diff --git a/net/bridge.go b/net/bridge.go
index 6d5ff704b1..edbbf1ad2d 100644
--- a/net/bridge.go
+++ b/net/bridge.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func EnsureBridge(procPath string, config *BridgeConfig, log *logrus.Logger, ips
 			return bridgeType, errors.Wrap(err, "setting proxy_arp")
 		}
 	}
-	// No ipv6 router advertisments please
+	// No ipv6 router advertisements please
 	if err := sysctlIfExists(procPath, "net/ipv6/conf/"+config.WeaveBridgeName+"/accept_ra", "0"); err != nil {
 		return bridgeType, errors.Wrap(err, "setting accept_ra to 0")
 	}
diff --git a/net/veth.go b/net/veth.go
index 984566dc22..6d48066d92 100644
--- a/net/veth.go
+++ b/net/veth.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func CreateAndAttachVeth(procPath, name, peerName, bridgeName string, mtu int, k
 	if err := bridgeType.attach(veth); err != nil {
 		return cleanup("attaching veth %q to %q: %s", name, bridgeName, err)
 	}
-	// No ipv6 router advertisments please
+	// No ipv6 router advertisements please
 	if err := sysctlIfExists(procPath, "net/ipv6/conf/"+name+"/accept_ra", "0"); err != nil {
 		return cleanup("setting accept_ra to 0: %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/npc/metrics/metrics.go b/npc/metrics/metrics.go
index cad6553167..98b23fd36a 100644
--- a/npc/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/npc/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var (
 	PolicyEnforcementErrors = prometheus.NewCounter(
 		prometheus.CounterOpts{
 			Name: "weavenpc_policy_enforcement_errors",
-			Help: "Errors occured in enforcing the network policies.",
+			Help: "Errors occurred in enforcing the network policies.",
 		},
 	)
 )