diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs/renewal/readwriter.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs/renewal/readwriter.go
index 0ec0ee6ef3d..7cfb406d048 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs/renewal/readwriter.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/certs/renewal/readwriter.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func (rw *kubeConfigReadWriter) Read() (*x509.Certificate, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("kubeConfig file %s does not have an embedded client certificate", rw.kubeConfigFilePath)
 	}
 
-	// parse the client certificate, retrive the cert config and then renew it
+	// parse the client certificate, retrieve the cert config and then renew it
 	certs, err := certutil.ParseCertsPEM(authInfo.ClientCertificateData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "kubeConfig file %s does not contain a valid client certificate", rw.kubeConfigFilePath)
diff --git a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/health.go b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/health.go
index 751e236a8e8..55acdf865a6 100644
--- a/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/health.go
+++ b/cmd/kubeadm/app/phases/upgrade/health.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func createJob(client clientset.Interface, cfg *kubeadmapi.ClusterConfiguration)
 		return errors.Wrapf(lastError, "could not create Job %q in the namespace %q", jobName, ns)
 	}
 
-	// Waiting and manually deleteing the Job is a workaround to not enabling the TTL controller.
+	// Waiting and manually deleting the Job is a workaround to not enabling the TTL controller.
 	// TODO: refactor this if the TTL controller is enabled in kubeadm once it goes Beta.
 
 	// Wait for the Job to complete
diff --git a/test/integration/apiserver/apply/scale_test.go b/test/integration/apiserver/apply/scale_test.go
index 834af8741d1..e00d56d5c76 100644
--- a/test/integration/apiserver/apply/scale_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/apiserver/apply/scale_test.go
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ func assertReplicasValue(t *testing.T, obj *unstructured.Unstructured, value int
 	actualValue, found, err := unstructured.NestedInt64(obj.Object, "spec", "replicas")
 
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error when retriving replicas field: %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("Error when retrieving replicas field: %v", err)
 	}
 	if !found {
 		t.Fatalf("Replicas field not found")