diff --git a/.github/scripts/badwords.txt b/.github/scripts/badwords.txt
index 741e5376fc..492ea32537 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/badwords.txt
+++ b/.github/scripts/badwords.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ there's:there is
 \. But: Rewrite it somehow?
 \. So : Rewrite without "so" ?
  dir :directory
+sub-director:subdirector
 can't:cannot
 that's:that is
 web page:webpage
diff --git a/docs/cmdline-opts/list-only.md b/docs/cmdline-opts/list-only.md
index 2800a8f793..eb52d88849 100644
--- a/docs/cmdline-opts/list-only.md
+++ b/docs/cmdline-opts/list-only.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ used like this, the option causes an NLST command to be sent to the server
 instead of LIST.
 
 Note: Some FTP servers list only files in their response to NLST; they do not
-include sub-directories and symbolic links.
+include subdirectories and symbolic links.
 
 When listing an SFTP directory, this switch forces a name-only view, one per
 line. This is especially useful if the user wants to machine-parse the
diff --git a/packages/vms/curl_gnv_build_steps.txt b/packages/vms/curl_gnv_build_steps.txt
index b7ea95219b..46c2c6e0a6 100644
--- a/packages/vms/curl_gnv_build_steps.txt
+++ b/packages/vms/curl_gnv_build_steps.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ VMS_ROOT: is for the source files that are specific to OpenVMS.
           Note, you should create the VMS_ROOT: directory tree even if it is
           initially empty.  This is where you should put edits if you are
           making changes.
-LCL_ROOT: is manually created to have the same base and sub-directories as
+LCL_ROOT: is manually created to have the same base and subdirectories as
           SRC_ROOT: and VMS_ROOT:
 
 The logical name REF_ROOT: may be defined to be a search list for