diff --git a/cmd/compose/ps.go b/cmd/compose/ps.go
index 9eed19145d..0c29499856 100644
--- a/cmd/compose/ps.go
+++ b/cmd/compose/ps.go
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@ SERVICES:
 	}
 
 	return formatter.Print(containers, opts.Format, os.Stdout,
-		writter(containers),
+		writer(containers),
 		"NAME", "COMMAND", "SERVICE", "STATUS", "PORTS")
 }
 
-func writter(containers []api.ContainerSummary) func(w io.Writer) {
+func writer(containers []api.ContainerSummary) func(w io.Writer) {
 	return func(w io.Writer) {
 		for _, container := range containers {
 			ports := displayablePorts(container)
diff --git a/pkg/compose/dependencies.go b/pkg/compose/dependencies.go
index 2147862b84..ed33ec2b2b 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/dependencies.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/dependencies.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func getParents(v *Vertex) []*Vertex {
 	return v.GetParents()
 }
 
-// GetParents returns a slice with the parent vertexes of the a Vertex
+// GetParents returns a slice with the parent vertices of the a Vertex
 func (v *Vertex) GetParents() []*Vertex {
 	var res []*Vertex
 	for _, p := range v.Parents {
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func getChildren(v *Vertex) []*Vertex {
 	return v.GetChildren()
 }
 
-// GetChildren returns a slice with the child vertexes of the a Vertex
+// GetChildren returns a slice with the child vertices of the a Vertex
 func (v *Vertex) GetChildren() []*Vertex {
 	var res []*Vertex
 	for _, p := range v.Children {
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func (g *Graph) AddVertex(key string, service string, initialStatus ServiceStatu
 	g.Vertices[key] = v
 }
 
-// AddEdge adds a relationship of dependency between vertexes `source` and `destination`
+// AddEdge adds a relationship of dependency between vertices `source` and `destination`
 func (g *Graph) AddEdge(source string, destination string) error {
 	g.lock.Lock()
 	defer g.lock.Unlock()
diff --git a/pkg/e2e/framework.go b/pkg/e2e/framework.go
index 2a5880adaf..502f89989f 100644
--- a/pkg/e2e/framework.go
+++ b/pkg/e2e/framework.go
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ func Lines(output string) []string {
 }
 
 // HTTPGetWithRetry performs an HTTP GET on an `endpoint`, using retryDelay also as a request timeout.
-// In the case of an error or the response status is not the expeted one, it retries the same request,
+// In the case of an error or the response status is not the expected one, it retries the same request,
 // returning the response body as a string (empty if we could not reach it)
 func HTTPGetWithRetry(t testing.TB, endpoint string, expectedStatus int, retryDelay time.Duration, timeout time.Duration) string {
 	var (