diff --git a/docs/auth/token/token_test.go b/docs/auth/token/token_test.go
index cd985770..827dbbd7 100644
--- a/docs/auth/token/token_test.go
+++ b/docs/auth/token/token_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func makeTrustedKeyMap(rootKeys []libtrust.PrivateKey) map[string]libtrust.Publi
 func makeTestToken(issuer, audience string, access []*ResourceActions, rootKey libtrust.PrivateKey, depth int) (*Token, error) {
 	signingKey, err := makeSigningKeyWithChain(rootKey, depth)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to amke signing key with chain: %s", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to make signing key with chain: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	var rawJWK json.RawMessage
diff --git a/docs/client/transport/http_reader.go b/docs/client/transport/http_reader.go
index 22b0b9d6..e1b17a03 100644
--- a/docs/client/transport/http_reader.go
+++ b/docs/client/transport/http_reader.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (hrs *httpReadSeeker) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 		return 0, hrs.err
 	}
 
-	// If we seeked to a different position, we need to reset the
+	// If we sought to a different position, we need to reset the
 	// connection. This logic is here instead of Seek so that if
 	// a seek is undone before the next read, the connection doesn't
 	// need to be closed and reopened. A common example of this is
diff --git a/docs/proxy/proxymanifeststore_test.go b/docs/proxy/proxymanifeststore_test.go
index 312eb343..1069d66c 100644
--- a/docs/proxy/proxymanifeststore_test.go
+++ b/docs/proxy/proxymanifeststore_test.go
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ func TestProxyManifests(t *testing.T) {
 	// Stat - must check local and remote
 	exists, err := env.manifests.Exists(ctx, env.manifestDigest)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Error checking existance")
+		t.Fatalf("Error checking existence")
 	}
 	if !exists {
 		t.Errorf("Unexpected non-existant manifest")
diff --git a/docs/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/docs/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index d4edd1b1..556f5204 100644
--- a/docs/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/docs/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func TestSchedule(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		_, ok := remainingRepos[repoName.String()]
 		if !ok {
-			t.Fatalf("Trying to remove nonexistant repo: %s", repoName)
+			t.Fatalf("Trying to remove nonexistent repo: %s", repoName)
 		}
 		t.Log("removing", repoName)
 		delete(remainingRepos, repoName.String())
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestRestoreOld(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		_, ok := remainingRepos[r.String()]
 		if !ok {
-			t.Fatalf("Trying to remove nonexistant repo: %s", r)
+			t.Fatalf("Trying to remove nonexistent repo: %s", r)
 		}
 		delete(remainingRepos, r.String())
 		return nil
diff --git a/docs/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go b/docs/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go
index 43d0811d..3ff4e1e6 100644
--- a/docs/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go
+++ b/docs/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ func (suite *DriverSuite) TestEventualConsistency(c *check.C) {
 	}
 
 	if misswrites > 0 {
-		c.Log("There were " + string(misswrites) + " occurences of a write not being instantly available.")
+		c.Log("There were " + string(misswrites) + " occurrences of a write not being instantly available.")
 	}
 
 	c.Assert(misswrites, check.Not(check.Equals), 1024)
diff --git a/docs/storage/walk_test.go b/docs/storage/walk_test.go
index 42f67dba..3d7a4b1b 100644
--- a/docs/storage/walk_test.go
+++ b/docs/storage/walk_test.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func TestWalkErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	err = Walk(ctx, d, "/nonexistant", func(fileInfo driver.FileInfo) error {
+	err = Walk(ctx, d, "/nonexistent", func(fileInfo driver.FileInfo) error {
 		return nil
 	})
 	if err == nil {