diff --git a/cmd/containerd/command/service_unsupported.go b/cmd/containerd/command/service_unsupported.go
index 83c333b05..b28205255 100644
--- a/cmd/containerd/command/service_unsupported.go
+++ b/cmd/containerd/command/service_unsupported.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func serviceFlags() []cli.Flag {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// applyPlatformFlags applys platform-specific flags.
+// applyPlatformFlags applies platform-specific flags.
 func applyPlatformFlags(context *cli.Context) {
 }
 
diff --git a/container_linux_test.go b/container_linux_test.go
index 0e1769eb6..09e00b0e2 100644
--- a/container_linux_test.go
+++ b/container_linux_test.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func TestShimInCgroup(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if len(processes) == 0 {
-		t.Errorf("created cgroup should have atleast one process inside: %d", len(processes))
+		t.Errorf("created cgroup should have at least one process inside: %d", len(processes))
 	}
 	if err := task.Kill(ctx, unix.SIGKILL); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/images/archive/importer.go b/images/archive/importer.go
index 539900685..5bc887130 100644
--- a/images/archive/importer.go
+++ b/images/archive/importer.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func ImportIndex(ctx context.Context, store content.Store, reader io.Reader, opt
 	}
 
 	// If OCI layout was given, interpret the tar as an OCI layout.
-	// When not provided, the layout of the tar will be interpretted
+	// When not provided, the layout of the tar will be interpreted
 	// as Docker v1.1 or v1.2.
 	if ociLayout.Version != "" {
 		if ociLayout.Version != ocispec.ImageLayoutVersion {
diff --git a/oci/spec.go b/oci/spec.go
index dad87411c..035bb7e7d 100644
--- a/oci/spec.go
+++ b/oci/spec.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func generateDefaultSpecWithPlatform(ctx context.Context, platform, id string, s
 	return err
 }
 
-// ApplyOpts applys the options to the given spec, injecting data from the
+// ApplyOpts applies the options to the given spec, injecting data from the
 // context, client and container instance.
 func ApplyOpts(ctx context.Context, client Client, c *containers.Container, s *Spec, opts ...SpecOpts) error {
 	for _, o := range opts {
diff --git a/process.go b/process.go
index 3a890b514..5b302569b 100644
--- a/process.go
+++ b/process.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func NewExitStatus(code uint32, t time.Time, err error) *ExitStatus {
 	}
 }
 
-// ExitStatus encapsulates a process' exit status.
+// ExitStatus encapsulates a process's exit status.
 // It is used by `Wait()` to return either a process exit code or an error
 type ExitStatus struct {
 	code     uint32
diff --git a/remotes/handlers_test.go b/remotes/handlers_test.go
index 354c660f9..56db9837e 100644
--- a/remotes/handlers_test.go
+++ b/remotes/handlers_test.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func TestContextCustomKeyPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx = WithMediaTypeKeyPrefix(ctx, images.MediaTypeDockerSchema2Layer, "bananas")
 	ctx = WithMediaTypeKeyPrefix(ctx, cmt, "apples")
 
-	// makes sure tha even though we've supplied some custom handling, the built-in still works
+	// makes sure that even though we've supplied some custom handling, the built-in still works
 	t.Run("normal supported case", func(t *testing.T) {
 		desc := ocispec.Descriptor{MediaType: ocispec.MediaTypeImageLayer}
 		expected := "layer-"