diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
index 55f34fd3e79..e7dd3252003 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/leaderelection.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ type LeaderElectionConfig struct {
 	Callbacks LeaderCallbacks
 
 	// WatchDog is the associated health checker
-	// WatchDog may be null if its not needed/configured.
+	// WatchDog may be null if it's not needed/configured.
 	WatchDog *HealthzAdaptor
 
 	// ReleaseOnCancel should be set true if the lock should be released
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters.go
index 71bb6322e07..6609d7c255c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue/default_rate_limiters.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 type RateLimiter interface {
 	// When gets an item and gets to decide how long that item should wait
 	When(item interface{}) time.Duration
-	// Forget indicates that an item is finished being retried.  Doesn't matter whether its for perm failing
+	// Forget indicates that an item is finished being retried.  Doesn't matter whether it's for failing
 	// or for success, we'll stop tracking it
 	Forget(item interface{})
 	// NumRequeues returns back how many failures the item has had