diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2c400b8c..81c93758 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Changelog
 
 ## 2.0
 
-* Cryptographical backend changed from PyCrypto to cryptography.io
+* Cryptographic backend changed from PyCrypto to cryptography.io
 * Config now respects XDG conventions and may move accordingly
 * Config now saved as YAML
 * Config name changed from `journals.jrnl_name.journal` to `journals.jrnl_name.path`
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 989ccf7e..0de5982e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ Unfortunately, bugs happen. If you found one, please [open a new issue](https://
 Feature requests and ideas
 --------------------------
 
-So, you have an idea for a great feature? Awesome! We'd love to hear from you! Please [open a new issue](https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/issues) and describe the goal of the feature, and any relvant use cases. We'll discuss the issue with you, and decide if it's a good fit for the project.
+So, you have an idea for a great feature? Awesome! We'd love to hear from you! Please [open a new issue](https://github.com/jrnl-org/jrnl/issues) and describe the goal of the feature, and any relevant use cases. We'll discuss the issue with you, and decide if it's a good fit for the project.
 
 When discussing new features, please keep in mind our design goals. jrnl strives to do one thing well. To us, that means:
 
 * be _slim_
 * have a simple interface
-* avoid dupicating functionality
+* avoid duplicating functionality
 
 
 A short note for new programmers and programmers new to python
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index dc4571c0..4419cd43 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2014 Manuel Ebert
+Copyright (c) 2014-2019 Manuel Ebert
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal