diff --git a/design/architecture.md b/design/architecture.md
index fc6d236..0c31965 100644
--- a/design/architecture.md
+++ b/design/architecture.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ may be exported for access via corresponding _services_.
 ## Modules
 
 In addition to the subsystems have, we have several components that may cross
-subsystem boundaries, referened to as components. We have the following
+subsystem boundaries, referenced to as components. We have the following
 components:
 
 - __*Executor*__: The executor implements the actual container runtime.
diff --git a/design/lifecycle.md b/design/lifecycle.md
index c7896e2..6ab44bf 100644
--- a/design/lifecycle.md
+++ b/design/lifecycle.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ While containerd is a daemon that provides API to manage multiple containers, th
 
 ## containerd
 
-The daemon provides an API to manage multiple containers.  It can handle locking in process where needed to cordinate tasks between subsystems.  While the daemon does fork off the needed processes to run containers, the shim and runc, these are re-parented to the system's init.
+The daemon provides an API to manage multiple containers.  It can handle locking in process where needed to coordinate tasks between subsystems.  While the daemon does fork off the needed processes to run containers, the shim and runc, these are re-parented to the system's init.
 
 ## shim
 
diff --git a/design/mounts.md b/design/mounts.md
index 215c23f..ab3760c 100644
--- a/design/mounts.md
+++ b/design/mounts.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ unit and unmounted as a unit.
 From an architecture perspective, components produce mounts and runtime
 executors consume them.
 
-More imaginitive use cases include the ability to virtualize a series of mounts
+More imaginative use cases include the ability to virtualize a series of mounts
 from various components without ever having to create a runtime. This will aid
 in testing and implementation of satellite components.
 
diff --git a/events/events_test.go b/events/events_test.go
index 88281ea..c58fc62 100644
--- a/events/events_test.go
+++ b/events/events_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func TestBasicEvent(t *testing.T) {
 
 		ctx = WithTopic(ctx, "content")
 		// simulate sub-operations with a separate topic, on the content store
-		G(ctx).Post(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("received sha:256"))
+		G(ctx).Post(ctx, fmt.Sprint("received sha:256"))
 
 		G(ctx).Post(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("unpack layer %v", layer))
 
diff --git a/events/transaction.go b/events/transaction.go
index c314d61..11a2cd4 100644
--- a/events/transaction.go
+++ b/events/transaction.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (tx *transaction) begin(ctx context.Context, poster Poster) *transaction {
 	}
 
 	// post the transaction started event
-	poster.Post(ctx, child.makeTransactionEvent("begin")) // tranactions are really just events
+	poster.Post(ctx, child.makeTransactionEvent("begin")) // transactions are really just events
 
 	return child
 }