diff --git a/containerd-shim/console.go b/containerd-shim/console.go
index 699c085..1d3262d 100644
--- a/containerd-shim/console.go
+++ b/containerd-shim/console.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"unsafe"
 )
 
-// NewConsole returns an initalized console that can be used within a container by copying bytes
+// NewConsole returns an initialized console that can be used within a container by copying bytes
 // from the master side to the slave that is attached as the tty for the container's init process.
 func newConsole(uid, gid int) (*os.File, string, error) {
 	master, err := os.OpenFile("/dev/ptmx", syscall.O_RDWR|syscall.O_NOCTTY|syscall.O_CLOEXEC, 0)
diff --git a/runtime/runtime.go b/runtime/runtime.go
index 55520fd..88044eb 100644
--- a/runtime/runtime.go
+++ b/runtime/runtime.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var (
 	// ErrContainerExited is returned when access to an exited
 	// container is attempted
 	ErrContainerExited = errors.New("containerd: container has exited")
-	// ErrProcessNotExited is returned when trying to retrive the exit
+	// ErrProcessNotExited is returned when trying to retrieve the exit
 	// status of an alive process
 	ErrProcessNotExited = errors.New("containerd: process has not exited")
 	// ErrContainerNotStarted is returned when a container fails to