--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 #		make -n uninstall
 # }}}
 #
-### This Makefile has been succesfully tested on many systems. {{{
+### This Makefile has been successfully tested on many systems. {{{
 ### Only the ones that require special options are mentioned here.
 ### Check the (*) column for remarks, listed below.
 ### Later code changes may cause small problems, otherwise Vim is supposed to
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ CClink = $(CC)
 # below. As shipped, this file contains a target that causes to run
 # configure. Once configure was run, this file contains a list of
 # make variables with predefined values instead. Thus any second invocation
-# of make, will buid Vim.
+# of make, will build Vim.
 
 # CONFIGURE - configure arguments {{{1
 # You can give a lot of options to configure.
@@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ CClink = $(CC)
 # Uncomment this when you want to include the Python interface.
 # NOTE: This may cause threading to be enabled, which has side effects (such
 # as using different libraries and debugging becomes more difficult).
+# NOTE: Using this together with Perl may cause a crash in initialization.
 #CONF_OPT_PYTHON = --enable-pythoninterp
 
 # TCL
@@ -420,10 +421,10 @@ CClink = $(CC)
 # though configure can find support for it.
 #CONF_OPT_NLS = --disable-nls
 
-# XIM - X Input Method.  Special character input support for X11 (chinese,
-# japanese, special symbols, etc).  Also needed for dead-key support.
+# XIM - X Input Method.  Special character input support for X11 (Chinese,
+# Japanese, special symbols, etc).  Also needed for dead-key support.
 # When omitted it's automatically enabled for the X-windows GUI.
-# HANGUL - Input Hangul (korean) language using internal routines.
+# HANGUL - Input Hangul (Korean) language using internal routines.
 # Uncomment one of these when you want to input a multibyte language.
 #CONF_OPT_INPUT = --enable-xim
 #CONF_OPT_INPUT = --disable-xim
@@ -462,7 +463,7 @@ CClink = $(CC)
 #CONF_OPT_X = --without-x
 
 # X WINDOWS DIRECTORY - specify X directories
-# If configure can't find you X stuff, or if you have multiple X11 derivates
+# If configure can't find you X stuff, or if you have multiple X11 derivatives
 # installed, you may wish to specify which one to use.
 # Select nothing to let configure choose.
 # This here selects openwin (as found on sun).