diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Shell/Command.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Shell/Command.php
index 1a060c8cae..85e98043f0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Shell/Command.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Finder/Shell/Command.php
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ class Command
     public function get($label)
     {
         if (!isset($this->labels[$label])) {
-            throw new \RuntimeException('Label "'.$label.'" does not exists.');
+            throw new \RuntimeException('Label "'.$label.'" does not exist.');
         }
 
         return $this->bits[$this->labels[$label]];
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/ProfilerStorageInterface.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/ProfilerStorageInterface.php
index 3bb0d68ffd..f4b9e5e212 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/ProfilerStorageInterface.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/ProfilerStorageInterface.php
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ interface ProfilerStorageInterface
     /**
      * Reads data associated with the given token.
      *
-     * The method returns false if the token does not exists in the storage.
+     * The method returns false if the token does not exist in the storage.
      *
      * @param string $token A token
      *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Exception/RouteNotFoundException.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Exception/RouteNotFoundException.php
index 4d5f288e7e..fd275bebe9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Exception/RouteNotFoundException.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Routing/Exception/RouteNotFoundException.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 namespace Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception;
 
 /**
- * Exception thrown when a route does not exists
+ * Exception thrown when a route does not exist
  *
  * @author Alexandre Salomé <alexandre.salome@gmail.com>
  *
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Templating/Tests/Loader/ChainLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Templating/Tests/Loader/ChainLoaderTest.php
index 3f3fc00df7..62a3dc2521 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Templating/Tests/Loader/ChainLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Templating/Tests/Loader/ChainLoaderTest.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class ChainLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     {
         $loader = new ProjectTemplateLoader1(array($this->loader1, $this->loader2));
         $this->assertFalse($loader->load(new TemplateReference('bar', 'php')), '->load() returns false if the template is not found');
-        $this->assertFalse($loader->load(new TemplateReference('foo', 'php')), '->load() returns false if the template does not exists for the given renderer');
+        $this->assertFalse($loader->load(new TemplateReference('foo', 'php')), '->load() returns false if the template does not exist for the given renderer');
         $this->assertInstanceOf(
             'Symfony\Component\Templating\Storage\FileStorage',
             $loader->load(new TemplateReference('foo.php', 'php')),
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Templating/Tests/Loader/FilesystemLoaderTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Templating/Tests/Loader/FilesystemLoaderTest.php
index 3168a62289..8eb663637d 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Templating/Tests/Loader/FilesystemLoaderTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Templating/Tests/Loader/FilesystemLoaderTest.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class FilesystemLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 
         $loader = new ProjectTemplateLoader2($pathPattern);
         $loader->setDebugger($debugger = new \Symfony\Component\Templating\Tests\Fixtures\ProjectTemplateDebugger());
-        $this->assertFalse($loader->load(new TemplateReference('foo.xml', 'php')), '->load() returns false if the template does not exists for the given engine');
+        $this->assertFalse($loader->load(new TemplateReference('foo.xml', 'php')), '->load() returns false if the template does not exist for the given engine');
         $this->assertTrue($debugger->hasMessage('Failed loading template'), '->load() logs a "Failed loading template" message if the template is not found');
 
         $loader = new ProjectTemplateLoader2(array(self::$fixturesPath.'/null/%name%', $pathPattern));
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/GetterMetadataTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/GetterMetadataTest.php
index d38225aa2e..8682ab050e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/GetterMetadataTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Mapping/GetterMetadataTest.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class GetterMetadataTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     public function testGetPropertyValueFromPublicGetter()
     {
         // private getters don't work yet because ReflectionMethod::setAccessible()
-        // does not exists yet in a stable PHP release
+        // does not exist yet in a stable PHP release
 
         $entity = new Entity('foobar');
         $metadata = new GetterMetadata(self::CLASSNAME, 'internal');