diff --git a/doc/source/admin_guide.rst b/doc/source/admin_guide.rst
index e5ea68f9fb..1cba77c30c 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin_guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin_guide.rst
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ The first line reports that there are 256 partitions with 3 copies in region 1;
 and this is an expected output in this case (single region with 3 replicas) as
 reported by the "Max" value.
 
-However, there is some inbalance in the cluster, more precisely in zone 3. The
+However, there is some imbalance in the cluster, more precisely in zone 3. The
 "Max" reports a maximum of 1 copy in this zone; however 50.00% of the partitions
 are storing 2 replicas in this zone (which is somewhat expected, because there
 are more disks in this zone).
diff --git a/swift/common/middleware/versioned_writes.py b/swift/common/middleware/versioned_writes.py
index fa89fc334a..3ece3524ee 100644
--- a/swift/common/middleware/versioned_writes.py
+++ b/swift/common/middleware/versioned_writes.py
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ class VersionedWritesContext(WSGIContext):
     def handle_obj_versions_put(self, req, versions_cont, api_version,
                                 account_name, object_name):
         """
-        Copy current version of object to versions_container before proceding
+        Copy current version of object to versions_container before proceeding
         with original request.
 
         :param req: original request.
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ class VersionedWritesContext(WSGIContext):
         Handle DELETE requests when in history mode.
 
         Copy current version of object to versions_container and write a
-        delete marker before proceding with original request.
+        delete marker before proceeding with original request.
 
         :param req: original request.
         :param versions_cont: container where previous versions of the object
diff --git a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_versioned_writes.py b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_versioned_writes.py
index af1676da2b..e23def4b80 100644
--- a/test/unit/common/middleware/test_versioned_writes.py
+++ b/test/unit/common/middleware/test_versioned_writes.py
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class VersionedWritesTestCase(VersionedWritesBaseTestCase):
                      'CONTENT_LENGTH': '100'})
         status, headers, body = self.call_vw(req)
         self.assertEqual(status, '201 Created')
-        # The middleware now auths the request before the inital GET, the
+        # The middleware now auths the request before the initial GET, the
         # same GET that gets the X-Object-Manifest back. So a second auth is
         # now done.
         self.assertEqual(len(self.authorized), 2)