diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html
index 68e3068..0cf7884 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
 </tr><tr>
 <td class="td">UM1</td><td class="td">(UTC - 1:00) Azores, Cape Verde Islands</td>
 </tr><tr>
-<td class="td">(UTC</td><td class="td">(UTC) Casablanca, Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Lisbon, Monrovia</td>
+<td class="td">UTC</td><td class="td">(UTC) Casablanca, Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Lisbon, Monrovia</td>
 </tr><tr>
 <td class="td">UP1</td><td class="td">(UTC + 1:00) Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris, Rome</td>
 </tr><tr>
diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/smiley_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/smiley_helper.html
index d818d00..36ea262 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/smiley_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/smiley_helper.html
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
 <h2>Clickable Smileys Tutorial</h2>
 
-<p>Here is an example demonstrating how you might create a set of clickale smileys next to a form field. This example
+<p>Here is an example demonstrating how you might create a set of clickable smileys next to a form field. This example
 requires that you first download and install the smiley images, then create a controller and the View as described.</p>
 
 <p class="important"><strong>Important:</strong> Before you begin, please <a href="http://www.codeigniter.com/downloads/smileys.zip">download the smiley images</a> and put them in
diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/text_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/text_helper.html
index f84acce..9cdada2 100644
--- a/user_guide/helpers/text_helper.html
+++ b/user_guide/helpers/text_helper.html
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 <p>Truncates a string to the number of <strong>words</strong> specified.  Example:</p>
 
 <code>
-$str = "Here is a nice text string consisting of eleven words.";<br />
+$string = "Here is a nice text string consisting of eleven words.";<br />
 <br />
 $string = word_limiter($string, 4);<br /><br />
 
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@
 of words so the character count may be slightly more or less then what you specify. Example:</p>
 
 <code>
-$str = "Here is a nice text string consisting of eleven words.";<br />
+$string = "Here is a nice text string consisting of eleven words.";<br />
 <br />
-$string = char_limiter($string, 20);<br /><br />
+$string = character_limiter($string, 20);<br /><br />
 
 // Returns:  Here is a nice text string&#8230;
 </code>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 you would like the phrase wrapped in.  Example:</p>
 
 <code>
-$str = "Here is a nice text string about nothing in particular.";<br />
+$string = "Here is a nice text string about nothing in particular.";<br />
 <br />
 $string = highlight_phrase($string, "nice text", '&lt;span style="color:#990000">', '&lt;/span>');
 </code>