diff --git a/dependency-check-ant/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/taskdefs/Purge.java b/dependency-check-ant/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/taskdefs/Purge.java
index 30bdf8775..ab4f57d93 100644
--- a/dependency-check-ant/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/taskdefs/Purge.java
+++ b/dependency-check-ant/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/taskdefs/Purge.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class Purge extends Task {
                     log(msg, Project.MSG_ERR);
                 }
             } else {
-                final String msg = String.format("Unable to purge database; the database file does not exists: %s", db.getAbsolutePath());
+                final String msg = String.format("Unable to purge database; the database file does not exist: %s", db.getAbsolutePath());
                 if (this.failOnError) {
                     throw new BuildException(msg);
                 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java
index b887d25be..257617b6e 100644
--- a/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java
+++ b/dependency-check-cli/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/App.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class App {
                             exitCode = -5;
                         }
                     } else {
-                        LOGGER.error("Unable to purge database; the database file does not exists: {}", db.getAbsolutePath());
+                        LOGGER.error("Unable to purge database; the database file does not exist: {}", db.getAbsolutePath());
                         exitCode = -6;
                     }
                 } catch (IOException ex) {
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer.java
index 6452f35a2..836cffd07 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSuppressionAnalyzer extends AbstractAnalyzer {
             }
             if (file != null) {
                 if (!file.exists()) {
-                    final String msg = String.format("Suppression file '%s' does not exists", file.getPath());
+                    final String msg = String.format("Suppression file '%s' does not exist", file.getPath());
                     LOGGER.warn(msg);
                     throw new SuppressionParseException(msg);
                 }
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/PurgeMojo.java b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/PurgeMojo.java
index 22b5f9e8d..8839fd33d 100644
--- a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/PurgeMojo.java
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/PurgeMojo.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class PurgeMojo extends BaseDependencyCheckMojo {
                         getLog().error(msg);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    final String msg = String.format("Unable to purge database; the database file does not exists: %s", db.getAbsolutePath());
+                    final String msg = String.format("Unable to purge database; the database file does not exist: %s", db.getAbsolutePath());
                     if (this.isFailOnError()) {
                         throw new MojoFailureException(msg);
                     }
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
index 247d39557..9e1392c4b 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/utils/Settings.java
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ public final class Settings {
      * Returns a connection string from the configured properties. If the
      * connection string contains a %s, this method will determine the 'data'
      * directory and replace the %s with the path to the data directory. If the
-     * data directory does not exists it will be created.
+     * data directory does not exist it will be created.
      *
      * @param connectionStringKey the property file key for the connection
      * string