diff --git a/distributed/worker.py b/distributed/worker.py
index ecbfe5c126..76cf23df9d 100644
--- a/distributed/worker.py
+++ b/distributed/worker.py
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ class Worker(ServerNode):
 
         $ dask-worker --help
 
-    The rest of this docstring is about the internal state the the worker uses
+    The rest of this docstring is about the internal state that the worker uses
     to manage and track internal computations.
 
     **State**
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ class Worker(ServerNode):
     **Volatile State**
 
     These attributes track the progress of tasks that this worker is trying to
-    complete.  In the descriptions below a ``key`` is the name of a task that
+    complete. In the descriptions below a ``key`` is the name of a task that
     we want to compute and ``dep`` is the name of a piece of dependent data
     that we want to collect from others.
 
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ class Worker(ServerNode):
     memory_target_fraction: float or False
         Fraction of memory to try to stay beneath
         (default: read from config key distributed.worker.memory.target)
-    memory_spill_fraction: float or false
+    memory_spill_fraction: float or False
         Fraction of memory at which we start spilling to disk
         (default: read from config key distributed.worker.memory.spill)
     memory_pause_fraction: float or False
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ async def close(
                 for c in Worker._initialized_clients:
                     # Regardless of what the client was initialized with
                     # we'll require the result as a future. This is
-                    # necessary since the heursitics of asynchronous are not
+                    # necessary since the heuristics of asynchronous are not
                     # reliable and we might deadlock here
                     c._asynchronous = True
                     if c.asynchronous:
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ async def close_gracefully(self, restart=None):
         """Gracefully shut down a worker
 
         This first informs the scheduler that we're shutting down, and asks it
-        to move our data elsewhere.  Afterwards, we close as normal
+        to move our data elsewhere. Afterwards, we close as normal
         """
         if self.status in (Status.closing, Status.closing_gracefully):
             await self.finished()
@@ -2272,7 +2272,7 @@ def _transition_from_resumed(
 
         executing -> cancelled -> resumed(fetch)
 
-        depending on the origin. Equally, only `fetch`, `waiting` or `released`
+        depending on the origin. Equally, only `fetch`, `waiting`, or `released`
         are allowed output states.
 
         See also `transition_resumed_waiting`
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ def _transition_from_resumed(
             # If we're not done, yet, just remember where we want to be next
             ts._next = finish
         else:
-            # Flight/executing finished unsuccesfully, i.e. not in memory
+            # Flight/executing finished unsuccessfully, i.e. not in memory
             assert finish != "memory"
             next_state = ts._next
             assert next_state in {"waiting", "fetch"}, next_state
@@ -2307,17 +2307,13 @@ def _transition_from_resumed(
     def transition_resumed_fetch(
         self, ts: TaskState, *, stimulus_id: str
     ) -> RecsInstrs:
-        """
-        See Worker._transition_from_resumed
-        """
+        """See Worker._transition_from_resumed"""
         return self._transition_from_resumed(ts, "fetch", stimulus_id=stimulus_id)
 
     def transition_resumed_missing(
         self, ts: TaskState, *, stimulus_id: str
     ) -> RecsInstrs:
-        """
-        See Worker._transition_from_resumed
-        """
+        """See Worker._transition_from_resumed"""
         return self._transition_from_resumed(ts, "missing", stimulus_id=stimulus_id)
 
     def transition_resumed_released(
@@ -2333,9 +2329,7 @@ def transition_resumed_released(
     def transition_resumed_waiting(
         self, ts: TaskState, *, stimulus_id: str
     ) -> RecsInstrs:
-        """
-        See Worker._transition_from_resumed
-        """
+        """See Worker._transition_from_resumed"""
         return self._transition_from_resumed(ts, "waiting", stimulus_id=stimulus_id)
 
     def transition_cancelled_fetch(