diff --git a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go
index c3385a5483c..6a10b2a81c8 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/volume/persistentvolume/pv_controller.go
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) syncVolume(volume *v1.PersistentVolume)
 // updateClaimStatus saves new claim.Status to API server.
 // Parameters:
 //  claim - claim to update
-//  phasephase - phase to set
+//  phase - phase to set
 //  volume - volume which Capacity is set into claim.Status.Capacity
 func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) updateClaimStatus(claim *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, phase v1.PersistentVolumeClaimPhase, volume *v1.PersistentVolume) (*v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, error) {
 	glog.V(4).Infof("updating PersistentVolumeClaim[%s] status: set phase %s", claimToClaimKey(claim), phase)
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) updateClaimStatus(claim *v1.PersistentVo
 // the status has actually changed from the version saved in API server.
 // Parameters:
 //   claim - claim to update
-//   phasephase - phase to set
+//   phase - phase to set
 //   volume - volume which Capacity is set into claim.Status.Capacity
 //   eventtype, reason, message - event to send, see EventRecorder.Event()
 func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) updateClaimStatusWithEvent(claim *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, phase v1.PersistentVolumeClaimPhase, volume *v1.PersistentVolume, eventtype, reason, message string) (*v1.PersistentVolumeClaim, error) {
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) updateVolumePhaseWithEvent(volume *v1.Pe
 	return newVol, nil
 }
 
-// bindVolumeToClaim modifes given volume to be bound to a claim and saves it to
+// bindVolumeToClaim modifies given volume to be bound to a claim and saves it to
 // API server. The claim is not modified in this method!
 func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) bindVolumeToClaim(volume *v1.PersistentVolume, claim *v1.PersistentVolumeClaim) (*v1.PersistentVolume, error) {
 	glog.V(4).Infof("updating PersistentVolume[%s]: binding to %q", volume.Name, claimToClaimKey(claim))
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) bind(volume *v1.PersistentVolume, claim
 func (ctrl *PersistentVolumeController) unbindVolume(volume *v1.PersistentVolume) error {
 	glog.V(4).Infof("updating PersistentVolume[%s]: rolling back binding from %q", volume.Name, claimrefToClaimKey(volume.Spec.ClaimRef))
 
-	// Save the PV only when any modification is neccessary.
+	// Save the PV only when any modification is necessary.
 	clone, err := api.Scheme.DeepCopy(volume)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Error cloning pv: %v", err)