diff --git a/pkg/api/soc.go b/pkg/api/soc.go
index a30cc1174f..9f0f838bfc 100644
--- a/pkg/api/soc.go
+++ b/pkg/api/soc.go
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ func (s *Service) socGetHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	socCh, err := soc.FromChunk(sch)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "chunk is not a signle owner chunk")
+		logger.Error(err, "chunk is not a single owner chunk")
 		jsonhttp.InternalServerError(w, "chunk is not a single owner chunk")
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/settlement/swap/addressbook.go b/pkg/settlement/swap/addressbook.go
index 5cf0aad45f..5a7b0a17df 100644
--- a/pkg/settlement/swap/addressbook.go
+++ b/pkg/settlement/swap/addressbook.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ type Addressbook interface {
 	PutChequebook(peer swarm.Address, chequebook common.Address) error
 	// AddDeductionFor peer stores the flag indicating the peer have already issued a cheque that has been deducted
 	AddDeductionFor(peer swarm.Address) error
-	// AddDeductionFor peer stores the flag indicating the peer have already received a cheque that has been deducted
+	// AddDeductionBy peer stores the flag indicating the peer have already issued a cheque that has been deducted
 	AddDeductionBy(peer swarm.Address) error
 	// GetDeductionFor returns whether a peer have already issued a cheque that has been deducted
 	GetDeductionFor(peer swarm.Address) (bool, error)
diff --git a/pkg/storer/sample_test.go b/pkg/storer/sample_test.go
index 07f4e36cd6..fd39882d36 100644
--- a/pkg/storer/sample_test.go
+++ b/pkg/storer/sample_test.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ func TestReserveSamplerSisterNeighborhood(t *testing.T) {
 
 			for _, s := range sample.Items {
 				if got := swarm.Proximity(s.ChunkAddress.Bytes(), baseAddr.Bytes()); got != depthOfResponsibility {
-					t.Fatalf("promixity must be exactly %d, got %d", depthOfResponsibility, got)
+					t.Fatalf("proximity must be exactly %d, got %d", depthOfResponsibility, got)
 				}
 			}