diff --git a/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go b/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
index f770e6bf..6c87eb77 100644
--- a/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
+++ b/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func getUnitName(c *configs.Cgroup) string {
 // * Support for wildcards to allow /dev/pts support
 //
 // The second is available in more recent systemd as "char-pts", but not in e.g. v208 which is
-// in wide use. When both these are availalable we will be able to switch, but need to keep the old
+// in wide use. When both these are available we will be able to switch, but need to keep the old
 // implementation for backwards compat.
 //
 // Note: we can't use systemd to set up the initial limits, and then change the cgroup
diff --git a/configs/network.go b/configs/network.go
index 9d5ed7a6..ccdb228e 100644
--- a/configs/network.go
+++ b/configs/network.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package configs
 
 // Network defines configuration for a container's networking stack
 //
-// The network configuration can be omited from a container causing the
+// The network configuration can be omitted from a container causing the
 // container to be setup with the host's networking stack
 type Network struct {
 	// Type sets the networks type, commonly veth and loopback
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ type Network struct {
 // Routes can be specified to create entries in the route table as the container is started
 //
 // All of destination, source, and gateway should be either IPv4 or IPv6.
-// One of the three options must be present, and ommitted entries will use their
+// One of the three options must be present, and omitted entries will use their
 // IP family default for the route table.  For IPv4 for example, setting the
 // gateway to 1.2.3.4 and the interface to eth0 will set up a standard
 // destination of 0.0.0.0(or *) when viewed in the route table.
diff --git a/console_linux.go b/console_linux.go
index afdc2976..a3a0551c 100644
--- a/console_linux.go
+++ b/console_linux.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func newConsole(uid, gid int) (Console, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// newConsoleFromPath is an internal fucntion returning an initialzied console for use inside
+// newConsoleFromPath is an internal function returning an initialized console for use inside
 // a container's MNT namespace.
 func newConsoleFromPath(slavePath string) *linuxConsole {
 	return &linuxConsole{
diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index 35bdfd78..a38df826 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ type Container interface {
 	// State returns the current container's state information.
 	//
 	// errors:
-	// Systemerror - System erroor.
+	// Systemerror - System error.
 	State() (*State, error)
 
 	// Returns the current config of the container.
diff --git a/devices/devices.go b/devices/devices.go
index 537f71af..7a11eaf1 100644
--- a/devices/devices.go
+++ b/devices/devices.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ var (
 	ioutilReadDir = ioutil.ReadDir
 )
 
-// Given the path to a device and it's cgroup_permissions(which cannot be easilly queried) look up the information about a linux device and return that information as a Device struct.
+// Given the path to a device and it's cgroup_permissions(which cannot be easily queried) look up the information about a linux device and return that information as a Device struct.
 func DeviceFromPath(path, permissions string) (*configs.Device, error) {
 	fileInfo, err := osLstat(path)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/process.go b/process.go
index caabbea9..7902d08c 100644
--- a/process.go
+++ b/process.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ type Process struct {
 	Env []string
 
 	// User will set the uid and gid of the executing process running inside the container
-	// local to the contaienr's user and group configuration.
+	// local to the container's user and group configuration.
 	User string
 
 	// Cwd will change the processes current working directory inside the container's rootfs.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type Process struct {
 	consolePath string
 
 	// Capabilities specify the capabilities to keep when executing the process inside the container
-	// All capbilities not specified will be dropped from the processes capability mask
+	// All capabilities not specified will be dropped from the processes capability mask
 	Capabilities []string
 
 	ops processOperations