diff --git a/defaults/defaults.go b/defaults/defaults.go
index 3a748e4e8..6f5b122ec 100644
--- a/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ const (
 	// DefaultMaxSendMsgSize defines the default maximum message size for
 	// sending protobufs passed over the GRPC API.
 	DefaultMaxSendMsgSize = 16 << 20
-	// DefaultRuntimeNSLabel defines the namespace label to check for
+	// DefaultRuntimeNSLabel defines the namespace label to check for the
 	// default runtime
 	DefaultRuntimeNSLabel = "containerd.io/defaults/runtime"
-	// DefaultSnapshotterNSLabel defines the namespances label to check for
+	// DefaultSnapshotterNSLabel defines the namespace label to check for the
 	// default snapshotter
 	DefaultSnapshotterNSLabel = "containerd.io/defaults/snapshotter"
 )