diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/helpers.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/helpers.go
index bb14bc560d6..dcdc8979d81 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/helpers.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func ExpandContainerCommandOnlyStatic(containerCommand []string, envs []v1.EnvVa
 	return command
 }
 
-// ExpandContainerVolumeMounts expands the subpath of the given VolumeMount by replacing variable references `with the values of given EnvVar.
+// ExpandContainerVolumeMounts expands the subpath of the given VolumeMount by replacing variable references with the values of given EnvVar.
 func ExpandContainerVolumeMounts(mount v1.VolumeMount, envs []EnvVar) (string, error) {
 
 	envmap := EnvVarsToMap(envs)
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
index dda480e2edc..3658e57d415 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/container/runtime.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ const (
 	ContainerStateRunning ContainerState = "running"
 	// ContainerStateExited indicates a container that ran and completed ("stopped" in other contexts, although a created container is technically also "stopped").
 	ContainerStateExited ContainerState = "exited"
-	// ContainerStateUnknown encompasses all the states that we currently don't care (like restarting, paused, dead).
+	// ContainerStateUnknown encompasses all the states that we currently don't care about (like restarting, paused, dead).
 	ContainerStateUnknown ContainerState = "unknown"
 )