diff --git a/node/config.go b/node/config.go
index 2e0863a34a..1f9598a8ab 100644
--- a/node/config.go
+++ b/node/config.go
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func (c *Config) NodeKey() *ecdsa.PrivateKey {
 	return key
 }
 
-// CheckLegacyFiles inspects the datadir for signs of legacy static-nodes
+// checkLegacyFiles inspects the datadir for signs of legacy static-nodes
 // and trusted-nodes files. If they exist it raises an error.
 func (c *Config) checkLegacyFiles() {
 	c.checkLegacyFile(c.ResolvePath(datadirStaticNodes))
diff --git a/node/rpcstack.go b/node/rpcstack.go
index 9ddb35a144..701a96f651 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack.go
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ func newIPCServer(log log.Logger, endpoint string) *ipcServer {
 	return &ipcServer{log: log, endpoint: endpoint}
 }
 
-// Start starts the httpServer's http.Server
+// start starts the httpServer's http.Server
 func (is *ipcServer) start(apis []rpc.API) error {
 	is.mu.Lock()
 	defer is.mu.Unlock()
diff --git a/node/rpcstack_test.go b/node/rpcstack_test.go
index 60ce27e7e9..d55b6c3ab3 100644
--- a/node/rpcstack_test.go
+++ b/node/rpcstack_test.go
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestWebsocketOrigins(t *testing.T) {
 			expFail: []string{
 				"test",                                // no scheme, required by spec
 				"http://test",                         // wrong scheme
-				"http://test.foo", "https://a.test.x", // subdomain variatoins
+				"http://test.foo", "https://a.test.x", // subdomain variations
 				"http://testx:8540", "https://xtest:8540"},
 		},
 		// ip tests