diff --git a/INSTALL.adoc b/INSTALL.adoc
index fb93b7d..5184d6b 100644
--- a/INSTALL.adoc
+++ b/INSTALL.adoc
@@ -23,5 +23,3 @@ You can also use pip to install PyYAML: `pip3 install PyYAML`.
 5. Run `./advent` to play.
 
 6. If you want to buld the documentation you will need asciidoctor.
-
-7. Running the regression tests requires batchspell
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4e31cb..88c59e6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -72,12 +72,9 @@ cppcheck:
 pylint:
 	@-pylint --score=n *.py */*.py
 
-check: advent cheat pylint cppcheck spellcheck
+check: advent cheat pylint cppcheck
 	cd tests; $(MAKE) --quiet
 
-spellcheck:
-	@batchspell adventure.yaml advent.adoc
-
 reflow:
 	@clang-format --style="{IndentWidth: 8, UseTab: ForIndentation}" -i $$(find . -name "*.[ch]")
 	@black --quiet *.py
diff --git a/advent.adoc b/advent.adoc
index a064d1a..f132b0c 100644
--- a/advent.adoc
+++ b/advent.adoc
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
 
-// batchspell: add advent logfile savefile roleplaying Gillogly PDP Ctrl-D
-// batchspell: add EOF autosave endianness wumpus zork nethack
-
 == NAME ==
 advent - Colossal Cave Adventure
 
diff --git a/adventure.yaml b/adventure.yaml
index 141ffb7..75d415a 100644
--- a/adventure.yaml
+++ b/adventure.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
 #
-# batchspell: add XYZZY Twopit Bedquilt ne se sw nw dwarves dwarvish gouts
-# batchspell: add Crowther add axe pinin Har har meself Hmmm Adventuredom
-# batchspell: add Tsk gameplay bugfixes
-#
 # This YAML file gets processed into a collection of data structures and
 # variable initializers describing Colossal Cave.  It replaces an ad-hoc
 # text database shipped with Adventure versions up to 2.5.  The format
@@ -3436,7 +3432,7 @@ objects: !!omap
     - 'There are a few recent issues of "Spelunker Today" magazine here.'
     texts:
     - |-
-      I'm afraid the magazine is written in dwarvish.  But penciled on one
+      I'm afraid the magazine is written in dwarvish.  But pencilled on one
       cover you see, "Please leave the magazines at the construction site."
 - DWARF:
     words: ['dwarf', 'dwarv']
@@ -3944,13 +3940,11 @@ obituaries:
         Oh dear, you seem to have gotten yourself killed.  I might be able to
         help you out, but I've never really done this before.  Do you want me
         to try to reincarnate you?
-    # batchspell: add wr
     yes_response: |-
         All right.  But don't blame me if something goes wr......
                             --- POOF!! ---
         You are engulfed in a cloud of orange smoke.  Coughing and gasping,
         you emerge from the smoke and find....
-    # batchspell: remove wr
   - query: |-
         You clumsy oaf, you've done it again!  I don't know how long I can
         keep this up.  Do you want me to try reincarnating you again?
@@ -4232,7 +4226,7 @@ actions: !!omap
     message: |-
       There is a puff of orange smoke; within it, fiery runes spell out:
       
-      Open Adventure %V - http://www.catb.org/esr/open-adventure/
+      \tOpen Adventure %V - http://www.catb.org/esr/open-adventure/
     words: ['versi']
     noaction: true
 
diff --git a/notes.adoc b/notes.adoc
index a247e49..833682c 100644
--- a/notes.adoc
+++ b/notes.adoc
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ of Peje Nilsson in restructuring some particularly grotty gotos is
 gratefully acknowledged. Petr Voropaev contributed fuzz testing and
 code cleanups. Aaron Traas did a lot of painstaking work to improve
 test coverage, and factored out the last handful of gotos.  Ryan
-Sarson nudged us into fixing a longstanding minor bug in the
-handling of incorrect magic-word sequences, 
+Sarson nudged us into fixing a longstannding minor bug in the
+handling of incorrect magic-word sequebcesm, 
 
 == Nomenclature ==
 
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ Bug fixes:
 
 * A few minor typos have been corrected: absence of capitalization on
   "Swiss" and "Persian", inconsistent spelling of "imbedded" vs. "embedded",
-  "eying" for "eyeing", "thresholds" for "threshholds", "pencilled"
-  for "penciled".
+  "eying" for "eyeing", "thresholds" for "threshholds".
 
 * Under odd circumstances (dropping rug or vase outdoors) the game could
   formerly say "floor" when it should say "ground" (or "dirt", or