diff --git a/novaclient/base.py b/novaclient/base.py
index 45bea18d8..38434c282 100644
--- a/novaclient/base.py
+++ b/novaclient/base.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class Manager(utils.HookableMixin):
             try:
                 os.makedirs(cache_dir, 0o755)
             except OSError:
-                # NOTE(kiall): This is typicaly either permission denied while
+                # NOTE(kiall): This is typically either permission denied while
                 #              attempting to create the directory, or the
                 #              directory already exists. Either way, don't
                 #              fail.
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Manager(utils.HookableMixin):
             try:
                 setattr(self, cache_attr, open(path, mode))
             except IOError:
-                # NOTE(kiall): This is typicaly a permission denied while
+                # NOTE(kiall): This is typically a permission denied while
                 #              attempting to write the cache file.
                 pass
 
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class BootingManagerWithFind(ManagerWithFind):
         :param meta: A dict of arbitrary key/value metadata to store for this
                      server. A maximum of five entries is allowed, and both
                      keys and values must be 255 characters or less.
-        :param files: A dict of files to overrwrite on the server upon boot.
+        :param files: A dict of files to overwrite on the server upon boot.
                       Keys are file names (i.e. ``/etc/passwd``) and values
                       are the file contents (either as a string or as a
                       file-like object). A maximum of five entries is allowed,
diff --git a/novaclient/shell.py b/novaclient/shell.py
index e70c1dc1c..ca0770e38 100644
--- a/novaclient/shell.py
+++ b/novaclient/shell.py
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ class OpenStackComputeShell(object):
 
     def _find_actions(self, subparsers, actions_module):
         for attr in (a for a in dir(actions_module) if a.startswith('do_')):
-            # I prefer to be hypen-separated instead of underscores.
+            # I prefer to be hyphen-separated instead of underscores.
             command = attr[3:].replace('_', '-')
             callback = getattr(actions_module, attr)
             desc = callback.__doc__ or ''
diff --git a/novaclient/utils.py b/novaclient/utils.py
index 73dfbb112..f013726ee 100644
--- a/novaclient/utils.py
+++ b/novaclient/utils.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def add_arg(f, *args, **kwargs):
     # NOTE(sirp): avoid dups that can occur when the module is shared across
     # tests.
     if (args, kwargs) not in f.arguments:
-        # Because of the sematics of decorator composition if we just append
+        # Because of the semantics of decorator composition if we just append
         # to the options list positional options will appear to be backwards.
         f.arguments.insert(0, (args, kwargs))