diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 86e224e0bb..6da3d6a592 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ prompted to provide one securely. If keyring is enabled, the password entered
 in the prompt is stored in keyring. From next time, the password is read from
 keyring, if it is not provided above (in plaintext).
 
-The token flow variation for authentication uses an already-aquired token
+The token flow variation for authentication uses an already-acquired token
 and a URL pointing directly to the service API that presumably was acquired
 from the Service Catalog::
 
diff --git a/openstackclient/identity/v2_0/project.py b/openstackclient/identity/v2_0/project.py
index 60a52ad4a6..410d2d37f1 100644
--- a/openstackclient/identity/v2_0/project.py
+++ b/openstackclient/identity/v2_0/project.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ class SetProject(command.Command):
         if 'id' in kwargs:
             del kwargs['id']
         if 'name' in kwargs:
-            # Hack around borken Identity API arg names
+            # Hack around broken Identity API arg names
             kwargs['tenant_name'] = kwargs['name']
             del kwargs['name']
 
diff --git a/openstackclient/identity/v3/project.py b/openstackclient/identity/v3/project.py
index 36787bb0e2..e7c99ec5ac 100644
--- a/openstackclient/identity/v3/project.py
+++ b/openstackclient/identity/v3/project.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class SetProject(command.Command):
         if 'id' in kwargs:
             del kwargs['id']
         if 'domain_id' in kwargs:
-            # Hack around borken Identity API arg names
+            # Hack around broken Identity API arg names
             kwargs.update(
                 {'domain': kwargs.pop('domain_id')}
             )
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/common/test_parseractions.py b/openstackclient/tests/common/test_parseractions.py
index 705e7e9c36..f26f2891f6 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/common/test_parseractions.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/common/test_parseractions.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class TestKeyValueAction(utils.TestCase):
 
         failhere = None
         actual = getattr(results, 'property', {})
-        # Verify non-existant red key
+        # Verify non-existent red key
         try:
             failhere = actual['red']
         except Exception as e: