diff --git a/control/control_test.go b/control/control_test.go
index 9333f0347..71d9cf4f6 100644
--- a/control/control_test.go
+++ b/control/control_test.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ func TestSwapPlugin(t *testing.T) {
 		<-lpe.done
 
 		// Swap plugin that was loaded with a different version of the plugin
-		Convey("Successfull swapping plugins", func() {
+		Convey("Successful swapping plugins", func() {
 			Convey("Should generate a swapped plugins event", func() {
 				Convey("So first plugin in catalog after swap should have name mock", func() {
 					So(c.PluginCatalog()[0].Name(), ShouldEqual, "mock")
diff --git a/control/plugin/cpolicy/node_test.go b/control/plugin/cpolicy/node_test.go
index 5023df9b1..723e06003 100644
--- a/control/plugin/cpolicy/node_test.go
+++ b/control/plugin/cpolicy/node_test.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func TestConfigPolicyNode(t *testing.T) {
 		So(errorsMsg(pe.Errors()), ShouldContain, "required key missing (password)")
 	})
 
-	Convey("returns errors for missing required data (mutliple)", t, func() {
+	Convey("returns errors for missing required data (multiple)", t, func() {
 		n := NewPolicyNode()
 		So(n, ShouldNotBeNil)
 
diff --git a/grpc/controlproxy/controlproxy_medium_test.go b/grpc/controlproxy/controlproxy_medium_test.go
index 1085c0ef5..2c3172170 100644
--- a/grpc/controlproxy/controlproxy_medium_test.go
+++ b/grpc/controlproxy/controlproxy_medium_test.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func TestCollectMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	})
 
-	Convey("Control.CollectMetrics returns sucessfully", t, func() {
+	Convey("Control.CollectMetrics returns successfully", t, func() {
 		reply := &rpc.CollectMetricsResponse{
 			Metrics: []*common.Metric{&common.Metric{
 				Namespace:          common.ToNamespace(core.NewNamespace("testing", "this")),
diff --git a/mgmt/rest/fixtures/mock_tribe_manager.go b/mgmt/rest/fixtures/mock_tribe_manager.go
index 21c6c7829..10a9717f1 100644
--- a/mgmt/rest/fixtures/mock_tribe_manager.go
+++ b/mgmt/rest/fixtures/mock_tribe_manager.go
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ const (
   }
 }`
 
-	LEAVE_TRIBE_AGREEMENT_REPSONSE_NAME_LEAVE = `{
+	LEAVE_TRIBE_AGREEMENT_RESPONSE_NAME_LEAVE = `{
   "meta": {
     "code": 200,
     "message": "Tribe agreement left",
diff --git a/mgmt/rest/rest_v1_test.go b/mgmt/rest/rest_v1_test.go
index 5f0721e5b..30a9e9fc8 100644
--- a/mgmt/rest/rest_v1_test.go
+++ b/mgmt/rest/rest_v1_test.go
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ func TestV1Tribe(t *testing.T) {
 			body, err = ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
 			So(
-				fmt.Sprintf(fixtures.LEAVE_TRIBE_AGREEMENT_REPSONSE_NAME_LEAVE),
+				fmt.Sprintf(fixtures.LEAVE_TRIBE_AGREEMENT_RESPONSE_NAME_LEAVE),
 				ShouldResemble,
 				string(body))
 		})
diff --git a/scheduler/distributed_task_test.go b/scheduler/distributed_task_test.go
index e5878c4b3..1485a1670 100644
--- a/scheduler/distributed_task_test.go
+++ b/scheduler/distributed_task_test.go
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ func TestDistributedSubscriptions(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		})
 
-		Convey("Starting task should suceed if all deps are available", func() {
+		Convey("Starting task should succeed if all deps are available", func() {
 			//Create a task
 			//Create a workflowmap
 			wf := dsWFMap(port1)
diff --git a/scripts/run_tests_with_docker.sh b/scripts/run_tests_with_docker.sh
index 555dd3aa0..351e3918c 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tests_with_docker.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tests_with_docker.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ __proj_dir="$(dirname "$__dir")"
 _debug "script directory ${__dir}"
 _debug "project directory ${__proj_dir}"
 
-[[ "$SNAP_TEST_TYPE" =~ ^(small|medium|large|legacy)$ ]] || _error "invalid TEST_TYPE (value must be 'small', 'medium', 'large', or 'legacy', recieved:${SNAP_TEST_TYPE}"
+[[ "$SNAP_TEST_TYPE" =~ ^(small|medium|large|legacy)$ ]] || _error "invalid TEST_TYPE (value must be 'small', 'medium', 'large', or 'legacy', received:${SNAP_TEST_TYPE}"
 
 (cd ${__proj_dir} && docker build -t intelsdi-x/snap-test -f "${__dir}/Dockerfile" .)
 docker run -it intelsdi-x/snap-test scripts/test.sh "${SNAP_TEST_TYPE}"