diff --git a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
index 7d55598f9a..e508786381 100644
--- a/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
+++ b/spring-boot-docs/src/main/asciidoc/howto.adoc
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ There is a catch however. Because the actual type of the connection pool is not
 no keys are generated in the metadata for your custom `DataSource` and no completion is
 available in your IDE (The `DataSource` interface doesn't expose any property). Also, if
 you happen to have Hikari on the classpath, this basic setup will not work because Hikari
-has no `url` parameter (but a `jdbcUrl` parameter). You will have to rewrite your
+has no `url` property (but a `jdbcUrl` property). You will have to rewrite your
 configuration as follows:
 
 [source,properties,indent=0]
@@ -1585,7 +1585,7 @@ described in the previous section. You must, however, mark one of the `DataSourc
 type.
 
 If you create your own `DataSource`, the auto-configuration will back off. In the example
-below, we provide the _exact_ same features set than what the auto-configuration provides
+below, we provide the _exact_ same features set as what the auto-configuration provides
 on the primary data source:
 
 [source,java,indent=0,subs="verbatim,quotes,attributes"]
@@ -1618,7 +1618,7 @@ include::{code-examples}/jdbc/CompleteTwoDataSourcesExample.java[tag=configurati
 ----
 
 This final example configures two data sources on custom namespaces with the same logic
-than what Spring Boot would do in auto-configuration.
+as what Spring Boot would do in auto-configuration.
 
 
 
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
index 8bb0e2936a..e289906d4a 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/SpringApplication.java
@@ -262,14 +262,14 @@ public class SpringApplication {
 		this.resourceLoader = resourceLoader;
 		Assert.notNull(primarySources, "PrimarySources must not be null");
 		this.primarySources = new LinkedHashSet<>(Arrays.asList(primarySources));
-		this.webApplicationType = deduceWebApplication();
+		this.webApplicationType = deduceWebApplicationType();
 		setInitializers((Collection) getSpringFactoriesInstances(
 				ApplicationContextInitializer.class));
 		setListeners((Collection) getSpringFactoriesInstances(ApplicationListener.class));
 		this.mainApplicationClass = deduceMainApplicationClass();
 	}
 
-	private WebApplicationType deduceWebApplication() {
+	private WebApplicationType deduceWebApplicationType() {
 		if (ClassUtils.isPresent(REACTIVE_WEB_ENVIRONMENT_CLASS, null)
 				&& !ClassUtils.isPresent(MVC_WEB_ENVIRONMENT_CLASS, null)) {
 			return WebApplicationType.REACTIVE;
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/builder/SpringApplicationBuilder.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/builder/SpringApplicationBuilder.java
index 86064da461..ec1b4a66b0 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/builder/SpringApplicationBuilder.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/builder/SpringApplicationBuilder.java
@@ -302,12 +302,12 @@ public class SpringApplicationBuilder {
 	/**
 	 * Flag to explicitly request a specific type of web application. Auto-detected based
 	 * on the classpath if not set.
-	 * @param webApplication the type of web application
+	 * @param webApplicationType the type of web application
 	 * @return the current builder
 	 * @since 2.0.0
 	 */
-	public SpringApplicationBuilder web(WebApplicationType webApplication) {
-		this.application.setWebApplicationType(webApplication);
+	public SpringApplicationBuilder web(WebApplicationType webApplicationType) {
+		this.application.setWebApplicationType(webApplicationType);
 		return this;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/server/AbstractServletWebServerFactoryTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/server/AbstractServletWebServerFactoryTests.java
index 6b52395c56..2ef32b04ba 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/server/AbstractServletWebServerFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/web/servlet/server/AbstractServletWebServerFactoryTests.java
@@ -763,12 +763,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractServletWebServerFactoryTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void compressionOfResposeToGetRequest() throws Exception {
+	public void compressionOfResponseToGetRequest() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(doTestCompression(10000, null, null)).isTrue();
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void compressionOfResposeToPostRequest() throws Exception {
+	public void compressionOfResponseToPostRequest() throws Exception {
 		assertThat(doTestCompression(10000, null, null, HttpMethod.POST)).isTrue();
 	}