--- a/doc/interpreter/eval.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/eval.txi
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
 which evaluates @samp{code} in the caller's context and
 checks that the error message it produces matches
 the given pattern.  Other examples such as @code{save} and @code{load}
-are written in C++ where all octave variables
+are written in C++ where all Octave variables
 are in the @samp{caller} context and @code{evalin} is not needed.
 
 @DOCSTRING(evalin)

--- a/doc/interpreter/install.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/install.txi
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@
 @item
 Once you have successfully compiled Octave, run @samp{make install}.
 
-This will install a copy of octave, its libraries, and its documentation
+This will install a copy of Octave, its libraries, and its documentation
 in the destination directory.  As distributed, Octave is installed in
 the following directories.  In the table below, @var{prefix} defaults to
 @file{/usr/local}, @var{version} stands for the current version number

--- a/doc/interpreter/testfun.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/testfun.txi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 @code{test} scans the named script file looking for lines which
 start with @code{%!}. The prefix is stripped off and the rest of the
-line is processed through the octave interpreter. If the code
+line is processed through the Octave interpreter. If the code
 generates an error, then the test is said to fail.
 
 Since @code{eval()} will stop at the first error it encounters, you must
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@
 
 but then the code will have to be on the load path and the user 
 will have to remember to type test('name.cc').  Conversely, you
-can separate the tests from normal octave script files by putting
+can separate the tests from normal Octave script files by putting
 them in plain files with no extension rather than in script files.
 @c DO I WANT TO INCLUDE THE EDITOR SPECIFIC STATEMENT BELOW???
 @c Don't forget to tell emacs that the plain text file you are using

--- a/doc/interpreter/var.txi
+++ b/doc/interpreter/var.txi
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
 @end example
 
 The behavior of persistent variables is equivalent to the behavior of
-static variables in C. The command @code{static} in octave is also
+static variables in C. The command @code{static} in Octave is also
 recognized and is equivalent to @code{persistent}.
 
 Like global variables, a persistent variable may only be initialized once.

--- a/scripts/testfun/demo.m
+++ b/scripts/testfun/demo.m
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 ## from the usual script code, all lines are prefixed by @code{%!}. Each
 ## example is introduced by the keyword 'demo' flush left to the prefix,
 ## with no intervening spaces.  The remainder of the example can contain 
-## arbitrary octave code. For example:
+## arbitrary Octave code. For example:
 ##
 ## @example
 ##    %!demo

--- a/scripts/testfun/test.m
+++ b/scripts/testfun/test.m
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 ##
 ## The argument @var{fid} can be used to allow batch processing. Errors
 ## can be written to the already open file defined by @var{fid}, and 
-## hopefully when octave crashes this file will tell you what was happening
+## hopefully when Octave crashes this file will tell you what was happening
 ## when it did. You can use @code{stdout} if you want to see the results as
 ## they happen.  You can also give a file name rather than an @var{fid}, in
 ## which case the contents of the file will be replaced with the log from