diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index acdcbcbe8..e3385ecd6 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Alternatively, such error assertions on multi return value functions can be simp
 Similar, asserting that no error occurred is supported, too (where the other return values are allowed to take on any value):
 
 ```go
-Ω(MultipleReturnValuesFunc()).Error().ShouldNot(HaveOccured())
+Ω(MultipleReturnValuesFunc()).Error().ShouldNot(HaveOccurred())
 ```
 
 ### Annotating Assertions
diff --git a/internal/async_assertion_test.go b/internal/async_assertion_test.go
index 2809562e3..accdfe55c 100644
--- a/internal/async_assertion_test.go
+++ b/internal/async_assertion_test.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Asynchronous Assertions", func() {
 				Ω(ig.RegisteredHelpers).Should(ContainElement("(*AsyncAssertion).match"))
 			})
 
-			It("renders the matcher's error if an error occured", func() {
+			It("renders the matcher's error if an error occurred", func() {
 				ig.G.Eventually(ERR_MATCH).WithTimeout(50 * time.Millisecond).WithPolling(10 * time.Millisecond).Should(SpecMatch())
 				Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("Timed out after"))
 				Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("The matcher passed to Eventually returned the following error:"))
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Asynchronous Assertions", func() {
 				Ω(ig.RegisteredHelpers).Should(ContainElement("(*AsyncAssertion).match"))
 			})
 
-			It("renders the matcher's error if an error occured", func() {
+			It("renders the matcher's error if an error occurred", func() {
 				ig.G.Consistently(ERR_MATCH).Should(SpecMatch())
 				Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("Failed after"))
 				Ω(ig.FailureMessage).Should(ContainSubstring("The matcher passed to Consistently returned the following error:"))
@@ -1575,7 +1575,7 @@ sprocket:
 			})
 
 			When("the actual error is because there was an assertion failure in the function, and there are return values", func() {
-				It("emits a clear message about the error having occured", func() {
+				It("emits a clear message about the error having occurred", func() {
 					_, file, line, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
 					ig.G.Eventually(func(g Gomega) int {
 						g.Expect(true).To(BeFalse())