

diff --git a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdannotations.cpp b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdannotations.cpp
index .. 100644
--- a/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdannotations.cpp
+++ b/scribus/plugins/scriptplugin/cmdannotations.cpp
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 	{
 		QString qnum = QString("%1").arg(action);
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
-			QObject::tr("Action must be be 0-9 " + qnum.toUtf8(), "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
+			QObject::tr("Action must be 0-9 " + qnum.toUtf8(), "python error").toLocal8Bit().constData());
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 
diff --git a/scribus/ui/prefs_externaltoolsbase.ui b/scribus/ui/prefs_externaltoolsbase.ui
index .. 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/prefs_externaltoolsbase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/prefs_externaltoolsbase.ui
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
          <item>
           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="imageToolLineEdit">
            <property name="toolTip">
-            <string>&lt;qt&gt;File system location for graphics editor.&lt;/qt&gt;</string>
+            <string>&lt;qt&gt;File system location for graphics editor&lt;/qt&gt;</string>
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
diff --git a/scribus/ui/propertiespalette_shapebase.ui b/scribus/ui/propertiespalette_shapebase.ui
index .. 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/propertiespalette_shapebase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/propertiespalette_shapebase.ui
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
           </size>
          </property>
          <property name="toolTip">
-          <string>Text Flow around contour line</string>
+          <string>Text flow around contour line</string>
          </property>
          <property name="text">
           <string>&amp;Use Contour Line</string>
