diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index a4af23e5..53def4b8 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type ErrRepositoryUnknown struct {
 }
 
 func (err ErrRepositoryUnknown) Error() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("unknown respository name=%s", err.Name)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("unknown repository name=%s", err.Name)
 }
 
 // ErrRepositoryNameInvalid should be used to denote an invalid repository
diff --git a/registry/api/v2/names.go b/registry/api/v2/names.go
index e4a98861..19cb72a0 100644
--- a/registry/api/v2/names.go
+++ b/registry/api/v2/names.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var (
 	// ErrRepositoryNameComponentShort is returned when a repository name
 	// contains a component which is shorter than
 	// RepositoryNameComponentMinLength
-	ErrRepositoryNameComponentShort = fmt.Errorf("respository name component must be %v or more characters", RepositoryNameComponentMinLength)
+	ErrRepositoryNameComponentShort = fmt.Errorf("repository name component must be %v or more characters", RepositoryNameComponentMinLength)
 
 	// ErrRepositoryNameMissingComponents is returned when a repository name
 	// contains fewer than RepositoryNameMinComponents components
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ var (
 	ErrRepositoryNameComponentInvalid = fmt.Errorf("repository name component must match %q", RepositoryNameComponentRegexp.String())
 )
 
-// ValidateRespositoryName ensures the repository name is valid for use in the
+// ValidateRepositoryName ensures the repository name is valid for use in the
 // registry. This function accepts a superset of what might be accepted by
 // docker core or docker hub. If the name does not pass validation, an error,
 // describing the conditions, is returned.
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ var (
 //
 // The result of the production, known as the "namespace", should be limited
 // to 255 characters.
-func ValidateRespositoryName(name string) error {
+func ValidateRepositoryName(name string) error {
 	if len(name) > RepositoryNameTotalLengthMax {
 		return ErrRepositoryNameLong
 	}
diff --git a/registry/api/v2/names_test.go b/registry/api/v2/names_test.go
index de6a168f..d1dd2b48 100644
--- a/registry/api/v2/names_test.go
+++ b/registry/api/v2/names_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func TestRepositoryNameRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fail()
 		}
 
-		if err := ValidateRespositoryName(testcase.input); err != testcase.err {
+		if err := ValidateRepositoryName(testcase.input); err != testcase.err {
 			if testcase.err != nil {
 				if err != nil {
 					failf("unexpected error for invalid repository: got %v, expected %v", err, testcase.err)
diff --git a/registry/storage/cache/memory.go b/registry/storage/cache/memory.go
index 40ab0d94..125c11fb 100644
--- a/registry/storage/cache/memory.go
+++ b/registry/storage/cache/memory.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func NewInMemoryBlobDescriptorCacheProvider() BlobDescriptorCacheProvider {
 }
 
 func (imbdcp *inMemoryBlobDescriptorCacheProvider) RepositoryScoped(repo string) (distribution.BlobDescriptorService, error) {
-	if err := v2.ValidateRespositoryName(repo); err != nil {
+	if err := v2.ValidateRepositoryName(repo); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/registry/storage/cache/redis.go b/registry/storage/cache/redis.go
index c0e542bc..1f3727f0 100644
--- a/registry/storage/cache/redis.go
+++ b/registry/storage/cache/redis.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func NewRedisBlobDescriptorCacheProvider(pool *redis.Pool) BlobDescriptorCachePr
 
 // RepositoryScoped returns the scoped cache.
 func (rbds *redisBlobDescriptorService) RepositoryScoped(repo string) (distribution.BlobDescriptorService, error) {
-	if err := v2.ValidateRespositoryName(repo); err != nil {
+	if err := v2.ValidateRepositoryName(repo); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/registry/storage/registry.go b/registry/storage/registry.go
index 659c789e..331aba73 100644
--- a/registry/storage/registry.go
+++ b/registry/storage/registry.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (reg *registry) Scope() distribution.Scope {
 // Instances should not be shared between goroutines but are cheap to
 // allocate. In general, they should be request scoped.
 func (reg *registry) Repository(ctx context.Context, name string) (distribution.Repository, error) {
-	if err := v2.ValidateRespositoryName(name); err != nil {
+	if err := v2.ValidateRepositoryName(name); err != nil {
 		return nil, distribution.ErrRepositoryNameInvalid{
 			Name:   name,
 			Reason: err,