diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1a9ecb744..545137f6f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ It's mandatory to:
 
 Complying to these simple rules will greatly accelerate the review process, and will ensure you have a pleasant experience in contributing code to the Registry.
 
-Have a look at a great, succesful contribution: the [Ceph driver PR](https://github.com/docker/distribution/pull/443)
+Have a look at a great, successful contribution: the [Ceph driver PR](https://github.com/docker/distribution/pull/443)
 
 ## Coding Style
 
diff --git a/docs/apache.md b/docs/apache.md
index c3d3afd4a..f694ca3e2 100644
--- a/docs/apache.md
+++ b/docs/apache.md
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ If you just want authentication for your registry, and are happy maintaining use
 
 With the method presented here, you implement basic authentication for docker engines in a reverse proxy that sits in front of your registry.
 
-While we use a simple htpasswd file as an example, any other apache authentication backend should be fairly easy to implement once you are done with the exemple.
+While we use a simple htpasswd file as an example, any other apache authentication backend should be fairly easy to implement once you are done with the example.
 
-We also implement push restriction (to a limited user group) for the sake of the exemple. Again, you should modify this to fit your mileage. 
+We also implement push restriction (to a limited user group) for the sake of the example. Again, you should modify this to fit your mileage. 
 
 ### Gotchas
 
diff --git a/docs/spec/api.md b/docs/spec/api.md
index ce4f02344..a4d5185ab 100644
--- a/docs/spec/api.md
+++ b/docs/spec/api.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ A docker engine instance would like to run verified image named
 requesting the manifest for "library/ubuntu:latest". An untrusted registry
 returns a manifest. Before proceeding to download the individual layers, the
 engine verifies the manifest's signature, ensuring that the content was
-produced from a trusted source and no tampering has occured. After each layer
+produced from a trusted source and no tampering has occurred. After each layer
 is downloaded, the engine verifies the digest of the layer, ensuring that the
 content matches that specified by the manifest.
 
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ results, the URL for the next block is encoded in an
 relation. The presence of the `Link` header communicates to the client that
 the entire result set has not been returned and another request must be
 issued. If the header is not present, the client can assume that all results
-have been recieved.
+have been received.
 
 > __NOTE:__ In the request template above, note that the brackets
 > are required. For example, if the url is
diff --git a/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl b/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl
index 544b0bfe0..6f2808bb6 100644
--- a/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl
+++ b/docs/spec/api.md.tmpl
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ A docker engine instance would like to run verified image named
 requesting the manifest for "library/ubuntu:latest". An untrusted registry
 returns a manifest. Before proceeding to download the individual layers, the
 engine verifies the manifest's signature, ensuring that the content was
-produced from a trusted source and no tampering has occured. After each layer
+produced from a trusted source and no tampering has occurred. After each layer
 is downloaded, the engine verifies the digest of the layer, ensuring that the
 content matches that specified by the manifest.
 
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ results, the URL for the next block is encoded in an
 relation. The presence of the `Link` header communicates to the client that
 the entire result set has not been returned and another request must be
 issued. If the header is not present, the client can assume that all results
-have been recieved.
+have been received.
 
 > __NOTE:__ In the request template above, note that the brackets
 > are required. For example, if the url is
diff --git a/registry/auth/token/token_test.go b/registry/auth/token/token_test.go
index cd985770d..827dbbd75 100644
--- a/registry/auth/token/token_test.go
+++ b/registry/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/registry/client/transport/http_reader.go b/registry/client/transport/http_reader.go
index 22b0b9d69..e1b17a03a 100644
--- a/registry/client/transport/http_reader.go
+++ b/registry/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/registry/proxy/proxymanifeststore_test.go b/registry/proxy/proxymanifeststore_test.go
index 312eb343d..1069d66c8 100644
--- a/registry/proxy/proxymanifeststore_test.go
+++ b/registry/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/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index d4edd1b13..556f52045 100644
--- a/registry/proxy/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/registry/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/registry/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go b/registry/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go
index 43d0811db..3ff4e1e69 100644
--- a/registry/storage/driver/testsuites/testsuites.go
+++ b/registry/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/registry/storage/walk_test.go b/registry/storage/walk_test.go
index 42f67dbaf..3d7a4b1b6 100644
--- a/registry/storage/walk_test.go
+++ b/registry/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 {