diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 7f9357f62..f3df90d38 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -13,3 +13,10 @@ CHANGES text eol=lf
 CREDITS text eol=lf
 LICENSE text eol=lf
 Readme.md text eol=lf
+# make sure that repo-specific settings (.gitignore, CI-setup,...)
+# are excluded from the source-package generated via 'git archive'
+.git*      	export-ignore
+/.travis*	export-ignore
+/.coveralls*	export-ignore
+appveyor.yml	export-ignore
+
diff --git a/code/PlyLoader.cpp b/code/PlyLoader.cpp
index 090473893..d348fe113 100644
--- a/code/PlyLoader.cpp
+++ b/code/PlyLoader.cpp
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ void PLYImporter::LoadFace(const PLY::Element* pcElement, const PLY::ElementInst
   ai_assert(NULL != instElement);
 
   if (mGeneratedMesh == NULL)
-    throw DeadlyImportError("Invalid .ply file: Vertices shoud be declared before faces");
+    throw DeadlyImportError("Invalid .ply file: Vertices should be declared before faces");
 
   bool bOne = false;
 
diff --git a/port/PyAssimp/setup.py b/port/PyAssimp/setup.py
index e683f7a81..26cf9b400 100644
--- a/port/PyAssimp/setup.py
+++ b/port/PyAssimp/setup.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ setup(name='pyassimp',
       description='Python bindings for the Open Asset Import Library (ASSIMP)',
       url='https://github.com/assimp/assimp',
       packages=['pyassimp'],
-      data_files=[('share/pyassimp', ['README.md']),
-                  ('share/examples/pyassimp', ['scripts/' + f for f in os.listdir('scripts/')])], requires=['numpy']
+      data_files=[
+                  ('share/pyassimp', ['README.md']),
+                  ('share/examples/pyassimp', ['scripts/' + f for f in os.listdir('scripts/')])
+                 ],
+      requires=['numpy']
       )