diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/get/humanreadable_flags.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/get/humanreadable_flags.go
index 5fcf34d8cc0..f8fbb1007b6 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/get/humanreadable_flags.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/cmd/get/humanreadable_flags.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (f *HumanPrintFlags) EnsureWithNamespace() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// AllowedFormats returns more customized formating options
+// AllowedFormats returns more customized formatting options
 func (f *HumanPrintFlags) AllowedFormats() []string {
 	return []string{"wide"}
 }
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/kuberc/kuberc.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/kuberc/kuberc.go
index fed7fc8a722..0f7a86d7f2e 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/kuberc/kuberc.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kubectl/pkg/kuberc/kuberc.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ type Preferences struct {
 	policy  clientcmdapi.PluginPolicy
 }
 
-// NewPreferences returns initialized Prefrences object.
+// NewPreferences returns initialized Preferences object.
 func NewPreferences() PreferencesHandler {
 	return &Preferences{
 		getPreferencesFunc: DefaultGetPreferences,