diff --git a/profiles/apparmor/apparmor.go b/profiles/apparmor/apparmor.go
index ab139a860a..e392b2c692 100644
--- a/profiles/apparmor/apparmor.go
+++ b/profiles/apparmor/apparmor.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func InstallDefault(name string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// IsLoaded checks if a passed profile as been loaded into the kernel.
+// IsLoaded checks if a passed profile has been loaded into the kernel.
 func IsLoaded(name string) error {
 	file, err := os.Open("/sys/kernel/security/apparmor/profiles")
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/profiles/seccomp/seccomp.go b/profiles/seccomp/seccomp.go
index 8657860965..12b78e3296 100644
--- a/profiles/seccomp/seccomp.go
+++ b/profiles/seccomp/seccomp.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func GetDefaultProfile() (*configs.Seccomp, error) {
 	return setupSeccomp(DefaultProfile)
 }
 
-// LoadProfile takes a file path a decodes the seccomp profile.
+// LoadProfile takes a file path and decodes the seccomp profile.
 func LoadProfile(body string) (*configs.Seccomp, error) {
 	var config types.Seccomp
 	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &config); err != nil {
diff --git a/registry/service.go b/registry/service.go
index 2124da6d9f..d9ea71b372 100644
--- a/registry/service.go
+++ b/registry/service.go
@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ func (s *Service) tlsConfigForMirror(mirrorURL *url.URL) (*tls.Config, error) {
 	return s.TLSConfig(mirrorURL.Host)
 }
 
-// LookupPullEndpoints creates an list of endpoints to try to pull from, in order of preference.
+// LookupPullEndpoints creates a list of endpoints to try to pull from, in order of preference.
 // It gives preference to v2 endpoints over v1, mirrors over the actual
 // registry, and HTTPS over plain HTTP.
 func (s *Service) LookupPullEndpoints(hostname string) (endpoints []APIEndpoint, err error) {
 	return s.lookupEndpoints(hostname)
 }
 
-// LookupPushEndpoints creates an list of endpoints to try to push to, in order of preference.
+// LookupPushEndpoints creates a list of endpoints to try to push to, in order of preference.
 // It gives preference to v2 endpoints over v1, and HTTPS over plain HTTP.
 // Mirrors are not included.
 func (s *Service) LookupPushEndpoints(hostname string) (endpoints []APIEndpoint, err error) {
diff --git a/runconfig/config_unix.go b/runconfig/config_unix.go
index 16a8d94d4a..e5902fb024 100644
--- a/runconfig/config_unix.go
+++ b/runconfig/config_unix.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	networktypes "github.com/docker/engine-api/types/network"
 )
 
-// ContainerConfigWrapper is a Config wrapper that hold the container Config (portable)
+// ContainerConfigWrapper is a Config wrapper that holds the container Config (portable)
 // and the corresponding HostConfig (non-portable).
 type ContainerConfigWrapper struct {
 	*container.Config
diff --git a/runconfig/config_windows.go b/runconfig/config_windows.go
index 08d9b023ec..50a5238000 100644
--- a/runconfig/config_windows.go
+++ b/runconfig/config_windows.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	networktypes "github.com/docker/engine-api/types/network"
 )
 
-// ContainerConfigWrapper is a Config wrapper that hold the container Config (portable)
+// ContainerConfigWrapper is a Config wrapper that holds the container Config (portable)
 // and the corresponding HostConfig (non-portable).
 type ContainerConfigWrapper struct {
 	*container.Config
diff --git a/volume/drivers/extpoint.go b/volume/drivers/extpoint.go
index 8369822b51..d705b8a597 100644
--- a/volume/drivers/extpoint.go
+++ b/volume/drivers/extpoint.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func Register(extension volume.Driver, name string) bool {
 	return true
 }
 
-// Unregister dissociates the name from it's driver, if the association exists.
+// Unregister dissociates the name from its driver, if the association exists.
 func Unregister(name string) bool {
 	drivers.Lock()
 	defer drivers.Unlock()
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func Lookup(name string) (volume.Driver, error) {
 	return d, nil
 }
 
-// GetDriver returns a volume driver by it's name.
+// GetDriver returns a volume driver by its name.
 // If the driver is empty, it looks for the local driver.
 func GetDriver(name string) (volume.Driver, error) {
 	if name == "" {
diff --git a/volume/store/store.go b/volume/store/store.go
index 8e023df45b..6fe0717b26 100644
--- a/volume/store/store.go
+++ b/volume/store/store.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ type VolumeStore struct {
 }
 
 // List proxies to all registered volume drivers to get the full list of volumes
-// If a driver returns a volume that has name which conflicts with a another volume from a different driver,
+// If a driver returns a volume that has name which conflicts with another volume from a different driver,
 // the first volume is chosen and the conflicting volume is dropped.
 func (s *VolumeStore) List() ([]volume.Volume, []string, error) {
 	vols, warnings, err := s.list()
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (s *VolumeStore) Get(name string) (volume.Volume, error) {
 	return v, nil
 }
 
-// get requests the volume, if the driver info is stored it just access that driver,
+// getVolume requests the volume, if the driver info is stored it just accesses that driver,
 // if the driver is unknown it probes all drivers until it finds the first volume with that name.
 // it is expected that callers of this function hold any necessary locks
 func (s *VolumeStore) getVolume(name string) (volume.Volume, error) {
diff --git a/volume/volume.go b/volume/volume.go
index 244c4d682c..c3f23bbedd 100644
--- a/volume/volume.go
+++ b/volume/volume.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func (m *MountPoint) Path() string {
 	return m.Source
 }
 
-// ParseVolumesFrom ensure that the supplied volumes-from is valid.
+// ParseVolumesFrom ensures that the supplied volumes-from is valid.
 func ParseVolumesFrom(spec string) (string, string, error) {
 	if len(spec) == 0 {
 		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("malformed volumes-from specification: %s", spec)
diff --git a/volume/volume_propagation_linux.go b/volume/volume_propagation_linux.go
index 83f2df25be..f5f28205a0 100644
--- a/volume/volume_propagation_linux.go
+++ b/volume/volume_propagation_linux.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func GetPropagation(mode string) string {
 }
 
 // HasPropagation checks if there is a valid propagation mode present in
-// passed string. Returns true if a valid propagatio mode specifier is
+// passed string. Returns true if a valid propagation mode specifier is
 // present, false otherwise.
 func HasPropagation(mode string) bool {
 	for _, o := range strings.Split(mode, ",") {
diff --git a/volume/volume_propagation_unsupported.go b/volume/volume_propagation_unsupported.go
index 85e4d46b33..0edc89abe3 100644
--- a/volume/volume_propagation_unsupported.go
+++ b/volume/volume_propagation_unsupported.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func GetPropagation(mode string) string {
 }
 
 // HasPropagation checks if there is a valid propagation mode present in
-// passed string. Returns true if a valid propagatio mode specifier is
+// passed string. Returns true if a valid propagation mode specifier is
 // present, false otherwise.
 func HasPropagation(mode string) bool {
 	return false
diff --git a/volume/volume_unix.go b/volume/volume_unix.go
index 07020a925c..acd0b1bcd0 100644
--- a/volume/volume_unix.go
+++ b/volume/volume_unix.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func ValidMountMode(mode string) bool {
 
 // ReadWrite tells you if a mode string is a valid read-write mode or not.
 // If there are no specifications w.r.t read write mode, then by default
-// it returs true.
+// it returns true.
 func ReadWrite(mode string) bool {
 	if !ValidMountMode(mode) {
 		return false