diff --git a/collect-columns.wdl b/collect-columns.wdl
index 914c785f25a186e9c868bd5dccc8dfed5ad57fab..263e317dc4c36b413ad5643c77c49ec17926e7e5 100644
--- a/collect-columns.wdl
+++ b/collect-columns.wdl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ task CollectColumns {
             category: "required"
         }
         outputPath: {
-            description: "The path to which the output whould be written.",
+            description: "The path to which the output should be written.",
             category: "required"
         }
         featureColumn: {
diff --git a/cutadapt.wdl b/cutadapt.wdl
index 8dcd93b01b95f53c448158b72b23fc6e0cc17dcf..571bc884a23a3691006dbdc1e9ad6029c24d4a8b 100644
--- a/cutadapt.wdl
+++ b/cutadapt.wdl
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ task Cutadapt {
         ~{true="--no-trim" false="" noTrim} \
         ~{true="--mask-adapter" false="" maskAdapter} \
         ~{true="--no-indels" false="" noIndels} \
-        ~{true="--trim-n" false="" trimN}  \
+        ~{true="--trim-n" false="" trimN} \
         ~{true="--interleaved" false="" interleaved} \
         ~{true="--discard-trimmed" false="" discardTrimmed } \
         ~{true="--colorspace" false="" colorspace} \
@@ -154,19 +154,19 @@ task Cutadapt {
 
     parameter_meta {
         read1: {
-            description: "The first or single end FastQ file to be run through cutadapt.",
+            description: "The first or single end fastq file to be run through cutadapt.",
             category: "required"
         }
         read2: {
-            description: "An optional second end FastQ file to be run through cutadapt.",
+            description: "An optional second end fastq file to be run through cutadapt.",
             category: "common"
         }
         read1output: {
-            description: "The name of the resulting first or single end FastQ file.",
+            description: "The name of the resulting first or single end fastq file.",
             category: "common"
         }
         read2output: {
-            description: "The name of the resulting second end FastQ file.",
+            description: "The name of the resulting second end fastq file.",
             category: "common"
         }
         format: {
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ task Cutadapt {
             category: "advanced"
         }
         nextseqTrim: {
-            description: "Equivalent to cutadapt's --nextseq-trim  option.",
+            description: "Equivalent to cutadapt's --nextseq-trim option.",
             category: "advanced"
         }
         qualityCutoff: {
diff --git a/fastqc.wdl b/fastqc.wdl
index a76afa7b68b93722a4a926903b93f76cf3023f58..931c153a68c374bc2d0f9f51187c09cd2f5936cf 100644
--- a/fastqc.wdl
+++ b/fastqc.wdl
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ task Fastqc {
 
     parameter_meta {
         seqFile: {
-            description: "A FastQ file.",
+            description: "A fastq file.",
             category: "required"
         }
         outdirPath: {
diff --git a/stringtie.wdl b/stringtie.wdl
index b9bfade39a219e3ac5c933e252b41aafd55ef0d7..3392d7b21da26942f25fc93fc34327d95575d7ce 100644
--- a/stringtie.wdl
+++ b/stringtie.wdl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ task Stringtie {
             category: "common"
         }
         assembledTranscriptsFile: {
-            description: "Where the output of the assembly whould be written.",
+            description: "Where the output of the assembly should be written.",
             category: "required"
         }
         firstStranded: {