diff --git a/nsinit/exec.go b/nsinit/exec.go
index e76e060d..430dd89f 100644
--- a/nsinit/exec.go
+++ b/nsinit/exec.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (ns *linuxNs) Exec(container *libcontainer.Container, term Terminal, args [
 	if err != nil {
 		return -1, err
 	}
-	ns.logger.Printf("writting pid %d to file\n", command.Process.Pid)
+	ns.logger.Printf("writing pid %d to file\n", command.Process.Pid)
 	if err := ns.stateWriter.WritePid(command.Process.Pid, started); err != nil {
 		command.Process.Kill()
 		return -1, err
diff --git a/nsinit/nsinit/main.go b/nsinit/nsinit/main.go
index 37aa7849..0965c1c8 100644
--- a/nsinit/nsinit/main.go
+++ b/nsinit/nsinit/main.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func main() {
 	registerFlags()
 
 	if flag.NArg() < 1 {
-		log.Fatalf("wrong number of argments %d", flag.NArg())
+		log.Fatalf("wrong number of arguments %d", flag.NArg())
 	}
 	container, err := loadContainer()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func main() {
 			l.Fatal(err)
 		}
 		if flag.NArg() < 2 {
-			l.Fatalf("wrong number of argments %d", flag.NArg())
+			l.Fatalf("wrong number of arguments %d", flag.NArg())
 		}
 		syncPipe, err := nsinit.NewSyncPipeFromFd(0, uintptr(pipeFd))
 		if err != nil {