diff --git a/doc/source/admin_guide.rst b/doc/source/admin_guide.rst
index 67ddd958e4..497d22d180 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin_guide.rst
@@ -1058,9 +1058,9 @@ Metric Name                      Description
                                  deletion.
 `container-sync.deletes.timing`  Timing data for each container database row
                                  synchronization via deletion.
-`container-sync.puts`            Count of container database rows sync'ed by PUTing.
+`container-sync.puts`            Count of container database rows sync'ed by Putting.
 `container-sync.puts.timing`     Timing data for each container database row
-                                 synchronization via PUTing.
+                                 synchronization via Putting.
 ===============================  ====================================================
 
 Metrics for `container-updater`:
diff --git a/doc/source/deployment_guide.rst b/doc/source/deployment_guide.rst
index 9f3659f267..554302f30f 100644
--- a/doc/source/deployment_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/deployment_guide.rst
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ eventlet_tpool_num_threads     auto                   The number of threads in e
                                                       occur in separate IO threads, managed by
                                                       eventlet.
                                                       The default value is auto, whose actual value
-                                                      is dependant on the servers_per_port value.
+                                                      is dependent on the servers_per_port value.
                                                       If servers_per_port is zero then it uses
                                                       eventlet's default (currently 20 threads).
                                                       If the servers_per_port is nonzero then it'll
diff --git a/etc/object-server.conf-sample b/etc/object-server.conf-sample
index e9c434b2bd..bbe6a66148 100644
--- a/etc/object-server.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/object-server.conf-sample
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ use = egg:swift#object
 # in the object server's main thread, but certain "heavy" IO
 # operations will occur in separate IO threads, managed by eventlet.
 #
-# The default value is auto, whose actual value is dependant on the
+# The default value is auto, whose actual value is dependent on the
 # servers_per_port value:
 #
 #  - When servers_per_port is zero, the default value of
diff --git a/test/unit/container/test_server.py b/test/unit/container/test_server.py
index 0ffe7a1f7c..760b1c6557 100644
--- a/test/unit/container/test_server.py
+++ b/test/unit/container/test_server.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class TestContainerController(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(response.status.startswith('204'))
         self.assertNotIn('x-container-read', response.headers)
         self.assertNotIn('x-container-write', response.headers)
-        # Ensure PUTing acls works
+        # Ensure PUT acls works
         req = Request.blank(
             '/sda1/p/a/c2', environ={'REQUEST_METHOD': 'PUT'},
             headers={'X-Timestamp': '4', 'X-Container-Read': '.r:*',