diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1051b959..a8b0abb0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 //! Once a window has been created, it will *generate events*. For example whenever the user moves
 //! the window, resizes the window, moves the mouse, etc. an event is generated.
 //!
-//! The events generated by a window can be retreived from the `EventsLoop` the window was created
+//! The events generated by a window can be retrieved from the `EventsLoop` the window was created
 //! with.
 //!
 //! There are two ways to do so. The first is to call `events_loop.poll_events(...)`, which will
-//! retreive all the events pending on the windows and immediately return after no new event is
+//! retrieve all the events pending on the windows and immediately return after no new event is
 //! available. You usually want to use this method in application that render continuously on the
 //! screen, such as video games.
 //!
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 //! # Drawing on the window
 //!
 //! Winit doesn't provide any function that allows drawing on a window. However it allows you to
-//! retreive the raw handle of the window (see the `os` module for that), which in turn allows you
+//! retrieve the raw handle of the window (see the `os` module for that), which in turn allows you
 //! to create an OpenGL/Vulkan/DirectX/Metal/etc. context that will draw on the window.
 //!
 
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ pub struct WindowId(platform::WindowId);
 #[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 pub struct DeviceId(platform::DeviceId);
 
-/// Provides a way to retreive events from the system and from the windows that were registered to
+/// Provides a way to retrieve events from the system and from the windows that were registered to
 /// the events loop.
 ///
 /// An `EventsLoop` can be seen more or less as a "context". Calling `EventsLoop::new()`
diff --git a/src/platform/windows/events_loop.rs b/src/platform/windows/events_loop.rs
index ca90c4db..ca9a8f05 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows/events_loop.rs
+++ b/src/platform/windows/events_loop.rs
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ lazy_static! {
         }
     };
     // Message sent when we want to execute a closure in the thread.
-    // WPARAM contains a Box<Box<FnMut()>> that must be retreived with `Box::from_raw`,
+    // WPARAM contains a Box<Box<FnMut()>> that must be retrieved with `Box::from_raw`,
     // and LPARAM is unused.
     static ref EXEC_MSG_ID: u32 = {
         unsafe {