diff --git a/loader/loader.go b/loader/loader.go
index eb668db3be..fb50218018 100644
--- a/loader/loader.go
+++ b/loader/loader.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func allRec(path string, filter Filter, errors *loaderErrors, loaded *Result, de
 	}
 
 	// If we are recursing on directories then content must be loaded under path
-	// speciifed by directory hierarchy.
+	// specified by directory hierarchy.
 	if depth > 0 {
 		loaded = loaded.withParent(info.Name())
 	}
diff --git a/runtime/logging.go b/runtime/logging.go
index d2b3752093..d92571c0f6 100644
--- a/runtime/logging.go
+++ b/runtime/logging.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func readBody(r io.ReadCloser) ([]byte, io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	return buf.Bytes(), ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes())), nil
 }
 
-// prettyFormatteer implements the Logrus Formatter interface
+// prettyFormatter implements the Logrus Formatter interface
 // and provides a more simple, but easier to read, text formatter
 // option than the default logrus.TextFormatter.
 type prettyFormatter struct {
diff --git a/runtime/runtime.go b/runtime/runtime.go
index 1d6092124c..1222ddc68f 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ type Params struct {
 	// conform to the syntax defined in the `strval` package
 	ConfigOverrides []string
 
-	// ConfigOverrideFiles Similar to `ConfigOverrides` execept they are in the
+	// ConfigOverrideFiles Similar to `ConfigOverrides` except they are in the
 	// form of `key=path/to/file`where the file contains the value to be used.
 	ConfigOverrideFiles []string
 
diff --git a/topdown/builtins.go b/topdown/builtins.go
index 8cca121913..e6807b7ec2 100644
--- a/topdown/builtins.go
+++ b/topdown/builtins.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type (
 	// BuiltinFunc defines an interface for implementing built-in functions.
 	// The built-in function is called with the plugged operands from the call
 	// (including the output operands.) The implementation should evaluate the
-	// operands and invoke the iteraror for each successful/defined output
+	// operands and invoke the iterator for each successful/defined output
 	// value.
 	BuiltinFunc func(bctx BuiltinContext, operands []*ast.Term, iter func(*ast.Term) error) error
 )
diff --git a/util/backoff.go b/util/backoff.go
index 89eccbc92f..9e3a372573 100644
--- a/util/backoff.go
+++ b/util/backoff.go
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-// DefaultBackoff returns a delay with an expontential backoff based on the
+// DefaultBackoff returns a delay with an exponential backoff based on the
 // number of retries.
 func DefaultBackoff(base, max float64, retries int) time.Duration {
 	return Backoff(base, max, .2, 1.6, retries)
 }
 
-// Backoff returns a delay with an expontential backoff based on the number of
+// Backoff returns a delay with an exponential backoff based on the number of
 // retries. Same algorithm used in gRPC.
 func Backoff(base, max, jitter, factor float64, retries int) time.Duration {
 	if retries == 0 {