diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/fake/client.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/fake/client.go
index 6c11d4227db..8399076c20b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/fake/client.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/fake/client.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (c *FakeClient) GetRateLimiter() flowcontrol.RateLimiter {
 
 // Resource returns an API interface to the specified resource for this client's
 // group and version.  If resource is not a namespaced resource, then namespace
-// is ignored.  The ResourceClient inherits the paramater codec of this client
+// is ignored.  The ResourceClient inherits the parameter codec of this client
 func (c *FakeClient) Resource(resource *metav1.APIResource, namespace string) dynamic.ResourceInterface {
 	return &FakeResourceClient{
 		Resource:  c.GroupVersion.WithResource(resource.Name),
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/create-update-delete-deployment/README.md b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/create-update-delete-deployment/README.md
index e9c11a9355b..47d8dd1ee54 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/create-update-delete-deployment/README.md
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/examples/create-update-delete-deployment/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Running this command will execute the following operations on your cluster:
    dependent ReplicaSet resource. Verify with `kubectl get deployments`.
 
 Each step is separated by an interactive prompt. You must hit the
-<kbd>Return</kbd> key to proceeed to the next step. You can use these prompts as
+<kbd>Return</kbd> key to proceed to the next step. You can use these prompts as
 a break to take time to  run `kubectl` and inspect the result of the operations
 executed.
 
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/client.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/client.go
index a8c903d9eab..782aca394c6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/client.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/client.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (c *namespacedScaleClient) Update(resource schema.GroupResource, scale *aut
 
 	// Currently, a /scale endpoint can receive and return different scale types.
 	// Until we have support for the alternative API representations proposal,
-	// we need to deal with sending and accepting differnet API versions.
+	// we need to deal with sending and accepting different API versions.
 
 	// figure out what scale we actually need here
 	desiredGVK, err := c.client.scaleKindResolver.ScaleForResource(gvr)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/roundtrip_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/roundtrip_test.go
index 2ea28875700..2d3b28bf6c6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/roundtrip_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/roundtrip_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // NB: this can't be in the scheme package, because importing'
-// scheme/autoscalingv1 from scheme causes a depedency loop from
+// scheme/autoscalingv1 from scheme causes a dependency loop from
 // conversions
 
 func TestRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/scheme/appsint/doc.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/scheme/appsint/doc.go
index 5b1d6841c4c..16f29e2afee 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/scheme/appsint/doc.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/scheme/appsint/doc.go
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 // Package appsint contains the necessary scaffolding of the
 // internal version of extensions as required by conversion logic.
 // It doesn't have any of its own types -- it's just necessary to
-// get the expected behavoir out of runtime.Scheme.ConvertToVersion
+// get the expected behavior out of runtime.Scheme.ConvertToVersion
 // and associated methods.
 package appsint
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/scheme/extensionsint/doc.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/scheme/extensionsint/doc.go
index cc92bf18824..9aaac608617 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/scheme/extensionsint/doc.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/scale/scheme/extensionsint/doc.go
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 // Package extensionsint contains the necessary scaffolding of the
 // internal version of extensions as required by conversion logic.
 // It doesn't have any of its own types -- it's just necessary to
-// get the expected behavoir out of runtime.Scheme.ConvertToVersion
+// get the expected behavior out of runtime.Scheme.ConvertToVersion
 // and associated methods.
 package extensionsint
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/auth/clientauth.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/auth/clientauth.go
index 2213b987816..20339ab9d81 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/auth/clientauth.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/auth/clientauth.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ location within a Container's file tree for Containers that
 need access to the Kubernetes API.
 
 Having a defined format allows:
-  - clients to be implmented in multiple languages
+  - clients to be implemented in multiple languages
   - applications which link clients to be portable across
     clusters with different authentication styles (e.g.
     some may use SSL Client certs, others may not, etc)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/loader.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/loader.go
index 7fd9384af07..2b6293db46b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/loader.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd/loader.go
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ func WriteToFile(config clientcmdapi.Config, filename string) error {
 
 func lockFile(filename string) error {
 	// TODO: find a way to do this with actual file locks. Will
-	// probably need seperate solution for windows and linux.
+	// probably need separate solution for windows and Linux.
 
 	// Make sure the dir exists before we try to create a lock file.
 	dir := filepath.Dir(filename)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/cert/cert.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/cert/cert.go
index 6854d4152fe..2c95754c18c 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/cert/cert.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/cert/cert.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const (
 	duration365d = time.Hour * 24 * 365
 )
 
-// Config containes the basic fields required for creating a certificate
+// Config contains the basic fields required for creating a certificate
 type Config struct {
 	CommonName   string
 	Organization []string
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/certificate/certificate_manager.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/certificate/certificate_manager.go
index 68d90aa7ea1..a2d1feaf8c3 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/certificate/certificate_manager.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/client-go/util/certificate/certificate_manager.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (m *manager) rotateCerts() (bool, error) {
 		return false, m.updateServerError(err)
 	}
 
-	// Wait for the certificate to be signed. Instead of one long watch, we retry with slighly longer
+	// Wait for the certificate to be signed. Instead of one long watch, we retry with slightly longer
 	// intervals each time in order to tolerate failures from the server AND to preserve the liveliness
 	// of the cert manager loop. This creates slightly more traffic against the API server in return
 	// for bounding the amount of time we wait when a certificate expires.