diff --git a/pkg/flagbuilder/build_flags.go b/pkg/flagbuilder/build_flags.go
index 5d3c43b26bc2e..60d9097cbae9b 100644
--- a/pkg/flagbuilder/build_flags.go
+++ b/pkg/flagbuilder/build_flags.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 )
 
-// BuildFlags returns a space seperated list arguments
+// BuildFlags returns a space separated list arguments
 // @deprecated: please use BuildFlagsList
 func BuildFlags(options interface{}) (string, error) {
 	flags, err := BuildFlagsList(options)
diff --git a/pkg/formatter/instancegroup.go b/pkg/formatter/instancegroup.go
index 9fa1917eacb14..679f2f5e4b49b 100644
--- a/pkg/formatter/instancegroup.go
+++ b/pkg/formatter/instancegroup.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func RenderInstanceGroupZones(cluster *kops.Cluster) InstanceGroupRenderFunction
 	return func(ig *kops.InstanceGroup) string {
 		zones, err := model.FindZonesForInstanceGroup(cluster, ig)
 		if err != nil {
-			glog.Warningf("error fetch zones for instancegroup: %v", err)
+			glog.Warningf("error fetching zones for instancegroup: %v", err)
 			return ""
 		}
 		return strings.Join(zones, ",")