diff --git a/unix/syscall_internal_darwin_test.go b/unix/syscall_internal_darwin_test.go
index 1ac089625..f7de07280 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_internal_darwin_test.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_internal_darwin_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ func Test_anyToSockaddr_darwin(t *testing.T) {
 		err  error
 	}{
 		{
-			name: "AF_SYSTEM emtpy",
+			name: "AF_SYSTEM empty",
 			rsa:  sockaddrCtlToAny(RawSockaddrCtl{}),
 			err:  EAFNOSUPPORT,
 		},
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func Test_anyToSockaddr_darwin(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "AF_VSOCK emtpy",
+			name: "AF_VSOCK empty",
 			rsa:  sockaddrVMToAny(RawSockaddrVM{}),
 			err:  EAFNOSUPPORT,
 		},
diff --git a/unix/syscall_internal_linux_test.go b/unix/syscall_internal_linux_test.go
index fd6d21915..d2aebe373 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_internal_linux_test.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_internal_linux_test.go
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ func Test_anyToSockaddr(t *testing.T) {
 			proto: makeProto(^0),
 		},
 		{
-			name: "AF_VSOCK emtpy",
+			name: "AF_VSOCK empty",
 			rsa:  sockaddrVMToAny(RawSockaddrVM{}),
 			err:  EAFNOSUPPORT,
 		},
diff --git a/windows/svc/svc_test.go b/windows/svc/svc_test.go
index 5d794e196..6439a06b2 100644
--- a/windows/svc/svc_test.go
+++ b/windows/svc/svc_test.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func TestIsAnInteractiveSession(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if !isInteractive {
-		t.Error("IsAnInteractiveSession retuns false when running interactively.")
+		t.Error("IsAnInteractiveSession returns false when running interactively.")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func TestIsWindowsService(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	if isSvc {
-		t.Error("IsWindowsService retuns true when not running in a service.")
+		t.Error("IsWindowsService returns true when not running in a service.")
 	}
 }
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func TestIsWindowsServiceWhenParentExits(t *testing.T) {
 			msg = err.Error()
 		}
 		if isSvc {
-			msg = "IsWindowsService retuns true when not running in a service."
+			msg = "IsWindowsService returns true when not running in a service."
 		}
 		err = ioutil.WriteFile(dumpPath, []byte(msg), 0644)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ func TestIsWindowsServiceWhenParentExits(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			time.Sleep(100 * time.Millisecond)
 			if i > 10 {
-				t.Fatal("timed out waiting for child ouput file to be created.")
+				t.Fatal("timed out waiting for child output file to be created.")
 			}
 		}
 		childOutput, err := ioutil.ReadFile(childDumpPath)
 		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("reading child ouput failed: %v", err)
+			t.Fatalf("reading child output failed: %v", err)
 		}
 		if got, want := string(childOutput), ""; got != want {
 			t.Fatalf("child output: want %q, got %q", want, got)
diff --git a/windows/syscall_windows_test.go b/windows/syscall_windows_test.go
index 012944153..25f47ea53 100644
--- a/windows/syscall_windows_test.go
+++ b/windows/syscall_windows_test.go
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ func TestKnownFolderPath(t *testing.T) {
 func TestRtlGetVersion(t *testing.T) {
 	version := windows.RtlGetVersion()
 	major, minor, build := windows.RtlGetNtVersionNumbers()
-	// Go is not explictly added to the application compatibility database, so
+	// Go is not explicitly added to the application compatibility database, so
 	// these two functions should return the same thing.
 	if version.MajorVersion != major || version.MinorVersion != minor || version.BuildNumber != build {
 		t.Fatalf("%d.%d.%d != %d.%d.%d", version.MajorVersion, version.MinorVersion, version.BuildNumber, major, minor, build)