diff --git a/examples/execing-processes/execing-processes.go b/examples/execing-processes/execing-processes.go
index 453a9c8..2be31e6 100644
--- a/examples/execing-processes/execing-processes.go
+++ b/examples/execing-processes/execing-processes.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import "os/exec"
 func main() {
 
     // For our example we'll exec `ls`. Go requires an
-    // abolute path to the binary we want to execute, so
+    // absolute path to the binary we want to execute, so
     // we'll use `exec.LookPath` to find it (probably
     // `/bin/ls`).
     binary, lookErr := exec.LookPath("ls")
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func main() {
     env := os.Environ()
 
     // Here's the actual `os.Exec` call. If this call is
-    // succesful, the execution of our process will end
+    // successful, the execution of our process will end
     // here and be replaced by the `/bin/ls -a -l -h`
     // process. If there is an error we'll get a return
     // value.
diff --git a/examples/range/range.go b/examples/range/range.go
index a1fee6e..b23d7eb 100644
--- a/examples/range/range.go
+++ b/examples/range/range.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func main() {
     }
 
     // `range` on map iterates over key/value pairs.
-    kvs := map[string]string{"a": "apple", "b": "bannana"}
+    kvs := map[string]string{"a": "apple", "b": "banana"}
     for k, v := range kvs {
         fmt.Printf("%s -> %s\n", k, v)
     }
diff --git a/examples/reading-files/reading-files.go b/examples/reading-files/reading-files.go
index 59255bf..918c612 100644
--- a/examples/reading-files/reading-files.go
+++ b/examples/reading-files/reading-files.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func main() {
     check(err)
 
     // The `bufio` package implements a buffered
-    // reader that may be useful both for it's efficiency
+    // reader that may be useful both for its efficiency
     // with many small reads and because of the additional
     // reading methods it provides. 
     r4 := bufio.NewReader(f)
diff --git a/examples/sorting-by-functions/sorting-by-functions.go b/examples/sorting-by-functions/sorting-by-functions.go
index 19c24d9..ea498ab 100644
--- a/examples/sorting-by-functions/sorting-by-functions.go
+++ b/examples/sorting-by-functions/sorting-by-functions.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ type ByLength []string
 // We implement `sort.Interface` - `Len`, `Less`, and
 // `Swap` - on our type so we can use the `sort` package's
 // generic `Sort` function. `Len` and `Swap`
-// will usually be similar accross types and `Less` will
+// will usually be similar across types and `Less` will
 // hold the actual custom sorting logic. In our case we
 // want to sort in order of increasing string length, so
 // we use `len(s[i])` and `len(s[j])` here.