diff --git a/install_libs.sh b/install_libs.sh
index c5879106..be819054 100755
--- a/install_libs.sh
+++ b/install_libs.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Install required libraries written in c and java
 #
 # NOTE: The libraries are currently installed under /usr/lib/storlets
-#       so you may need root priviledge to execute this script
+#       so you may need root privilege to execute this script
 
 # build scripts
 cd scripts
diff --git a/storlets/agent/common/server.py b/storlets/agent/common/server.py
index 88ca781c..5a1b147e 100644
--- a/storlets/agent/common/server.py
+++ b/storlets/agent/common/server.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ CommandFailure = partial(CommandResponse, False)
 
 def command_handler(func):
     """
-    Decorator for handler methods called accoring to given sbus command
+    Decorator for handler methods called according to given sbus command
     """
     func.is_command_handler = True
     return func
diff --git a/storlets/swift_middleware/handlers/base.py b/storlets/swift_middleware/handlers/base.py
index 84bf55d0..1889a986 100644
--- a/storlets/swift_middleware/handlers/base.py
+++ b/storlets/swift_middleware/handlers/base.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class StorletBaseHandler(object):
         Apply storlet on response
 
         :param resp: swob.Response instance
-        :return: processed reponse
+        :return: processed response
         """
         sresp = self._call_gateway(resp)
 
diff --git a/storlets/swift_middleware/handlers/proxy.py b/storlets/swift_middleware/handlers/proxy.py
index 46b3f44d..9f52f835 100644
--- a/storlets/swift_middleware/handlers/proxy.py
+++ b/storlets/swift_middleware/handlers/proxy.py
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ class StorletProxyHandler(StorletBaseHandler):
                                   agent=self.agent)
         sub_resp = sub_req.get_response(self.app)
         if sub_resp.status_int != 204:
-            self.logger.info("Failed to retreive container metadata")
+            self.logger.info("Failed to retrieve container metadata")
             return HTTPUnauthorized(('Unauthorized to get or modify '
                                      'the container ACL'))
 
diff --git a/storlets/tools/extensions/ipython.py b/storlets/tools/extensions/ipython.py
index 5ad161a6..04b58d12 100644
--- a/storlets/tools/extensions/ipython.py
+++ b/storlets/tools/extensions/ipython.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class StorletMagics(Magics):
         '-o', type=unicode_type,
         help=('A name of an output variable to hold the invocation result '
               'The output variable is a dictionary with the fields: '
-              'status, headers, content_iter holding the reponse status, '
+              'status, headers, content_iter holding the response status, '
               'headers, and body iterator accordingly')
     )
     @line_magic
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ class StorletMagics(Magics):
         '-o', type=unicode_type,
         help=('A name of an output variable to hold the invocation result '
               'The output variable is a dictionary with the fields: '
-              'status, headers, holding the reponse status and '
+              'status, headers, holding the response status and '
               'headers accordingly')
     )
     @line_magic
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ class StorletMagics(Magics):
         '-o', type=unicode_type,
         help=('A name of an output variable to hold the invocation result '
               'The output variable is a dictionary with the fields: '
-              'status, headers, holding the reponse status and '
+              'status, headers, holding the response status and '
               'headers accordingly')
     )
     @line_magic
diff --git a/tests/unit/gateway/gateways/docker/test_gateway.py b/tests/unit/gateway/gateways/docker/test_gateway.py
index 7fc58f96..a449f59d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/gateway/gateways/docker/test_gateway.py
+++ b/tests/unit/gateway/gateways/docker/test_gateway.py
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ class TestStorletDockerGateway(unittest.TestCase):
         self.obj = 'object'
         self.sobj = 'storlet-1.0.jar'
 
-        # TODO(kota_): shoudl be 'storlet-internal-client.conf' actually
+        # TODO(kota_): should be 'storlet-internal-client.conf' actually
         ic_conf_path = os.path.join(self.tempdir,
                                     'storlet-proxy-server.conf')
         with open(ic_conf_path, 'w') as f: