diff --git a/scripts/Build-Target b/scripts/Build-Target
index d2cef73a9..b929e0d8d 100755
--- a/scripts/Build-Target
+++ b/scripts/Build-Target
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ fi
 	fi
 
 	local pkglst=`mktemp` errors=0; rm -f src/invalid-files.lst
-	echo_header "Searching for old liggering files ..."
+	echo_header "Searching for old lingering files ..."
 	grep "^X" config/$config/packages | cut -d' ' -f5 | sed 's,.*=,,' |
 	if [ $ROCKCFG_PKGFILE_VER = 1 ] ; then
 		while read p; do
@@ -431,12 +431,12 @@ build_target_exit() {
 
 	echo_header "Running Build-Target cleanup procedure"
 
-	echo_status "Killing liggering processes and removing parallel build queue."
+	echo_status "Killing lingering processes and removing parallel build queue."
 	rm -rf $build_rock/queue
 	fuser -k ${build_logs}/*.log &> /dev/null
 	sleep 2
 
-	echo_status "Umounting liggering mounts in build/$ROCKCFG_ID."
+	echo_status "Umounting lingering mounts in build/$ROCKCFG_ID."
 	umount -d -f    $build_rock/{loop,config,download} 2> /dev/null
 	umount -d -f -l $build_rock/{loop,config,download} 2> /dev/null
 	umount -d -f    $build_root/proc 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/scripts/Cleanup b/scripts/Cleanup
index 668191cda..3d6ad3869 100755
--- a/scripts/Cleanup
+++ b/scripts/Cleanup
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ while [ "$1" ] ; do
 		echo
 		echo " Cleanup the build environment, deleting the directories src, src.*,"
 		echo " build/*/ROCK/src.* and various temporary/backup files."
-		echo " Also check for old liggering files."
+		echo " Also check for old lingering files."
 		echo " Without options, remove src and all src.* and build/*/ROCK/src.*"
 		echo " directories, and all temporary/backup files, and perform checks for old"
-		echo " liggering files."
+		echo " lingering files."
 		echo " If directories are given, delete only them. Directories used by ROCK scripts"
 		echo " at the moment are recognized and not deleted."
 		echo
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ while [ "$1" ] ; do
 		echo "				e.g. build/desktop-*"
 		echo
 		echo "	-nocheck		don't delete temporary/backup files and don't"
-		echo "				check for old liggering files" 
+		echo "				check for old lingering files" 
 		echo
 		echo "  -umount			don't remove anything, just umount all the"
-		echo "				liggering mounts, implies '-full' and '-nocheck'"
+		echo "				lingering mounts, implies '-full' and '-nocheck'"
  		echo
 		exit 1 ;;
 	    *)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ bash scripts/xfind.sh Documentation/. architecture/. misc/. \
 	package/. scripts/. target/. -type f \( -name '*~' -o \
 	-name 'a.out' -o -name 'core.*' -o -name 'core' \) | xargs rm -vf
 
-# Print warnings for 'liggering' files
+# Print warnings for 'lingering' files
 #
 bash scripts/xfind.sh Documentation/. architecture/. misc/. \
 	package/. scripts/. target/.	\