diff --git a/analyzer.go b/analyzer.go
index ef8bae9..0f8870b 100644
--- a/analyzer.go
+++ b/analyzer.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import (
 
 // The Context is populated with data parsed from the source code as it is scanned.
 // It is passed through to all rule functions as they are called. Rules may use
-// this data in conjunction withe the encoutered AST node.
+// this data in conjunction withe the encountered AST node.
 type Context struct {
 	FileSet  *token.FileSet
 	Comments ast.CommentMap
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type Analyzer struct {
 	stats       *Metrics
 }
 
-// NewAnalyzer builds a new anaylzer.
+// NewAnalyzer builds a new analyzer.
 func NewAnalyzer(conf Config, logger *log.Logger) *Analyzer {
 	ignoreNoSec := false
 	if setting, err := conf.GetGlobal("nosec"); err == nil {
diff --git a/analyzer_test.go b/analyzer_test.go
index 1942f44..0050310 100644
--- a/analyzer_test.go
+++ b/analyzer_test.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Analyzer", func() {
 
 		})
 
-		It("should be able to analyze mulitple Go files", func() {
+		It("should be able to analyze multiple Go files", func() {
 			analyzer.LoadRules(rules.Generate().Builders())
 			pkg := testutils.NewTestPackage()
 			defer pkg.Close()
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Analyzer", func() {
 			Expect(metrics.NumFiles).To(Equal(2))
 		})
 
-		It("should be able to analyze mulitple Go packages", func() {
+		It("should be able to analyze multiple Go packages", func() {
 			analyzer.LoadRules(rules.Generate().Builders())
 			pkg1 := testutils.NewTestPackage()
 			pkg2 := testutils.NewTestPackage()
diff --git a/cmd/gosec/main.go b/cmd/gosec/main.go
index 3417a89..e68e2fd 100644
--- a/cmd/gosec/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gosec/main.go
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func main() {
 		logger.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	// Finialize logging
+	// Finalize logging
 	logWriter.Close() // #nosec
 
 	// Do we have an issue? If so exit 1
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index a19937f..ea07af3 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (c Config) GetGlobal(option string) (string, error) {
 
 }
 
-// SetGlobal associates a value with a global configuration ooption
+// SetGlobal associates a value with a global configuration option
 func (c Config) SetGlobal(option, value string) {
 	if globals, ok := c[Globals]; ok {
 		if settings, ok := globals.(map[string]string); ok {
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 638129b..3127434 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func GetCallInfo(n ast.Node, ctx *Context) (string, string, error) {
 }
 
 // GetImportedName returns the name used for the package within the
-// code. It will resolve aliases and ignores initalization only imports.
+// code. It will resolve aliases and ignores initialization only imports.
 func GetImportedName(path string, ctx *Context) (string, bool) {
 	importName, imported := ctx.Imports.Imported[path]
 	if !imported {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func GetImportedName(path string, ctx *Context) (string, bool) {
 	return importName, true
 }
 
-// GetImportPath resolves the full import path of an identifer based on
+// GetImportPath resolves the full import path of an identifier based on
 // the imports in the current context.
 func GetImportPath(name string, ctx *Context) (string, bool) {
 	for path := range ctx.Imports.Imported {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func GetPkgAbsPath(pkgPath string) (string, error) {
 	return absPath, nil
 }
 
-// ConcatString recusively concatenates strings from a binary expression
+// ConcatString recursively concatenates strings from a binary expression
 func ConcatString(n *ast.BinaryExpr) (string, bool) {
 	var s string
 	// sub expressions are found in X object, Y object is always last BasicLit
diff --git a/issue.go b/issue.go
index 40bfa3d..6a2aa54 100644
--- a/issue.go
+++ b/issue.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ const (
 	High
 )
 
-// Issue is returnd by a gosec rule if it discovers an issue with the scanned code.
+// Issue is returned by a gosec rule if it discovers an issue with the scanned code.
 type Issue struct {
 	Severity   Score  `json:"severity"`   // issue severity (how problematic it is)
 	Confidence Score  `json:"confidence"` // issue confidence (how sure we are we found it)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ type Issue struct {
 }
 
 // MetaData is embedded in all gosec rules. The Severity, Confidence and What message
-// will be passed tbhrough to reported issues.
+// will be passed through to reported issues.
 type MetaData struct {
 	ID         string
 	Severity   Score
diff --git a/output/formatter.go b/output/formatter.go
index ee98de4..eee693f 100644
--- a/output/formatter.go
+++ b/output/formatter.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
-// ReportFormat enumrates the output format for reported issues
+// ReportFormat enumerates the output format for reported issues
 type ReportFormat int
 
 const (
diff --git a/rule.go b/rule.go
index 415c708..fbba089 100644
--- a/rule.go
+++ b/rule.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type Rule interface {
 type RuleBuilder func(id string, c Config) (Rule, []ast.Node)
 
 // A RuleSet maps lists of rules to the type of AST node they should be run on.
-// The anaylzer will only invoke rules contained in the list associated with the
+// The analyzer will only invoke rules contained in the list associated with the
 // type of AST node it is currently visiting.
 type RuleSet map[reflect.Type][]Rule
 
diff --git a/rules/readfile.go b/rules/readfile.go
index dbd18b0..87158f0 100644
--- a/rules/readfile.go
+++ b/rules/readfile.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (r *readfile) isJoinFunc(n ast.Node, c *gosec.Context) bool {
 		for _, arg := range call.Args {
 			// edge case: check if one of the args is a BinaryExpr
 			if binExp, ok := arg.(*ast.BinaryExpr); ok {
-				// iterate and resolve all found identites from the BinaryExpr
+				// iterate and resolve all found identities from the BinaryExpr
 				if _, ok := gosec.FindVarIdentities(binExp, c); ok {
 					return true
 				}
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func (r *readfile) Match(n ast.Node, c *gosec.Context) (*gosec.Issue, error) {
 			}
 			// handles binary string concatenation eg. ioutil.Readfile("/tmp/" + file + "/blob")
 			if binExp, ok := arg.(*ast.BinaryExpr); ok {
-				// resolve all found identites from the BinaryExpr
+				// resolve all found identities from the BinaryExpr
 				if _, ok := gosec.FindVarIdentities(binExp, c); ok {
 					return gosec.NewIssue(c, n, r.ID(), r.What, r.Severity, r.Confidence), nil
 				}
diff --git a/rules/rulelist.go b/rules/rulelist.go
index 260cd3b..08d655b 100644
--- a/rules/rulelist.go
+++ b/rules/rulelist.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func Generate(filters ...RuleFilter) RuleList {
 
 		// filesystem
 		{"G301", "Poor file permissions used when creating a directory", NewMkdirPerms},
-		{"G302", "Poor file permisions used when creation file or using chmod", NewFilePerms},
+		{"G302", "Poor file permissions used when creation file or using chmod", NewFilePerms},
 		{"G303", "Creating tempfile using a predictable path", NewBadTempFile},
 		{"G304", "File path provided as taint input", NewReadFile},
 		{"G305", "File path traversal when extracting zip archive", NewArchive},
diff --git a/rules/templates.go b/rules/templates.go
index c452a28..0bff687 100644
--- a/rules/templates.go
+++ b/rules/templates.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (t *templateCheck) Match(n ast.Node, c *gosec.Context) (*gosec.Issue, error
 }
 
 // NewTemplateCheck constructs the template check rule. This rule is used to
-// find use of tempaltes where HTML/JS escaping is not being used
+// find use of templates where HTML/JS escaping is not being used
 func NewTemplateCheck(id string, conf gosec.Config) (gosec.Rule, []ast.Node) {
 
 	calls := gosec.NewCallList()
diff --git a/testutils/pkg.go b/testutils/pkg.go
index ee85ac7..0f35ac2 100644
--- a/testutils/pkg.go
+++ b/testutils/pkg.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type TestPackage struct {
 }
 
 // NewTestPackage will create a new and empty package. Must call Close() to cleanup
-// auxilary files
+// auxiliary files
 func NewTestPackage() *TestPackage {
 	// Files must exist in $GOPATH
 	sourceDir := path.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src")