diff --git a/Makefile.core.mk b/Makefile.core.mk
index c7e6e1a1ad68..555ec65d2e3c 100644
--- a/Makefile.core.mk
+++ b/Makefile.core.mk
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ build-old-archive-%:
 	@scripts/build_old_archive.sh $@
 
 # The init recipe was split into two recipes to solve an issue seen in prow
-# where paralyzation is happening and some tasks in a recipe were occuring out
+# where parallelization is happening and some tasks in a recipe were occurring out
 # of order. The desired behavior is for `preinit` to do the clone and set up the
 # istio/istio directory. Then the eval task in `init` will have the directory in
 # which to run the `git command.
diff --git a/content/zh/docs/examples/microservices-istio/setup-local-computer/index.md b/content/zh/docs/examples/microservices-istio/setup-local-computer/index.md
index a0b1b421f432..c7a4d0554532 100644
--- a/content/zh/docs/examples/microservices-istio/setup-local-computer/index.md
+++ b/content/zh/docs/examples/microservices-istio/setup-local-computer/index.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ test: no
 1. 为您从教程中收到的配置文件或者在上一个模块自己创建的配置文件设置环境变量 `KUBECONFIG`。
 
     {{< text bash >}}
-    $ export KUBECONFIG=<the file you recieved or created in the previous module>
+    $ export KUBECONFIG=<the file you received or created in the previous module>
     {{< /text >}}
 
 1. 通过打印当前命名空间来验证配置是否生效：
diff --git a/tests/README.md b/tests/README.md
index 38c2cf4a2d52..237499962ff6 100644
--- a/tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/README.md
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ expected output. The framework includes the following built-in verify functions:
    Like implies:
 
    - Same number of lines
-   - Same number of whitespace-seperated tokens per line
+   - Same number of whitespace-separated tokens per line
    - Tokens can only differ in the following ways:
 
      1. different elapsed time values (e.g., `30s` is like `5m`)