diff --git a/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types.go b/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types.go
index 41b88b290..494378aad 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kudo/v1beta1/instance_types.go
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ func (i *Instance) GetPlanToBeExecuted(ov *OperatorVersion) (*string, error) {
 	}
 	if instanceSnapshot.OperatorVersion.Name != i.Spec.OperatorVersion.Name {
 		// this instance was upgraded to newer version
-		log.Printf("Instance: instance %s/%s was upgraded from %s to %s operatorversion", i.Namespace, i.Name, instanceSnapshot.OperatorVersion.Name, i.Spec.OperatorVersion.Name)
+		log.Printf("Instance: instance %s/%s was upgraded from %s to %s operatorVersion", i.Namespace, i.Name, instanceSnapshot.OperatorVersion.Name, i.Spec.OperatorVersion.Name)
 		plan := selectPlan([]string{UpgradePlanName, UpdatePlanName, DeployPlanName}, ov)
 		if plan == nil {
 			return nil, &InstanceError{fmt.Errorf("supposed to execute plan because instance %s/%s was upgraded but none of the deploy, upgrade, update plans found in linked operatorVersion", i.Namespace, i.Name), kudo.String("PlanNotFound")}
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ func (i *Instance) GetPlanToBeExecuted(ov *OperatorVersion) (*string, error) {
 		paramDefinitions := getParamDefinitions(paramDiff, ov)
 		plan := planNameFromParameters(paramDefinitions, ov)
 		if plan == nil {
-			return nil, &InstanceError{fmt.Errorf("supposed to execute plan because instance %s/%s was updatet but none of the deploy, update plans found in linked operatorVersion", i.Namespace, i.Name), kudo.String("PlanNotFound")}
+			return nil, &InstanceError{fmt.Errorf("supposed to execute plan because instance %s/%s was updated but none of the deploy, update plans found in linked operatorVersion", i.Namespace, i.Name), kudo.String("PlanNotFound")}
 		}
 		return plan, nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/controller/instance/instance_controller.go b/pkg/controller/instance/instance_controller.go
index 7d9612f15..7db2dcfd6 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/instance/instance_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/instance/instance_controller.go
@@ -302,11 +302,11 @@ func (r *Reconciler) getOperatorVersion(instance *kudov1beta1.Instance) (ov *kud
 		},
 		ov)
 	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("InstanceController: Error getting operatorversion \"%v\" for instance \"%v\": %v",
+		log.Printf("InstanceController: Error getting operatorVersion \"%v\" for instance \"%v\": %v",
 			instance.Spec.OperatorVersion.Name,
 			instance.Name,
 			err)
-		r.Recorder.Event(instance, "Warning", "InvalidOperatorVersion", fmt.Sprintf("Error getting operatorversion \"%v\": %v", instance.Spec.OperatorVersion.Name, err))
+		r.Recorder.Event(instance, "Warning", "InvalidOperatorVersion", fmt.Sprintf("Error getting operatorVersion \"%v\": %v", instance.Spec.OperatorVersion.Name, err))
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return ov, nil
diff --git a/pkg/kudoctl/cmd/init.go b/pkg/kudoctl/cmd/init.go
index 9dd2cffb1..760f177ef 100644
--- a/pkg/kudoctl/cmd/init.go
+++ b/pkg/kudoctl/cmd/init.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ or '--version' which will replace the version designation on the standard image.
 
 To dump a manifest containing the KUDO deployment YAML, combine the '--dry-run' and '--output=yaml' flags.
 
-Running 'kudo init' on server-side is idempotent - it skips manifests alredy applied to the cluster in previous runs
+Running 'kudo init' on server-side is idempotent - it skips manifests already applied to the cluster in previous runs
 and finishes with success if KUDO is already installed.
 `
 	initExample = `  # yaml output
diff --git a/pkg/test/utils/kubernetes.go b/pkg/test/utils/kubernetes.go
index 231f1d6ae..6a78e1568 100644
--- a/pkg/test/utils/kubernetes.go
+++ b/pkg/test/utils/kubernetes.go
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ func PrettyDiff(expected runtime.Object, actual runtime.Object) (string, error)
 func ConvertUnstructured(in runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
 	unstruct, err := runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.ToUnstructured(in)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("erroring converting %s to unstructured", ResourceID(in)))
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("error converting %s to unstructured", ResourceID(in)))
 	}
 
 	var converted runtime.Object
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func ConvertUnstructured(in runtime.Object) (runtime.Object, error) {
 
 	err = runtime.DefaultUnstructuredConverter.FromUnstructured(unstruct, converted)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("erroring converting %s from unstructured", ResourceID(in)))
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, fmt.Sprintf("error converting %s from unstructured", ResourceID(in)))
 	}
 
 	return converted, nil