diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d27351f37..697c62419 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@ TAGS
 temp_*
 pkg
 x
+*.patch
+.#*
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 1fb6587ae..0433b1584 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ else
     pkg.need_tar = true
   end
 
-  file "rake.gemspec" => "Rakefile" do |t|
+  file "rake.gemspec" => ["Rakefile", "lib/rake.rb"] do |t|
     require 'yaml'
     open(t.name, "w") { |f| f.puts SPEC.to_yaml }
   end
diff --git a/lib/rake.rb b/lib/rake.rb
index 5bc8e12d7..980c0119b 100755
--- a/lib/rake.rb
+++ b/lib/rake.rb
@@ -2248,7 +2248,7 @@ def handle_options
     end
 
     # Similar to the regular Ruby +require+ command, but will check
-    # for .rake files in addition to .rb files.
+    # for *.rake files in addition to *.rb files.
     def rake_require(file_name, paths=$LOAD_PATH, loaded=$")
       return false if loaded.include?(file_name)
       paths.each do |path|
diff --git a/test/session_functional.rb b/test/session_functional.rb
index f5bbff592..aad5f2eeb 100644
--- a/test/session_functional.rb
+++ b/test/session_functional.rb
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def test_dash_f_with_no_arg_foils_rakefile_lookup
     assert_match(/^TEST1$/, @out)
   end
 
-  def test_dot_rake_files_can_be_laoded_with_dash_r
+  def test_dot_rake_files_can_be_loaded_with_dash_r
     rake "-I test/data/rakelib -rtest2 -f"
     assert_match(/^TEST2$/, @out)
   end