diff --git a/swarm/storage/localstore/accessor.go b/swarm/storage/localstore/accessor.go
index 9cba713d08..79574b68d4 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/localstore/accessor.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/localstore/accessor.go
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ func (db *DB) Accessor(mode Mode) *Accessor {
 	}
 }
 
-// Put overwrites the underlying DB Put method for the specific mode of update.
+// Put uses the underlying DB for the specific mode of update to store the chunk.
 func (u *Accessor) Put(ctx context.Context, ch storage.Chunk) error {
 	return u.db.update(ctx, u.mode, chunkToItem(ch))
 }
 
-// Get overwrites the underlying DB Get method for the specific mode of access.
+// Get uses the underlying DB for the specific mode of access to get the chunk.
 func (u *Accessor) Get(_ context.Context, addr storage.Address) (chunk storage.Chunk, err error) {
 	item := addressToItem(addr)
 	out, err := u.db.access(u.mode, item)
diff --git a/swarm/storage/localstore/localstore.go b/swarm/storage/localstore/localstore.go
index 9c455507bf..843fc04825 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/localstore/localstore.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/localstore/localstore.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	// ErrInvalidMode is retuned when an unkonw Mode
+	// ErrInvalidMode is retuned when an unknown Mode
 	// is provided to the function.
 	ErrInvalidMode = errors.New("invalid mode")
 	// ErrDBClosed is returned when database is closed.
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func New(path string, baseKey []byte) (db *DB, err error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	// start goroutine what writes batches
+	// start goroutine that writes batches
 	go db.writeBatches()
 	return db, nil
 }
diff --git a/swarm/storage/localstore/mode.go b/swarm/storage/localstore/mode.go
index 63dac3626a..564f5b64e5 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/localstore/mode.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/localstore/mode.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 // ModeName returns a descriptive name of a Mode.
-// If the Mode is not know, a blank string is returned.
+// If the Mode is not known, a blank string is returned.
 func ModeName(m Mode) (name string) {
 	switch m {
 	case ModeSyncing:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func ModeName(m Mode) (name string) {
 }
 
 // access is called by an Accessor with a specific Mode.
-// This function utilizes differnet indexes depending on
+// This function utilizes different indexes depending on
 // the Mode.
 func (db *DB) access(mode Mode, item shed.IndexItem) (out shed.IndexItem, err error) {
 	out, err = db.retrievalIndex.Get(item)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func (db *DB) access(mode Mode, item shed.IndexItem) (out shed.IndexItem, err er
 }
 
 // update is called by an Accessor with a specific Mode.
-// This function calles updateBatch to perform operations
+// This function calls updateBatch to perform operations
 // on indexes and fields within a single batch.
 func (db *DB) update(ctx context.Context, mode Mode, item shed.IndexItem) error {
 	db.mu.RLock()