diff --git a/backup/moodle2/backup_settingslib.php b/backup/moodle2/backup_settingslib.php
index e6fe3529c92..a8dd45d2940 100644
--- a/backup/moodle2/backup_settingslib.php
+++ b/backup/moodle2/backup_settingslib.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class backup_filename_setting extends backup_generic_setting {
 
 /**
  * root setting to control if backup will include user information
- * A lot of other settings are dependant of this (module's user info,
+ * A lot of other settings are dependent of this (module's user info,
  * grades user info, messages, blogs...
  */
 class backup_users_setting extends backup_generic_setting {}
diff --git a/backup/util/settings/base_setting.class.php b/backup/util/settings/base_setting.class.php
index 1171b395dbc..561e132d6dc 100644
--- a/backup/util/settings/base_setting.class.php
+++ b/backup/util/settings/base_setting.class.php
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ abstract class base_setting {
     public function get_all_dependencies() {
         $dependencies = array_values($this->dependencies);
         foreach ($this->dependencies as &$dependency) {
-            $childdependencies = $dependency->get_dependant_setting()->get_all_dependencies();
+            $childdependencies = $dependency->get_dependent_setting()->get_all_dependencies();
             foreach ($childdependencies as $name=>&$childdependency) {
                 $dependencies[] = $childdependency;
             }
@@ -245,14 +245,14 @@ abstract class base_setting {
      * @param setting_dependency $dependency
      */
     public function register_dependency(setting_dependency $dependency) {
-        if ($this->is_circular_reference($dependency->get_dependant_setting())) {
+        if ($this->is_circular_reference($dependency->get_dependent_setting())) {
             $a = new stdclass();
             $a->alreadydependent = $this->name;
             $a->main = $dependentsetting->get_name();
             throw new base_setting_exception('setting_circular_reference', $a);
         }
-        $this->dependencies[$dependency->get_dependant_setting()->get_name()] = $dependency;
-        $dependency->get_dependant_setting()->register_dependent_dependency($dependency);
+        $this->dependencies[$dependency->get_dependent_setting()->get_name()] = $dependency;
+        $dependency->get_dependent_setting()->register_dependent_dependency($dependency);
     }
     /**
      * Adds a dependency where this setting is dependent on another.
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ abstract class base_setting {
                 break;
         }
         $this->dependencies[$dependentsetting->get_name()] = $dependency;
-        $dependency->get_dependant_setting()->register_dependent_dependency($dependency);
+        $dependency->get_dependent_setting()->register_dependent_dependency($dependency);
     }
 
 // Protected API starts here
diff --git a/backup/util/settings/setting_dependency.class.php b/backup/util/settings/setting_dependency.class.php
index 310ef66985e..d69c86334b5 100644
--- a/backup/util/settings/setting_dependency.class.php
+++ b/backup/util/settings/setting_dependency.class.php
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ abstract class setting_dependency {
      * Gets the dependent setting
      * @return backup_setting
      */
-    public function get_dependant_setting() {
+    public function get_dependent_setting() {
         return $this->dependentsetting;
     }
     /**