diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1e6892b9..9b4d98ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The move of the Kubernetes Volume Snapshot feature to beta also means:
 * A revamp of volume snapshot APIs.
 * The CSI external-snapshotter sidecar is split into two controllers, a snapshot controller and a CSI external-snapshotter sidecar.
 
-The snapshot controller is deployed by the Kubernetes distributions and is responsible for watching the VolumeSnapshot CRD objects and manges the creation and deletion lifecycle of snapshots.
+The snapshot controller is deployed by the Kubernetes distributions and is responsible for watching the VolumeSnapshot CRD objects and manages the creation and deletion lifecycle of snapshots.
 
 The CSI external-snapshotter sidecar watches Kubernetes VolumeSnapshotContent CRD objects and triggers CreateSnapshot/DeleteSnapshot against a CSI endpoint.
 
diff --git a/cmd/csi-snapshotter/main.go b/cmd/csi-snapshotter/main.go
index 74b6ffc9..23341843 100644
--- a/cmd/csi-snapshotter/main.go
+++ b/cmd/csi-snapshotter/main.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func main() {
 	factory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(snapClient, *resyncPeriod)
 	coreFactory := coreinformers.NewSharedInformerFactory(kubeClient, *resyncPeriod)
 
-	// Add Snapshot types to the defualt Kubernetes so events can be logged for them
+	// Add Snapshot types to the default Kubernetes so events can be logged for them
 	snapshotscheme.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
 
 	// Connect to CSI.
diff --git a/cmd/snapshot-controller/main.go b/cmd/snapshot-controller/main.go
index a8a87de3..3d99892c 100644
--- a/cmd/snapshot-controller/main.go
+++ b/cmd/snapshot-controller/main.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func main() {
 	factory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(snapClient, *resyncPeriod)
 	coreFactory := coreinformers.NewSharedInformerFactory(kubeClient, *resyncPeriod)
 
-	// Add Snapshot types to the defualt Kubernetes so events can be logged for them
+	// Add Snapshot types to the default Kubernetes so events can be logged for them
 	snapshotscheme.AddToScheme(scheme.Scheme)
 
 	klog.V(2).Infof("Start NewCSISnapshotController with kubeconfig [%s] resyncPeriod [%+v]", *kubeconfig, *resyncPeriod)
diff --git a/pkg/common-controller/snapshotclass_test.go b/pkg/common-controller/snapshotclass_test.go
index ec3e3353..be3ff812 100644
--- a/pkg/common-controller/snapshotclass_test.go
+++ b/pkg/common-controller/snapshotclass_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 func TestUpdateSnapshotClass(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []controllerTest{
 		{
-			// defualt snapshot class name should be set
+			// default snapshot class name should be set
 			name:                  "1-1 - default snapshot class name should be set",
 			initialContents:       nocontents,
 			initialSnapshots:      newSnapshotArray("snap1-1", "snapuid1-1", "claim1-1", "", "", "", &True, nil, nil, nil, false, true, nil),