diff --git a/pkg/patch/strategicmerge.go b/pkg/patch/strategicmerge.go
index 23128b60e..596cc346d 100644
--- a/pkg/patch/strategicmerge.go
+++ b/pkg/patch/strategicmerge.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ package patch
 // https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/strategic-merge-patch.md
 type StrategicMerge string
 
-// Append appends a slice of patch paths to a PatchStategicMerge slice
+// Append appends a slice of patch paths to a StrategicMerge slice
 func Append(patches []StrategicMerge, paths ...string) []StrategicMerge {
 	for _, p := range paths {
 		patches = append(patches, StrategicMerge(p))
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func Append(patches []StrategicMerge, paths ...string) []StrategicMerge {
 	return patches
 }
 
-// Exist determines if a patch path exists in a slice of PatchStategicMerge
+// Exist determines if a patch path exists in a slice of StrategicMerge
 func Exist(patches []StrategicMerge, path string) bool {
 	for _, p := range patches {
 		if p == StrategicMerge(path) {
diff --git a/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go b/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
index d72422b23..8a9c01ce7 100644
--- a/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
+++ b/pkg/target/kusttarget_test.go
@@ -206,11 +206,11 @@ func TestResources1(t *testing.T) {
 	fakeFs.Mkdir("/")
 	kt, err := NewKustTarget(l, fakeFs, transformerconfig.MakeDefaultTransformerConfig())
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected construction error %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected construction error %v", err)
 	}
 	actual, err := kt.MakeCustomizedResMap()
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Unexpected Resources error %v", err)
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected Resources error %v", err)
 	}
 
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(actual, expected) {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func TestResourceNotFound(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Didn't get the expected error for an unknown resource")
 	}
 	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), `cannot read file "/testpath/deployment.yaml"`) {
-		t.Fatalf("Unpexpected error message %q", err)
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %q", err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -257,6 +257,6 @@ func TestSecretTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Didn't get the expected error for an unknown resource")
 	}
 	if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "killed") {
-		t.Fatalf("Unpexpected error message %q", err)
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %q", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/transformers/patch.go b/pkg/transformers/patch.go
index d2b140867..eae69d6af 100644
--- a/pkg/transformers/patch.go
+++ b/pkg/transformers/patch.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func (pt *patchTransformer) Transform(baseResourceMap resmap.ResMap) error {
 			// Use Strategic-Merge-Patch to handle types w/ schema
 			// TODO: Change this to use the new Merge package.
 			// Store the name of the base object, because this name may have been munged.
-			// Apply this name to the StrategicMergePatched object.
+			// Apply this name to the patched object.
 			lookupPatchMeta, err := strategicpatch.NewPatchMetaFromStruct(versionedObj)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/pkg/types/kustomization.go b/pkg/types/kustomization.go
index bf968e35f..3e00325dc 100644
--- a/pkg/types/kustomization.go
+++ b/pkg/types/kustomization.go
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ type Kustomization struct {
 	// An Patch entry is very similar to an Resource entry.
 	// It specifies the relative paths for patch files within the package.
 	// URLs and globs are not supported.
-	// The patch files should be Stategic Merge Patch, the default patching behavior for kubectl.
+	// The patch files should be Strategic Merge Patch, the default patching behavior for kubectl.
 	// https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/strategic-merge-patch.md
 	Patches               []string               `json:"patches,omitempty" yaml:"patches,omitempty"`
 	PatchesStrategicMerge []patch.StrategicMerge `json:"patchesStrategicMerge,omitempty" yaml:"patchesStrategicMerge,omitempty"`