diff --git a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
index b008ce2850..c588fb91af 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-multi-pack-index.txt
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ associated `.keep` file will not be selected for the batch to repack.
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
-* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder.
+* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current `.git` directory.
 +
 -----------------------------------------------
 $ git multi-pack-index write
 -----------------------------------------------
 
-* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder with a
+* Write a MIDX file for the packfiles in the current `.git` directory with a
 corresponding bitmap.
 +
 -------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ $ git multi-pack-index write --preferred-pack=<pack> --bitmap
 $ git multi-pack-index --object-dir <alt> write
 -----------------------------------------------
 
-* Verify the MIDX file for the packfiles in the current .git folder.
+* Verify the MIDX file for the packfiles in the current `.git` directory.
 +
 -----------------------------------------------
 $ git multi-pack-index verify
diff --git a/Documentation/gitignore.txt b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
index f8a1fc2014..f2738b10db 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitignore.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitignore.txt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ accessed from the index or a tree versus from the filesystem.
 EXAMPLES
 --------
 
- - The pattern `hello.*` matches any file or folder
+ - The pattern `hello.*` matches any file or directory
    whose name begins with `hello.`. If one wants to restrict
    this only to the directory and not in its subdirectories,
    one can prepend the pattern with a slash, i.e. `/hello.*`;
diff --git a/Documentation/gitweb.txt b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
index 3cc9b034c4..7cee9d3689 100644
--- a/Documentation/gitweb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/gitweb.txt
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ like this:
     # make the front page an internal rewrite to the gitweb script
     RewriteRule ^/$  /cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi  [QSA,L,PT]
 
-    # look for a public_git folder in unix users' home
+    # look for a public_git directory in unix users' home
     # http://git.example.org/~<user>/
     RewriteRule ^/\~([^\/]+)(/|/gitweb.cgi)?$	/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi \
 		[QSA,E=GITWEB_PROJECTROOT:/home/$1/public_git/,L,PT]