diff --git a/doc/saio/swift/object-expirer.conf b/doc/saio/swift/object-expirer.conf
index 5610f69afd..6e77e9cdf7 100644
--- a/doc/saio/swift/object-expirer.conf
+++ b/doc/saio/swift/object-expirer.conf
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ interval = 300
 #   config value
 # processes = 0
 # process is which of the parts a particular process will work on
-# process can also be specified on the command line and will overide the config
+# process can also be specified on the command line and will override the config
 #   value
 # process is "zero based", if you want to use 3 processes, you should run
 #  processes with process set to 0, 1, and 2
diff --git a/etc/object-expirer.conf-sample b/etc/object-expirer.conf-sample
index 87840a48bf..6276fd5cfa 100644
--- a/etc/object-expirer.conf-sample
+++ b/etc/object-expirer.conf-sample
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #   config value
 # processes = 0
 # process is which of the parts a particular process will work on
-# process can also be specified on the command line and will overide the config
+# process can also be specified on the command line and will override the config
 #   value
 # process is "zero based", if you want to use 3 processes, you should run
 #  processes with process set to 0, 1, and 2
diff --git a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
index e86b35debe..a1563c81db 100644
--- a/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
+++ b/swift/proxy/controllers/obj.py
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ class BaseObjectController(Controller):
             data_source = iter(lambda: reader(self.app.client_chunk_size), '')
             update_response = lambda req, resp: resp
 
-        # check if object is set to be automaticaly deleted (i.e. expired)
+        # check if object is set to be automatically deleted (i.e. expired)
         req, delete_at_container, delete_at_part, \
             delete_at_nodes = self._config_obj_expiration(req)