diff --git a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
index 31f000e3e2c..2599c458439 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/kubefed/init/init.go
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ func (i *initFederation) Run(cmdOut io.Writer, config util.AdminConfig) error {
 			return err
 		}
 		// If the error is type NoRBACAPIError, We continue to create the rest of
-		// the resources, without the SA and roles (in the abscense of RBAC support).
+		// the resources, without the SA and roles (in the absence of RBAC support).
 		rbacAvailable = false
 	}
 
diff --git a/federation/pkg/kubefed/util/util.go b/federation/pkg/kubefed/util/util.go
index 075041236ca..8be4d5a597b 100644
--- a/federation/pkg/kubefed/util/util.go
+++ b/federation/pkg/kubefed/util/util.go
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ func buildConfigFromSecret(secret *api.Secret, serverAddress string) (*restclien
 
 // GetVersionedClientForRBACOrFail discovers the versioned rbac APIs and gets the versioned
 // clientset for either the preferred version or the first listed version (if no preference listed)
-// TODO: We need to evaluate the usage of RESTMapper interface to achieve te same functionality
+// TODO: We need to evaluate the usage of RESTMapper interface to achieve the same functionality
 func GetVersionedClientForRBACOrFail(hostFactory cmdutil.Factory) (client.Interface, error) {
 	discoveryclient, err := hostFactory.DiscoveryClient()
 	if err != nil {