diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.markdown b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
index 92b7f2ba93b288..94f3e3d8e164f5 100644
--- a/doc/api/buffer.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/buffer.markdown
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Creating a typed array from a `Buffer` works with the following caveats:
 
 2. The buffer's memory is interpreted as an array, not a byte array.  That is,
    `new Uint32Array(new Buffer([1,2,3,4]))` creates a 4-element `Uint32Array`
-   with elements `[1,2,3,4]`, not an `Uint32Array` with a single element
+   with elements `[1,2,3,4]`, not a `Uint32Array` with a single element
    `[0x1020304]` or `[0x4030201]`.
 
 NOTE: Node.js v0.8 simply retained a reference to the buffer in `array.buffer`
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Allocates a new buffer of `size` bytes.  `size` must be less than
 2,147,483,648 bytes (2 GB) on 64 bits architectures,
 otherwise a `RangeError` is thrown.
 
+Unlike `ArrayBuffers`, the underlying memory for buffers is not initialized. So
+the contents of a newly created `Buffer` is unknown. Use `buf.fill(0)`to
+initialize a buffer to zeroes.
+
 ### new Buffer(array)
 
 * `array` Array
diff --git a/doc/api/child_process.markdown b/doc/api/child_process.markdown
index 3d6e5f5fe2f048..4acd61bfa6a97c 100644
--- a/doc/api/child_process.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/child_process.markdown
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ Here is an example of sending a server:
       child.send('server', server);
     });
 
-And the child would the receive the server object as:
+And the child would then receive the server object as:
 
     process.on('message', function(m, server) {
       if (m === 'server') {
diff --git a/doc/api/cluster.markdown b/doc/api/cluster.markdown
index b7e76fcb8ffa0e..abf05bf9f40c82 100644
--- a/doc/api/cluster.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/cluster.markdown
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ values are `"rr"` and `"none"`.
 ## cluster.settings
 
 * {Object}
-  * `execArgv` {Array} list of string arguments passed to the io.js executable. 
+  * `execArgv` {Array} list of string arguments passed to the io.js executable.
     (Default=`process.execArgv`)
   * `exec` {String} file path to worker file.  (Default=`process.argv[1]`)
   * `args` {Array} string arguments passed to worker.
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ It is not emitted in the worker.
 
 ### Event: 'disconnect'
 
-Similar to the `cluster.on('disconnect')` event, but specfic to this worker.
+Similar to the `cluster.on('disconnect')` event, but specific to this worker.
 
     cluster.fork().on('disconnect', function() {
       // Worker has disconnected
diff --git a/doc/api/dns.markdown b/doc/api/dns.markdown
index d8ed53e3fa0f79..7c9f419ce08ae7 100644
--- a/doc/api/dns.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/dns.markdown
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ All properties are optional. An example usage of options is shown below.
 ```
 
 The callback has arguments `(err, address, family)`. `address` is a string
-representation of a IP v4 or v6 address. `family` is either the integer 4 or 6
+representation of an IP v4 or v6 address. `family` is either the integer 4 or 6
 and denotes the family of `address` (not necessarily the value initially passed
 to `lookup`).
 
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ attribute (e.g. `[{'priority': 10, 'exchange': 'mx.example.com'},...]`).
 ## dns.resolveTxt(hostname, callback)
 
 The same as `dns.resolve()`, but only for text queries (`TXT` records).
-`addresses` is an 2-d array of the text records available for `hostname` (e.g.,
+`addresses` is a 2-d array of the text records available for `hostname` (e.g.,
 `[ ['v=spf1 ip4:0.0.0.0 ', '~all' ] ]`). Each sub-array contains TXT chunks of
 one record. Depending on the use case, the could be either joined together or
 treated separately.
diff --git a/doc/api/events.markdown b/doc/api/events.markdown
index fbc04a96239b0f..a51905ab4da110 100644
--- a/doc/api/events.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/events.markdown
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Note that `emitter.setMaxListeners(n)` still has precedence over
 
 ### emitter.listeners(event)
 
-Returns an array of listeners for the specified event.
+Returns a copy of the array of listeners for the specified event.
 
     server.on('connection', function (stream) {
       console.log('someone connected!');
diff --git a/doc/api/fs.markdown b/doc/api/fs.markdown
index 5f96b10763fe45..ebc2046d76ac1e 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/fs.markdown
@@ -801,6 +801,10 @@ on Unix systems, it never was.
 
 Returns a new ReadStream object (See `Readable Stream`).
 
+Be aware that, unlike the default value set for `highWaterMark` on a
+readable stream (16 kb), the stream returned by this method has a
+default value of 64 kb for the same parameter.
+
 `options` is an object or string with the following defaults:
 
     { flags: 'r',
@@ -823,6 +827,9 @@ there's no file descriptor leak.  If `autoClose` is set to true (default
 behavior), on `error` or `end` the file descriptor will be closed
 automatically.
 
+`mode` sets the file mode (permission and sticky bits), but only if the
+file was created.
+
 An example to read the last 10 bytes of a file which is 100 bytes long:
 
     fs.createReadStream('sample.txt', {start: 90, end: 99});
@@ -847,14 +854,14 @@ Returns a new WriteStream object (See `Writable Stream`).
 `options` is an object or string with the following defaults:
 
     { flags: 'w',
-      encoding: null,
+      defaultEncoding: 'utf8',
       fd: null,
       mode: 0o666 }
 
 `options` may also include a `start` option to allow writing data at
 some position past the beginning of the file.  Modifying a file rather
 than replacing it may require a `flags` mode of `r+` rather than the
-default mode `w`. The `encoding` can be `'utf8'`, `'ascii'`, `binary`,
+default mode `w`. The `defaultEncoding` can be `'utf8'`, `'ascii'`, `binary`,
 or `'base64'`.
 
 Like `ReadStream` above, if `fd` is specified, `WriteStream` will ignore the
diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown
index 5cf3b07a9cd778..966b304b56d282 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/http.markdown
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ automatically parsed with [url.parse()][].
 
 Options:
 
+- `protocol`: Protocol to use. Defaults to `'http'`.
 - `host`: A domain name or IP address of the server to issue the request to.
   Defaults to `'localhost'`.
 - `hostname`: Alias for `host`. To support `url.parse()` `hostname` is
@@ -911,7 +912,8 @@ is finished.
 
 ### request.abort()
 
-Aborts a request.  (New since v0.3.8.)
+Marks the request as aborting. Calling this will cause remaining data
+in the response to be dropped and the socket to be destroyed.
 
 ### request.setTimeout(timeout[, callback])
 
diff --git a/doc/api/stream.markdown b/doc/api/stream.markdown
index a7a78f229edb57..ffad1717f75096 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/stream.markdown
@@ -164,6 +164,34 @@ readable.on('readable', function() {
 Once the internal buffer is drained, a `readable` event will fire
 again when more data is available.
 
+The `readable` event is not emitted in the "flowing" mode with the
+sole exception of the last one, on end-of-stream.
+
+The 'readable' event indicates that the stream has new information:
+either new data is available or the end of the stream has been reached.
+In the former case, `.read()` will return that data. In the latter case,
+`.read()` will return null. For instance, in the following example, `foo.txt`
+is an empty file:
+
+```javascript
+var fs = require('fs');
+var rr = fs.createReadStream('foo.txt');
+rr.on('readable', function() {
+  console.log('readable:', rr.read());
+});
+rr.on('end', function() {
+  console.log('end');
+});
+```
+
+The output of running this script is:
+
+```
+bash-3.2$ node test.js
+readable: null
+end
+```
+
 #### Event: 'data'
 
 * `chunk` {Buffer | String} The chunk of data.
@@ -221,7 +249,9 @@ returns it.  If there is no data available, then it will return
 `null`.
 
 If you pass in a `size` argument, then it will return that many
-bytes.  If `size` bytes are not available, then it will return `null`.
+bytes.  If `size` bytes are not available, then it will return `null`,
+unless we've ended, in which case it will return the data remaining
+in the buffer.
 
 If you do not specify a `size` argument, then it will return all the
 data in the internal buffer.
@@ -243,6 +273,9 @@ readable.on('readable', function() {
 If this method returns a data chunk, then it will also trigger the
 emission of a [`'data'` event][].
 
+Note that calling `readable.read([size])` after the `end` event has been
+triggered will return `null`. No runtime error will be raised.
+
 #### readable.setEncoding(encoding)
 
 * `encoding` {String} The encoding to use.
@@ -414,6 +447,9 @@ parser, which needs to "un-consume" some data that it has
 optimistically pulled out of the source, so that the stream can be
 passed on to some other party.
 
+Note that `stream.unshift(chunk)` cannot be called after the `end` event
+has been triggered; a runtime error will be raised.
+
 If you find that you must often call `stream.unshift(chunk)` in your
 programs, consider implementing a [Transform][] stream instead.  (See API
 for Stream Implementors, below.)
@@ -452,6 +488,13 @@ function parseHeader(stream, callback) {
   }
 }
 ```
+Note that, unlike `stream.push(chunk)`, `stream.unshift(chunk)` will not
+end the reading process by resetting the internal reading state of the
+stream. This can cause unexpected results if `unshift` is called during a
+read (i.e. from within a `_read` implementation on a custom stream). Following
+the call to `unshift` with an immediate `stream.push('')` will reset the
+reading state appropriately, however it is best to simply avoid calling
+`unshift` while in the process of performing a read.
 
 #### readable.wrap(stream)
 
@@ -883,6 +926,10 @@ SimpleProtocol.prototype._read = function(n) {
       // back into the read queue so that our consumer will see it.
       var b = chunk.slice(split);
       this.unshift(b);
+      // calling unshift by itself does not reset the reading state
+      // of the stream; since we're inside _read, doing an additional
+      // push('') will reset the state appropriately.
+      this.push('');
 
       // and let them know that we are done parsing the header.
       this.emit('header', this.header);
@@ -922,24 +969,22 @@ initialized.
 
 * `size` {Number} Number of bytes to read asynchronously
 
-Note: **Implement this function, but do NOT call it directly.**
+Note: **Implement this method, but do NOT call it directly.**
 
-This function should NOT be called directly.  It should be implemented
-by child classes, and only called by the internal Readable class
-methods.
+This method is prefixed with an underscore because it is internal to the
+class that defines it and should only be called by the internal Readable
+class methods. All Readable stream implementations must provide a _read
+method to fetch data from the underlying resource.
 
-All Readable stream implementations must provide a `_read` method to
-fetch data from the underlying resource.
-
-This method is prefixed with an underscore because it is internal to
-the class that defines it, and should not be called directly by user
-programs.  However, you **are** expected to override this method in
-your own extension classes.
+When _read is called, if data is available from the resource, `_read` should
+start pushing that data into the read queue by calling `this.push(dataChunk)`.
+`_read` should continue reading from the resource and pushing data until push
+returns false, at which point it should stop reading from the resource. Only
+when _read is called again after it has stopped should it start reading
+more data from the resource and pushing that data onto the queue.
 
-When data is available, put it into the read queue by calling
-`readable.push(chunk)`.  If `push` returns false, then you should stop
-reading.  When `_read` is called again, you should start pushing more
-data.
+Note: once the `_read()` method is called, it will not be called again until
+the `push` method is called.
 
 The `size` argument is advisory.  Implementations where a "read" is a
 single call that returns data can use this to know how much data to
@@ -955,19 +1000,16 @@ becomes available.  There is no need, for example to "wait" until
   Buffer encoding, such as `'utf8'` or `'ascii'`
 * return {Boolean} Whether or not more pushes should be performed
 
-Note: **This function should be called by Readable implementors, NOT
+Note: **This method should be called by Readable implementors, NOT
 by consumers of Readable streams.**
 
-The `_read()` function will not be called again until at least one
-`push(chunk)` call is made.
-
-The `Readable` class works by putting data into a read queue to be
-pulled out later by calling the `read()` method when the `'readable'`
-event fires.
+If a value other than null is passed, The `push()` method adds a chunk of data
+into the queue for subsequent stream processors to consume. If `null` is
+passed, it signals the end of the stream (EOF), after which no more data
+can be written.
 
-The `push()` method will explicitly insert some data into the read
-queue.  If it is called with `null` then it will signal the end of the
-data (EOF).
+The data added with `push` can be pulled out by calling the `read()` method
+when the `'readable'`event fires.
 
 This API is designed to be as flexible as possible.  For example,
 you may be wrapping a lower-level source which has some sort of
@@ -1315,7 +1357,7 @@ for examples and testing, but there are occasionally use cases where
 it can come in handy as a building block for novel sorts of streams.
 
 
-## Simplified Constructor API 
+## Simplified Constructor API
 
 <!--type=misc-->
 
diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index a7d714f7e0b0b2..50d1052b44e15c 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ function parserOnIncomingClient(res, shouldKeepAlive) {
   var req = socket._httpMessage;
 
 
-  // propogate "domain" setting...
+  // propagate "domain" setting...
   if (req.domain && !res.domain) {
     debug('setting "res.domain"');
     res.domain = req.domain;
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ function tickOnSocket(req, socket) {
   socket.parser = parser;
   socket._httpMessage = req;
 
-  // Setup "drain" propogation.
+  // Setup "drain" propagation.
   httpSocketSetup(socket);
 
   // Propagate headers limit from request object to parser
diff --git a/lib/url.js b/lib/url.js
index 55c5248e4751dd..45155fee936bbf 100644
--- a/lib/url.js
+++ b/lib/url.js
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ Url.prototype.resolveObject = function(relative) {
     if (psychotic) {
       result.hostname = result.host = srcPath.shift();
       //occationaly the auth can get stuck only in host
-      //this especialy happens in cases like
+      //this especially happens in cases like
       //url.resolveObject('mailto:local1@domain1', 'local2@domain2')
       var authInHost = result.host && result.host.indexOf('@') > 0 ?
                        result.host.split('@') : false;
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ Url.prototype.resolveObject = function(relative) {
     result.hostname = result.host = isAbsolute ? '' :
                                     srcPath.length ? srcPath.shift() : '';
     //occationaly the auth can get stuck only in host
-    //this especialy happens in cases like
+    //this especially happens in cases like
     //url.resolveObject('mailto:local1@domain1', 'local2@domain2')
     var authInHost = result.host && result.host.indexOf('@') > 0 ?
                      result.host.split('@') : false;
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 7c0a80ec31462b..c272139e5518cd 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ static void OnFatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
 
 NO_RETURN void FatalError(const char* location, const char* message) {
   OnFatalError(location, message);
-  // to supress compiler warning
+  // to suppress compiler warning
   abort();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/node_object_wrap.h b/src/node_object_wrap.h
index d00e1484b7c10c..f0226622272a5c 100644
--- a/src/node_object_wrap.h
+++ b/src/node_object_wrap.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class ObjectWrap {
    * attached to detached state it will be freed. Be careful not to access
    * the object after making this call as it might be gone!
    * (A "weak reference" means an object that only has a
-   * persistant handle.)
+   * persistent handle.)
    *
    * DO NOT CALL THIS FROM DESTRUCTOR
    */