diff --git a/changelog.d/15148.doc b/changelog.d/15148.doc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e9e16330
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/15148.doc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Correct small documentation errors in some `MatrixFederationHttpClient` methods.
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diff --git a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
index 312aab4dc..3302d4e48 100644
--- a/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
+++ b/synapse/http/matrixfederationclient.py
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient:
         Args:
             request: details of request to be sent
 
-            retry_on_dns_fail: true if the request should be retied on DNS failures
+            retry_on_dns_fail: true if the request should be retried on DNS failures
 
             timeout: number of milliseconds to wait for the response headers
                 (including connecting to the server), *for each attempt*.
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient:
                 (except 429).
             NotRetryingDestination: If we are not yet ready to retry this
                 server.
-            FederationDeniedError: If this destination  is not on our
+            FederationDeniedError: If this destination is not on our
                 federation whitelist
             RequestSendFailed: If there were problems connecting to the
                 remote, due to e.g. DNS failures, connection timeouts etc.
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient:
                 (except 429).
             NotRetryingDestination: If we are not yet ready to retry this
                 server.
-            FederationDeniedError: If this destination  is not on our
+            FederationDeniedError: If this destination is not on our
                 federation whitelist
             RequestSendFailed: If there were problems connecting to the
                 remote, due to e.g. DNS failures, connection timeouts etc.
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient:
                 (except 429).
             NotRetryingDestination: If we are not yet ready to retry this
                 server.
-            FederationDeniedError: If this destination  is not on our
+            FederationDeniedError: If this destination is not on our
                 federation whitelist
             RequestSendFailed: If there were problems connecting to the
                 remote, due to e.g. DNS failures, connection timeouts etc.
@@ -1036,6 +1036,8 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient:
             args: A dictionary used to create query strings, defaults to
                 None.
 
+            retry_on_dns_fail: true if the request should be retried on DNS failures
+
             timeout: number of milliseconds to wait for the response.
                 self._default_timeout (60s) by default.
 
@@ -1063,7 +1065,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient:
                 (except 429).
             NotRetryingDestination: If we are not yet ready to retry this
                 server.
-            FederationDeniedError: If this destination  is not on our
+            FederationDeniedError: If this destination is not on our
                 federation whitelist
             RequestSendFailed: If there were problems connecting to the
                 remote, due to e.g. DNS failures, connection timeouts etc.
@@ -1141,7 +1143,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient:
                 (except 429).
             NotRetryingDestination: If we are not yet ready to retry this
                 server.
-            FederationDeniedError: If this destination  is not on our
+            FederationDeniedError: If this destination is not on our
                 federation whitelist
             RequestSendFailed: If there were problems connecting to the
                 remote, due to e.g. DNS failures, connection timeouts etc.
@@ -1197,7 +1199,7 @@ class MatrixFederationHttpClient:
                 (except 429).
             NotRetryingDestination: If we are not yet ready to retry this
                 server.
-            FederationDeniedError: If this destination  is not on our
+            FederationDeniedError: If this destination is not on our
                 federation whitelist
             RequestSendFailed: If there were problems connecting to the
                 remote, due to e.g. DNS failures, connection timeouts etc.