diff --git a/docs/library/bluetooth.rst b/docs/library/bluetooth.rst
index 78cb4cc281..fb3c23400e 100644
--- a/docs/library/bluetooth.rst
+++ b/docs/library/bluetooth.rst
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ Broadcaster Role (Advertiser)
     in all broadcasts, and *resp_data* is send in reply to an active scan.
 
     **Note:** if *adv_data* (or *resp_data*) is ``None``, then the data passed
-    to the previous call to ``gap_advertise`` will be re-used. This allows a
+    to the previous call to ``gap_advertise`` will be reused. This allows a
     broadcaster to resume advertising with just ``gap_advertise(interval_us)``.
     To clear the advertising payload pass an empty ``bytes``, i.e. ``b''``.
 
diff --git a/docs/library/rp2.StateMachine.rst b/docs/library/rp2.StateMachine.rst
index ee16ce3c51..e8c167c09f 100644
--- a/docs/library/rp2.StateMachine.rst
+++ b/docs/library/rp2.StateMachine.rst
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ Methods
 
     The program is added to the instruction memory of this PIO instance. If the
     instruction memory already contains this program, then its offset is
-    re-used so as to save on instruction memory.
+    reused so as to save on instruction memory.
 
     - *freq* is the frequency in Hz to run the state machine at. Defaults to
       the system clock frequency.
diff --git a/docs/reference/constrained.rst b/docs/reference/constrained.rst
index 59c375159b..d9a349aa6b 100644
--- a/docs/reference/constrained.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/constrained.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ two loops:
         spi.readinto(buf)
         # process data in buf
 
-The first creates a buffer on each pass whereas the second re-uses a pre-allocated
+The first creates a buffer on each pass whereas the second reuses a pre-allocated
 buffer; this is both faster and more efficient in terms of memory fragmentation.
 
 **Bytes are smaller than ints**
diff --git a/tests/basics/bytearray_byte_operations.py b/tests/basics/bytearray_byte_operations.py
index 7ce53cac53..48b08ab261 100644
--- a/tests/basics/bytearray_byte_operations.py
+++ b/tests/basics/bytearray_byte_operations.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# test bytearray with its re-use of byte functions
+# test bytearray with its reuse of byte functions
 
 print(bytearray(b"hello world").find(b"ll"))
 print(bytearray(b"hello\x00world").rfind(b"l"))
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_ilistdir_del.py b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_ilistdir_del.py
index 055836ad71..ed3ca3df67 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_ilistdir_del.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_fat_ilistdir_del.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def test(bdev, vfs_class):
             break
         vfs.mkdir(dname)
 
-        # Also create a fully drained iterator and ensure trying to re-use it
+        # Also create a fully drained iterator and ensure trying to reuse it
         # throws the correct exception.
         idir_emptied = vfs.ilistdir("/")
         l = list(idir_emptied)
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs_ilistdir_del.py b/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs_ilistdir_del.py
index ff66717147..c183118fe0 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs_ilistdir_del.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_lfs_ilistdir_del.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def test(bdev, vfs_class):
             break
         vfs.mkdir(dname)
 
-        # Also create a fully drained iterator and ensure trying to re-use it
+        # Also create a fully drained iterator and ensure trying to reuse it
         # throws the correct exception.
         idir_emptied = vfs.ilistdir("/")
         l = list(idir_emptied)
diff --git a/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_ilistdir_del.py b/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_ilistdir_del.py
index 8c8e6978b6..11b45e6197 100644
--- a/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_ilistdir_del.py
+++ b/tests/extmod/vfs_posix_ilistdir_del.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def test(testdir):
             break
         vfs.mkdir(dname)
 
-        # Also create a fully drained iterator and ensure trying to re-use it
+        # Also create a fully drained iterator and ensure trying to reuse it
         # throws the correct exception.
         idir_emptied = vfs.ilistdir("/")
         l = list(idir_emptied)
diff --git a/tests/import/ext/micropython.py b/tests/import/ext/micropython.py
index 88c8b770e1..251e1e0aa9 100644
--- a/tests/import/ext/micropython.py
+++ b/tests/import/ext/micropython.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# micropython is always builtin and cannot be overriden by the filesystem.
+# micropython is always builtin and cannot be overridden by the filesystem.
 print("ERROR: micropython from filesystem")
diff --git a/tests/import/ext/sys.py b/tests/import/ext/sys.py
index 71ee633e11..a041c407f5 100644
--- a/tests/import/ext/sys.py
+++ b/tests/import/ext/sys.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# sys is always builtin and cannot be overriden by the filesystem.
+# sys is always builtin and cannot be overridden by the filesystem.
 print("ERROR: sys from filesystem")
diff --git a/tests/import/ext/usys.py b/tests/import/ext/usys.py
index d7629a4499..302d1df338 100644
--- a/tests/import/ext/usys.py
+++ b/tests/import/ext/usys.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# usys (and any u-prefix) is always builtin and cannot be overriden by the
+# usys (and any u-prefix) is always builtin and cannot be overridden by the
 # filesystem.
 print("ERROR: usys from filesystem")