diff --git a/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.c b/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.c
index e0aae75ccd..6af844116f 100644
--- a/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.c
+++ b/gst/registries/gstxmlregistry.c
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ gst_xml_registry_start_element (GMarkupParseContext *context,
 	    xmlregistry->parser = gst_xml_registry_parse_index_factory;
 	  }
 	  else {
-            g_warning ("unkown feature type");
+            g_warning ("unknown feature type");
 	  }
 	}
       }
diff --git a/tests/old/testsuite/caps/fixed.c b/tests/old/testsuite/caps/fixed.c
index 7c1f3e4c82..649bdd072e 100644
--- a/tests/old/testsuite/caps/fixed.c
+++ b/tests/old/testsuite/caps/fixed.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ main (gint argc, gchar *argv[])
 
   caps = GST_CAPS_NEW (
 		  "testcaps",
-		  "unkown/unknown",
+		  "unknown/unknown",
 		  NULL);
 
   /* newly crrated caps without props is fixed */
diff --git a/testsuite/caps/fixed.c b/testsuite/caps/fixed.c
index 7c1f3e4c82..649bdd072e 100644
--- a/testsuite/caps/fixed.c
+++ b/testsuite/caps/fixed.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ main (gint argc, gchar *argv[])
 
   caps = GST_CAPS_NEW (
 		  "testcaps",
-		  "unkown/unknown",
+		  "unknown/unknown",
 		  NULL);
 
   /* newly crrated caps without props is fixed */
diff --git a/tools/gst-xmlinspect.c b/tools/gst-xmlinspect.c
index edc0d185ad..7ebb17c22e 100644
--- a/tools/gst-xmlinspect.c
+++ b/tools/gst-xmlinspect.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ print_query_types (const GstQueryType *types, gint pfx)
       PUT_STRING (pfx, "<query-type id=\"%d\" nick=\"%s\">%s</query-type>",
                   *types, definition->nick, definition->description);
     else
-      PUT_STRING (pfx, "<query-type id=\"%d\">unkown</query-type>",
+      PUT_STRING (pfx, "<query-type id=\"%d\">unknown</query-type>",
                   *types);
 
     types++;