diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/cache/expiring.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/cache/expiring.go
index 84b4f588497..faf2c264538 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/cache/expiring.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/cache/expiring.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (c *Expiring) gc(now time.Time) {
 		// expired.
 		//
 		// heap[0] is a peek at the next element in the heap, which is not obvious
-		// from looking at the (*expiringHeap).Pop() implmentation below.
+		// from looking at the (*expiringHeap).Pop() implementation below.
 		// heap.Pop() swaps the first entry with the last entry of the heap, then
 		// calls (*expiringHeap).Pop() which returns the last element.
 		if len(c.heap) == 0 || now.Before(c.heap[0].expiry) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors/errors.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors/errors.go
index 5bafc218e2f..1f5a04fd41c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors/errors.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors/errors.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func matchesError(err error, fns ...Matcher) bool {
 
 // filterErrors returns any errors (or nested errors, if the list contains
 // nested Errors) for which all fns return false. If no errors
-// remain a nil list is returned. The resulting silec will have all
+// remain a nil list is returned. The resulting slice will have all
 // nested slices flattened as a side effect.
 func filterErrors(list []error, fns ...Matcher) []error {
 	result := []error{}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/port_range.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/port_range.go
index 7b6eca89321..42ecffcca01 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/port_range.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/port_range.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (*PortRange) Type() string {
 }
 
 // ParsePortRange parses a string of the form "min-max", inclusive at both
-// ends, and initializs a new PortRange from it.
+// ends, and initializes a new PortRange from it.
 func ParsePortRange(value string) (*PortRange, error) {
 	pr := &PortRange{}
 	err := pr.Set(value)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/util_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/util_test.go
index 33fa351e1d8..9e175fcb37b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/util_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/net/util_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestIPNetEqual(t *testing.T) {
 		ipnet2 *net.IPNet
 		expect bool
 	}{
-		//null case
+		// null case
 		{
 			getIPNet("10.0.0.1/24"),
 			getIPNet(""),
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go
index e8a9f609f48..035c52811c5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func logPanic(r interface{}) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ErrorHandlers is a list of functions which will be invoked when an unreturnable
+// ErrorHandlers is a list of functions which will be invoked when a nonreturnable
 // error occurs.
 // TODO(lavalamp): for testability, this and the below HandleError function
 // should be packaged up into a testable and reusable object.
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func RecoverFromPanic(err *error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// Must panics on non-nil errors.  Useful to handling programmer level errors.
+// Must panics on non-nil errors. Useful to handling programmer level errors.
 func Must(err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/version.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/version.go
index 8946926aac3..c0430910e7a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/version.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/version/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-// Version is an opqaue representation of a version number
+// Version is an opaque representation of a version number
 type Version struct {
 	components    []uint
 	semver        bool
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch/watch.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch/watch.go
index 1f4911a3113..fd0550e4a7a 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch/watch.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch/watch.go
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ func (f *RaceFreeFakeWatcher) Action(action EventType, obj runtime.Object) {
 	}
 }
 
-// ProxyWatcher lets you wrap your channel in watch Interface. Threadsafe.
+// ProxyWatcher lets you wrap your channel in watch Interface. threadsafe.
 type ProxyWatcher struct {
 	result chan Event
 	stopCh chan struct{}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
index 6c8e87e2327..57404e0b2b7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/discovery/discovery_client.go
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ func NewDiscoveryClientForConfigOrDie(c *restclient.Config) *DiscoveryClient {
 
 }
 
-// NewDiscoveryClient returns  a new DiscoveryClient for the given RESTClient.
+// NewDiscoveryClient returns a new DiscoveryClient for the given RESTClient.
 func NewDiscoveryClient(c restclient.Interface) *DiscoveryClient {
 	return &DiscoveryClient{restClient: c, LegacyPrefix: "/api"}
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config.go
index 6e50eef51e7..48cf51f651b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/config.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ type TLSClientConfig struct {
 	// Server should be accessed without verifying the TLS certificate. For testing only.
 	Insecure bool
 	// ServerName is passed to the server for SNI and is used in the client to check server
-	// ceritificates against. If ServerName is empty, the hostname used to contact the
+	// certificates against. If ServerName is empty, the hostname used to contact the
 	// server is used.
 	ServerName string
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
index 0ed7def73e7..2f747a28f01 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/rest/request.go
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ func (b *throttledLogger) attemptToLog() (klog.Level, bool) {
 	return -1, false
 }
 
-// Infof will write a log message at each logLevel specified by the reciever's throttleSettings
+// Infof will write a log message at each logLevel specified by the receiver's throttleSettings
 // as long as it hasn't written a log message more recently than minLogInterval.
 func (b *throttledLogger) Infof(message string, args ...interface{}) {
 	if logLevel, ok := b.attemptToLog(); ok {