diff --git a/examples/combineConfigs.md b/examples/combineConfigs.md
index 114d727ae..69b8941f4 100644
--- a/examples/combineConfigs.md
+++ b/examples/combineConfigs.md
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ kustomize build $OVERLAYS/production
 ```
 
 A CICD process could apply this directly to
-the cluser using:
+the cluster using:
 
 > ```
 > kustomize build $OVERLAYS/production | kubectl apply -f -
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations.go b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations.go
index 46122efe9..836abcaa4 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/labelsandannotations.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (o *mapTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 func (o *mapTransformer) addMap(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	m, ok := in.(map[string]interface{})
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%#v is expectd to be %T", in, m)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%#v is expected to be %T", in, m)
 	}
 	for k, v := range o.m {
 		m[k] = v
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/namereference.go b/pkg/transformers/namereference.go
index 300226e33..134bac716 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/namereference.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/namereference.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (o *nameReferenceTransformer) updateNameReference(
 	return func(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 		s, ok := in.(string)
 		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%#v is expectd to be %T", in, s)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%#v is expected to be %T", in, s)
 		}
 		for id, res := range m {
 			if id.Gvk().IsSelected(&backRef) && id.Name() == s {
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/prefixname.go b/pkg/transformers/prefixname.go
index 40a140896..2aa161c12 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/prefixname.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/prefixname.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func (o *namePrefixTransformer) Transform(m resmap.ResMap) error {
 func (o *namePrefixTransformer) addPrefix(in interface{}) (interface{}, error) {
 	s, ok := in.(string)
 	if !ok {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%#v is expectd to be %T", in, s)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%#v is expected to be %T", in, s)
 	}
 	return o.prefix + s, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/refvars.go b/pkg/transformers/refvars.go
index 322e80bd7..fef731a4c 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/refvars.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/refvars.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (rv *refvarTransformer) Transform(resources resmap.ResMap) error {
 				case interface{}:
 					s, ok := in.(string)
 					if !ok {
-						return nil, fmt.Errorf("%#v is expectd to be %T", in, s)
+						return nil, fmt.Errorf("%#v is expected to be %T", in, s)
 					}
 					runtimeVal := expansion.Expand(s, mappingFunc)
 					return runtimeVal, nil
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/util.go b/pkg/transformers/util.go
index 4dc6a2f47..b90ccb60a 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/util.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/util.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func mutateField(
 			item := typedV[i]
 			typedItem, ok := item.(map[string]interface{})
 			if !ok {
-				return fmt.Errorf("%#v is expectd to be %T", item, typedItem)
+				return fmt.Errorf("%#v is expected to be %T", item, typedItem)
 			}
 			err := mutateField(typedItem, newPathToField, createIfNotPresent, fns...)
 			if err != nil {