diff --git a/.golangci.example.yml b/.golangci.example.yml
index 451e5285..b9aba9bb 100644
--- a/.golangci.example.yml
+++ b/.golangci.example.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ linters-settings:
     # tokens count to trigger issue, 150 by default
     threshold: 100
   errcheck:
-    # report about not checking of errors in type assetions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`;
+    # report about not checking of errors in type assertions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`;
     # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
     check-type-assertions: false
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 20dbd476..154808e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ linters-settings:
     # tokens count to trigger issue, 150 by default
     threshold: 100
   errcheck:
-    # report about not checking of errors in type assetions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`;
+    # report about not checking of errors in type assertions: `a := b.(MyStruct)`;
     # default is false: such cases aren't reported by default.
     check-type-assertions: false
 
diff --git a/pkg/fsutils/fsutils.go b/pkg/fsutils/fsutils.go
index fa5fda6a..a39c105e 100644
--- a/pkg/fsutils/fsutils.go
+++ b/pkg/fsutils/fsutils.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func ShortestRelPath(path, wd string) (string, error) {
 	path = evaledPath
 
 	// make path absolute and then relative to be able to fix this case:
-	// we'are in /test dir, we want to normalize ../test, and have file file.go in this dir;
+	// we are in /test dir, we want to normalize ../test, and have file file.go in this dir;
 	// it must have normalized path file.go, not ../test/file.go,
 	var absPath string
 	if filepath.IsAbs(path) {
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/gofmt_common.go b/pkg/golinters/gofmt_common.go
index dd740d2f..ae152ad7 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/gofmt_common.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/gofmt_common.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (p *hunkChangesParser) parse(h *diffpkg.Hunk) []Change {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		// no deletions, only addings
+		// no deletions, only additions
 		p.handleAddedOnlyLines(addedLines)
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/scopelint.go b/pkg/golinters/scopelint.go
index 660b3ab6..258912e0 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/scopelint.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/scopelint.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func (f *Node) Visit(node ast.Node) ast.Visitor {
 		}
 
 	case *ast.RangeStmt:
-		// Memory variables declarated in range statement
+		// Memory variables declared in range statement
 		switch k := typedNode.Key.(type) {
 		case *ast.Ident:
 			f.UnsafeObjects[k.Obj] = 0