diff --git a/cmd/influxd/run/server_test.md b/cmd/influxd/run/server_test.md
index 2b6883de74..8df37e3332 100644
--- a/cmd/influxd/run/server_test.md
+++ b/cmd/influxd/run/server_test.md
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ When each test runs it does the following:
 
 ## Idempotent - Allows for parallel tests
 
-Each test should be `idempotent`, meaining that its data will not be affected by other tests, or use cases within the table tests themselves.
+Each test should be `idempotent`, meaning that its data will not be affected by other tests, or use cases within the table tests themselves.
 This allows for parallel testing, keeping the test suite total execution time very low.
 
 ### Basic sample test
diff --git a/meta/store.go b/meta/store.go
index a8675ab346..05a5b2e260 100644
--- a/meta/store.go
+++ b/meta/store.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ type Store struct {
 	wg      sync.WaitGroup
 	changed chan struct{}
 
-	// clusterTracingEnabled controls whether low-level cluster communcation is logged.
+	// clusterTracingEnabled controls whether low-level cluster communication is logged.
 	// Useful for troubleshooting
 	clusterTracingEnabled bool
 
diff --git a/models/points.go b/models/points.go
index 1901550606..883960bdc4 100644
--- a/models/points.go
+++ b/models/points.go
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ func scanKey(buf []byte, i int) (int, []byte, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Now we know where the key region is within buf, and the locations of tags, we
-	// need to deterimine if duplicate tags exist and if the tags are sorted.  This iterates
+	// need to determine if duplicate tags exist and if the tags are sorted.  This iterates
 	// 1/2 of the list comparing each end with each other, walking towards the center from
 	// both sides.
 	for j := 0; j < commas/2; j++ {
diff --git a/models/points_test.go b/models/points_test.go
index 8aa2903492..37618998bc 100644
--- a/models/points_test.go
+++ b/models/points_test.go
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ func TestParsePointMaxInt64(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf(`ParsePoints("%s") mismatch. got %v, exp nil`, `cpu,host=serverA,region=us-west value=9223372036854775807i`, err)
 	}
 	if exp, got := int64(9223372036854775807), p[0].Fields()["value"].(int64); exp != got {
-		t.Fatalf("ParsePoints Value mistmatch. \nexp: %v\ngot: %v", exp, got)
+		t.Fatalf("ParsePoints Value mismatch. \nexp: %v\ngot: %v", exp, got)
 	}
 
 	// leading zeros
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ func TestParsePointUnescape(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			time.Unix(0, 0)))
 
-	// commas in measuremnt name
+	// commas in measurement name
 	test(t, `cpu\,main,regions=east\,west value=1.0`,
 		models.NewPoint(
 			"cpu,main", // comma in the name
diff --git a/monitor/service.go b/monitor/service.go
index bd14d9622e..d5859f2e57 100644
--- a/monitor/service.go
+++ b/monitor/service.go
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ func New(c Config) *Monitor {
 }
 
 // Open opens the monitoring system, using the given clusterID, node ID, and hostname
-// for identification purposem.
+// for identification purpose.
 func (m *Monitor) Open() error {
 	m.Logger.Printf("Starting monitor system")