diff --git a/pkg/parsers/kernel/uname_linux.go b/pkg/parsers/kernel/uname_linux.go
index 7d12fcbd9d..bb9b32641e 100644
--- a/pkg/parsers/kernel/uname_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/parsers/kernel/uname_linux.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Utsname represents the system name structure.
-// It is passthgrouh for syscall.Utsname in order to make it portable with
+// It is passthrough for syscall.Utsname in order to make it portable with
 // other platforms where it is not available.
 type Utsname syscall.Utsname
 
diff --git a/pkg/platform/architecture_freebsd.go b/pkg/platform/architecture_freebsd.go
index 06dc9fe01b..5849eccc5a 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/architecture_freebsd.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/architecture_freebsd.go
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 )
 
-// runtimeArchitecture get the name of the current architecture (x86, x86_64, …)
+// runtimeArchitecture gets the name of the current architecture (x86, x86_64, …)
 func runtimeArchitecture() (string, error) {
 	cmd := exec.Command("uname", "-m")
 	machine, err := cmd.Output()
diff --git a/pkg/platform/architecture_linux.go b/pkg/platform/architecture_linux.go
index 30c58c78a1..2cdc2c5918 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/architecture_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/architecture_linux.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-// runtimeArchitecture get the name of the current architecture (x86, x86_64, …)
+// runtimeArchitecture gets the name of the current architecture (x86, x86_64, …)
 func runtimeArchitecture() (string, error) {
 	utsname := &syscall.Utsname{}
 	if err := syscall.Uname(utsname); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/platform/architecture_windows.go b/pkg/platform/architecture_windows.go
index c72e1662e2..0dd8a2e416 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/architecture_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/architecture_windows.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const (
 
 var sysinfo systeminfo
 
-// runtimeArchitecture get the name of the current architecture (x86, x86_64, …)
+// runtimeArchitecture gets the name of the current architecture (x86, x86_64, …)
 func runtimeArchitecture() (string, error) {
 	syscall.Syscall(procGetSystemInfo.Addr(), 1, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&sysinfo)), 0, 0)
 	switch sysinfo.wProcessorArchitecture {
diff --git a/pkg/platform/platform.go b/pkg/platform/platform.go
index 59e2529546..e4b03122f4 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/platform.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/platform.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ func init() {
 	var err error
 	Architecture, err = runtimeArchitecture()
 	if err != nil {
-		logrus.Errorf("Could no read system architecture info: %v", err)
+		logrus.Errorf("Could not read system architecture info: %v", err)
 	}
 	OSType = runtime.GOOS
 }
diff --git a/pkg/reexec/reexec.go b/pkg/reexec/reexec.go
index ceb98d25fc..c56671d919 100644
--- a/pkg/reexec/reexec.go
+++ b/pkg/reexec/reexec.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ var registeredInitializers = make(map[string]func())
 // Register adds an initialization func under the specified name
 func Register(name string, initializer func()) {
 	if _, exists := registeredInitializers[name]; exists {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("reexec func already registred under name %q", name))
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("reexec func already registered under name %q", name))
 	}
 
 	registeredInitializers[name] = initializer
diff --git a/pkg/registrar/registrar.go b/pkg/registrar/registrar.go
index 8910197f29..1e75ee995b 100644
--- a/pkg/registrar/registrar.go
+++ b/pkg/registrar/registrar.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ var (
 	ErrNoSuchKey = errors.New("provided key does not exist")
 )
 
-// Registrar stores indexes a list of keys and their registered names as well as indexes names and the key that they are registred to
+// Registrar stores indexes a list of keys and their registered names as well as indexes names and the key that they are registered to
 // Names must be unique.
 // Registrar is safe for concurrent access.
 type Registrar struct {
diff --git a/pkg/stringid/stringid.go b/pkg/stringid/stringid.go
index 02d2594e1a..161184ff8a 100644
--- a/pkg/stringid/stringid.go
+++ b/pkg/stringid/stringid.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func IsShortID(id string) bool {
 // TruncateID returns a shorthand version of a string identifier for convenience.
 // A collision with other shorthands is very unlikely, but possible.
 // In case of a collision a lookup with TruncIndex.Get() will fail, and the caller
-// will need to use a langer prefix, or the full-length Id.
+// will need to use a longer prefix, or the full-length Id.
 func TruncateID(id string) string {
 	if i := strings.IndexRune(id, ':'); i >= 0 {
 		id = id[i+1:]
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func generateID(crypto bool) string {
 	}
 }
 
-// GenerateRandomID returns an unique id.
+// GenerateRandomID returns a unique id.
 func GenerateRandomID() string {
 	return generateID(true)
 
diff --git a/pkg/stringutils/stringutils.go b/pkg/stringutils/stringutils.go
index 41a0d2eb3a..7c00b972dd 100644
--- a/pkg/stringutils/stringutils.go
+++ b/pkg/stringutils/stringutils.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func GenerateRandomAlphaOnlyString(n int) string {
 	return string(b)
 }
 
-// GenerateRandomASCIIString generates an ASCII random stirng with length n.
+// GenerateRandomASCIIString generates an ASCII random string with length n.
 func GenerateRandomASCIIString(n int) string {
 	chars := "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" +
 		"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" +
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func quote(word string, buf *bytes.Buffer) {
 }
 
 // ShellQuoteArguments takes a list of strings and escapes them so they will be
-// handled right when passed as arguments to an program via a shell
+// handled right when passed as arguments to a program via a shell
 func ShellQuoteArguments(args []string) string {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	for i, arg := range args {
diff --git a/pkg/system/umask.go b/pkg/system/umask.go
index c670fcd758..3d0146b01a 100644
--- a/pkg/system/umask.go
+++ b/pkg/system/umask.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Umask sets current process's file mode creation mask to newmask
-// and return oldmask.
+// and returns oldmask.
 func Umask(newmask int) (oldmask int, err error) {
 	return syscall.Umask(newmask), nil
 }