diff --git a/swarm/shed/field_string.go b/swarm/shed/field_string.go
index c2e5ffa14a..a7e8f0c754 100644
--- a/swarm/shed/field_string.go
+++ b/swarm/shed/field_string.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ type StringField struct {
 	key []byte
 }
 
-// NewStringField retruns a new Instance fo StringField.
+// NewStringField retruns a new Instance of StringField.
 // It validates its name and type against the database schema.
 func (db *DB) NewStringField(name string) (f StringField, err error) {
 	key, err := db.schemaFieldKey(name, "string")
diff --git a/swarm/shed/field_struct.go b/swarm/shed/field_struct.go
index 93d6e94096..07b9454811 100644
--- a/swarm/shed/field_struct.go
+++ b/swarm/shed/field_struct.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (db *DB) NewStructField(name string) (f StructField, err error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-// Unmarshal unmarshals data fromt he database to a provided val.
+// Unmarshal unmarshals data fromt the database to a provided val.
 // If the data is not found leveldb.ErrNotFound is returned.
 func (f StructField) Unmarshal(val interface{}) (err error) {
 	b, err := f.db.Get(f.key)
diff --git a/swarm/shed/index.go b/swarm/shed/index.go
index c4cf504bfe..7b8c2ef728 100644
--- a/swarm/shed/index.go
+++ b/swarm/shed/index.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func (f Index) PutInBatch(batch *leveldb.Batch, i IndexItem) (err error) {
 }
 
 // Delete accepts IndexItem to remove a key/value pair
-// form the database based on its fields.
+// from the database based on its fields.
 func (f Index) Delete(keyFields IndexItem) (err error) {
 	key, err := f.encodeKeyFunc(keyFields)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/swarm/shed/schema.go b/swarm/shed/schema.go
index 579d058aba..cfb7c6d642 100644
--- a/swarm/shed/schema.go
+++ b/swarm/shed/schema.go
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ type indexSpec struct {
 // a particular field form the schema definition.
 func (db *DB) schemaFieldKey(name, fieldType string) (key []byte, err error) {
 	if name == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("filed name can not be blank")
+		return nil, errors.New("field name can not be blank")
 	}
 	if fieldType == "" {
-		return nil, errors.New("filed type can not be blank")
+		return nil, errors.New("field type can not be blank")
 	}
 	s, err := db.getSchema()
 	if err != nil {