diff --git a/pkg/minikube/translate/translate_test.go b/pkg/minikube/translate/translate_test.go
index fd7a73cf64..1482544eb2 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/translate/translate_test.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/translate/translate_test.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func TestT(t *testing.T) {
 			Translations = test.translations
 			got := T(test.input)
 			if test.expected != got {
-				t.Errorf("T(%v) shoud return %v, but got: %v", test.input, test.expected, got)
+				t.Errorf("T(%v) should return %v, but got: %v", test.input, test.expected, got)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/vmpath/constants.go b/pkg/minikube/vmpath/constants.go
index cd6b5205d1..7a6cf84f4f 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/vmpath/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/vmpath/constants.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package vmpath
 
 const (
-	// GuestAddonsDir is the default path of the addons configration
+	// GuestAddonsDir is the default path of the addons configuration
 	GuestAddonsDir = "/etc/kubernetes/addons"
 	// GuestManifestsDir is where the kubelet should look for static Pod manifests
 	GuestManifestsDir = "/etc/kubernetes/manifests"