socket as a parameter and returns a *http.socks* object with `socket` as it's base.
+This function takes an existing cqueues.socket as a parameter and returns a *http.socks* object with `socket` as its base.
 
 
 ### `socks.needs_resolve` <!-- --> {#http.socks.needs_resolve}
diff --git a/http/request.lua b/http/request.lua
index fccd843f..4fe00bfb 100644
--- a/http/request.lua
+++ b/http/request.lua
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ local function new_from_uri(uri_t, headers)
 		else
 			field = "authorization"
 		end
-		local userinfo = http_util.decodeURIComponent(uri_t.userinfo) -- XXX: this doesn't seem right, but it's same behaviour as curl
+		local userinfo = http_util.decodeURIComponent(uri_t.userinfo) -- XXX: this doesn't seem right, but it's the same behaviour as curl
 		headers:upsert(field, "basic " .. basexx.to_base64(userinfo), true)
 	end
 	if not headers:has("user-agent") then
diff --git a/http/util.lua b/http/util.lua
index 992bb78f..a285791e 100644
--- a/http/util.lua
+++ b/http/util.lua
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ local function imf_date(time)
 	return os.date("!%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT", time)
 end
 
--- This pattern checks if it's argument is a valid token, if so, it returns it as is.
+-- This pattern checks if its argument is a valid token, if so, it returns it as is.
 -- Otherwise, it returns it as a quoted string (with any special characters escaped)
 local maybe_quote do
 	local EOF = lpeg.P(-1)