diff --git a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
index cf980b5c3..5e232d252 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0040-add-and-cat.sh
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ test_expect_success "ipfs add --only-hash succeeds" '
     echo "unknown content for only-hash" | ipfs add --only-hash -q > oh_hash
 '
 
-#TODO: this doesnt work when online hence separated out from test_add_cat_file
+#TODO: this doesn't work when online hence separated out from test_add_cat_file
 test_expect_success "ipfs cat file fails" '
     test_must_fail ipfs cat $(cat oh_hash)
 '
diff --git a/test/sharness/t0180-pubsub.sh b/test/sharness/t0180-pubsub.sh
index 503815e9f..418448695 100755
--- a/test/sharness/t0180-pubsub.sh
+++ b/test/sharness/t0180-pubsub.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ test_expect_success "publish something" '
 test_expect_success "wait until echo > wait executed" '
 	cat wait &&
 	test_cmp pubErr empty &&
-	test_cmp expected actual 
+	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
 test_expect_success 'stop iptb' '
diff --git a/unixfs/format_test.go b/unixfs/format_test.go
index 10421431a..6edc2ca0b 100644
--- a/unixfs/format_test.go
+++ b/unixfs/format_test.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func TestPBdataTools(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
-func TestMetedata(t *testing.T) {
+func TestMetadata(t *testing.T) {
 	meta := &Metadata{
 		MimeType: "audio/aiff",
 		Size:     12345,