diff --git a/cinder/consistencygroup/api.py b/cinder/consistencygroup/api.py
index c13868700..6cba8000c 100644
--- a/cinder/consistencygroup/api.py
+++ b/cinder/consistencygroup/api.py
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ class API(base.Base):
         fields = {'updated_at': now}
 
         # Update name and description in db now. No need to
-        # to send them over thru an RPC call.
+        # to send them over through an RPC call.
         if name:
             fields['name'] = name
         if description:
diff --git a/cinder/objects/base.py b/cinder/objects/base.py
index 23d66322b..946f10c8e 100644
--- a/cinder/objects/base.py
+++ b/cinder/objects/base.py
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ class CinderObjectDictCompat(object):
         if key not in self.obj_fields:
             # NOTE(jdg): There are a number of places where we rely on the
             # old dictionary version and do a get(xxx, None).
-            # The following preserves that compatability but in
+            # The following preserves that compatibility but in
             # the future we'll remove this shim altogether so don't
             # rely on it.
             LOG.debug('Cinder object %(object_name)s has no '
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/targets/test_tgt_driver.py b/cinder/tests/unit/targets/test_tgt_driver.py
index 1f6286baa..28e243151 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/targets/test_tgt_driver.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/targets/test_tgt_driver.py
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class TestTgtAdmDriver(test.TestCase):
             raise putils.ProcessExecutionError(
                 exit_code=1,
                 stdout='',
-                stderr='this isnt the error your looking for',
+                stderr='this is not the error you are looking for',
                 cmd='tgt-admin --force --delete')
 
         mock_exec.side_effect = _fake_execute
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ class TestTgtAdmDriver(test.TestCase):
             raise putils.ProcessExecutionError(
                 exit_code=1,
                 stdout='',
-                stderr='this isnt the error your looking for',
+                stderr='this is not the error you are looking for',
                 cmd='tgt-admin --force --delete')
 
         mock_exec.side_effect = _fake_execute
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/test_srb.py b/cinder/tests/unit/test_srb.py
index 594a1e181..84934b45c 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/test_srb.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/test_srb.py
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ class SRBDriverTestCase(test.TestCase):
             lvname = cmd[4].split('/')[1]
             snapname = cmd[2]
             if lvname not in self._volumes[vgname]['vgs'][vgname]['lvs']:
-                raise AssertionError('snap creation attempted on non-existant '
+                raise AssertionError('snap creation attempted on non-existent '
                                      'thin-lv: %s' % cmd_string)
             if snapname[1:] in self._volumes[vgname]['vgs'][vgname]['snaps']:
                 raise AssertionError('snap creation attempted on existing '
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_utils.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_utils.py
index 4c2d10648..fbe134991 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_utils.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/emc/emc_vmax_utils.py
@@ -1533,7 +1533,7 @@ class EMCVMAXUtils(object):
 
             if six.text_type(poolName) == six.text_type(poolnameStr):
                 try:
-                    # Check that pool hasnt suddently been deleted.
+                    # Check that pool hasn't suddenly been deleted.
                     srpPoolInstance = conn.GetInstance(srpPoolInstanceName)
                     propertiesList = srpPoolInstance.properties.items()
                     for properties in propertiesList:
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ class EMCVMAXUtils(object):
                 poolInstanceId)
             if poolnameStr is not None and systemNameStr is not None:
                 if six.text_type(poolNameInStr) == six.text_type(poolnameStr):
-                    # check that the pool hasnt recently been deleted.
+                    # check that the pool hasn't recently been deleted.
                     try:
                         conn.GetInstance(vpoolInstanceName)
                         foundPoolInstanceName = vpoolInstanceName
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/storwize_svc/helpers.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/storwize_svc/helpers.py
index 4d65376ab..663c71cf5 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/storwize_svc/helpers.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/ibm/storwize_svc/helpers.py
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ class StorwizeHelpers(object):
         """Ensures that vdisk is not part of FC mapping and deletes it."""
         LOG.debug('enter: delete_vdisk: vdisk %s' % vdisk)
         if not self.is_vdisk_defined(vdisk):
-            LOG.info(_LI('Tried to delete non-existant vdisk %s.') % vdisk)
+            LOG.info(_LI('Tried to delete non-existent vdisk %s.') % vdisk)
             return
         self.ensure_vdisk_no_fc_mappings(vdisk)
         self.ssh.rmvdisk(vdisk, force=force)
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index b8ffa2ab3..eb795980d 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{0,30}$
 argument-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{1,30}$
 
 # Method names should be at least 3 characters long
-# and be lowecased with underscores
+# and be lowercased with underscores
 method-rgx=([a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,50}|setUp|tearDown)$
 
 # Module names matching cinder-* are ok (files in bin/)