diff --git a/doc/maintenance.md b/doc/maintenance.md
index aa8ac38471e..fb551f0e0f0 100644
--- a/doc/maintenance.md
+++ b/doc/maintenance.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ communication tools we use.
 the onboarding access checklist:
 
 - Move from the [pygmt-maintainers team](https://github.com/orgs/GenericMappingTools/teams/pygmt-maintainers)
-  to [pygmt-contributors team](https://github.com/orgs/GenericMappingTools/teams/pygmt-contributors)
+  to the [pygmt-contributors team](https://github.com/orgs/GenericMappingTools/teams/pygmt-contributors)
 - Move from "Active Maintainers" to "Distinguished Contributors" on the {doc}`Team Gallery page <team>`
 - Remove 'maintain' permission from GMT forum, ReadTheDocs, Zenodo
 
diff --git a/doc/techref/encodings.md b/doc/techref/encodings.md
index ca96bf3441a..18f0a80f20b 100644
--- a/doc/techref/encodings.md
+++ b/doc/techref/encodings.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def get_charset_mdtable(name):
 
 # Supported Encodings and Non-ASCII Characters
 
-GMT supports a number of encodings and each encoding contains a set of ASCII and
+PyGMT supports a number of encodings and each encoding contains a set of ASCII and
 non-ASCII characters. In PyGMT, you can use any of these ASCII and non-ASCII characters
 in arguments and text strings. When using non-ASCII characters in PyGMT, the easiest way
 is to copy and paste the character from the encoding tables below.
diff --git a/doc/techref/projections.md b/doc/techref/projections.md
index 4f41daf38f9..ac28f305847 100644
--- a/doc/techref/projections.md
+++ b/doc/techref/projections.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ The table below shows the projection codes for the 31 GMT map projections:
 
 | PyGMT Projection Argument | Projection Name |
 | --- | --- |
-| **A**{{ lon0 }}/{{ lat0 }}[/*horizon*]/*width*              | {doc}`Lambert azimuthal equal area </projections/azim/azim_equidistant>` |
+| **A**{{ lon0 }}/{{ lat0 }}[/*horizon*]/*width*              | {doc}`Lambert azimuthal equal area </projections/azim/azim_lambert>` |
 | **B**{{ lon0 }}/{{ lat0 }}/{{ lat1 }}/{{ lat2 }}/*width*    | {doc}`Albers conic equal area </projections/conic/conic_albers>` |
 | **C**{{ lon0 }}/{{ lat0 }}/*width*                          | {doc}`Cassini cylindrical </projections/cyl/cyl_cassini>` |
 | **Cyl_stere**/[{{ lon0 }}/[{{ lat0 }}/]]*width*             | {doc}`Cylindrical stereographic </projections/cyl/cyl_stereographic>` |
diff --git a/examples/gallery/basemaps/ternary.py b/examples/gallery/basemaps/ternary.py
index 47edad5ec56..8ad9031f406 100644
--- a/examples/gallery/basemaps/ternary.py
+++ b/examples/gallery/basemaps/ternary.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 The :meth:`pygmt.Figure.ternary` method can draw ternary diagrams. The example
 shows how to plot circles with a diameter of 0.1 centimeters
-(``style="c0.1c"``) on a 10-centimeter-wide (``width="10c"``) ternary diagram
+(``style="c0.1c"``) on a 10-centimeters-wide (``width="10c"``) ternary diagram
 at the positions listed in the first three columns of the sample dataset
 ``rock_compositions``, with default annotations and gridline spacings, using
 the specified labeling defined via ``alabel``, ``blabel``, and ``clabel``.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     frame=[
         "aafg+lLimestone component+u %",
         "bafg+lWater component+u %",
-        "cagf+lAir component+u %",
+        "cafg+lAir component+u %",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/examples/gallery/embellishments/colorbar.py b/examples/gallery/embellishments/colorbar.py
index aad985911c0..84010591e4a 100644
--- a/examples/gallery/embellishments/colorbar.py
+++ b/examples/gallery/embellishments/colorbar.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
   from anchor point.
 - **n**: using normalized (0-1) coordinates, e.g. ``position="n0.4/0.8"``.
 
-Note that the anchor point defaults to the bottom left (**BL**). Append ``+h``
-to ``position`` to get a horizontal colorbar instead of a vertical one (``+v``).
+Note that the anchor point defaults to Bottom Left (**BL**). Append ``+h`` to
+``position`` to get a horizontal colorbar instead of a vertical one (``+v``).
 """
 
 # %%
diff --git a/examples/gallery/lines/vector_heads_tails.py b/examples/gallery/lines/vector_heads_tails.py
index 401f6222952..58f61a7dbbf 100644
--- a/examples/gallery/lines/vector_heads_tails.py
+++ b/examples/gallery/lines/vector_heads_tails.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 In the following we use the :meth:`pygmt.Figure.plot` method to plot vectors
 with individual heads and tails. We must specify the modifiers (together with
-the vector type, here ``"v"`` for Cartesian vector, see also
+the vector type, here ``"v"`` for Cartesian vector, see also the
 :doc:`Vector types example </gallery/lines/vector_styles>`)
 by passing the corresponding shortcuts to the ``style`` parameter.
 
diff --git a/examples/gallery/lines/vector_styles.py b/examples/gallery/lines/vector_styles.py
index 726bfabd642..9c58de0c753 100644
--- a/examples/gallery/lines/vector_styles.py
+++ b/examples/gallery/lines/vector_styles.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 The :meth:`pygmt.Figure.plot` method can plot Cartesian, circular, and
 geographic vectors. The ``style`` parameter controls vector attributes.
-See also :doc:`Vector attributes example </gallery/lines/vector_heads_tails>`.
+See also the :doc:`Vector attributes example </gallery/lines/vector_heads_tails>`.
 """
 
 # %%
diff --git a/examples/tutorials/advanced/non_ascii_text.py b/examples/tutorials/advanced/non_ascii_text.py
index d51a8084281..fb88c50e46f 100644
--- a/examples/tutorials/advanced/non_ascii_text.py
+++ b/examples/tutorials/advanced/non_ascii_text.py
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@
 )
 
 fig.text(
-    x=[0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 0.2],
+    x=[0.2] * 5,
     y=[5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
     text=["ASCII:", "ISOLatin1+:", "Symbol:", "ZapfDingbats:", "Mixed:"],
     font="20p,Helvetica-Bold,red",
     justify="LM",
 )
 fig.text(
-    x=[2, 2, 2, 2, 2],
+    x=[2] * 5,
     y=[5, 4, 3, 2, 1],
     text=[
         "ABCDE12345!#$:;<=>?",  # ASCII only