diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
index cfbb3b001f5..6caf1aa951c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/CHANGES.txt
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ Release 2.0.1-alpha - UNRELEASED
     HADOOP-8566. AvroReflectSerializer.accept(Class) throws a NPE if the class has no 
     package (primitive types and arrays). (tucu)
 
+    HADOOP-8586. Fixup a bunch of SPNEGO misspellings. (eli)
+
   BREAKDOWN OF HDFS-3042 SUBTASKS
 
     HADOOP-8220. ZKFailoverController doesn't handle failure to become active
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/HttpAuthentication.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/HttpAuthentication.xml
index 270e9517ed2..fc7b59ba70a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/HttpAuthentication.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/docs/src/documentation/content/xdocs/HttpAuthentication.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
       <p><code>hadoop.http.authentication.kerberos.principal</code>: Indicates the Kerberos 
       principal to be used for HTTP endpoint when using 'kerberos' authentication.
-      The principal short name must be <code>HTTP</code> per Kerberos HTTP SPENGO specification.
+      The principal short name must be <code>HTTP</code> per Kerberos HTTP SPNEGO specification.
       The default value is <code>HTTP/_HOST@$LOCALHOST</code>, where <code>_HOST</code> -if present-
       is replaced with bind address of the HTTP server.
       </p>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/AuthenticationFilterInitializer.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/AuthenticationFilterInitializer.java
index 1509d247fa7..4d23dbe76fd 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/AuthenticationFilterInitializer.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/AuthenticationFilterInitializer.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Initializes hadoop-auth AuthenticationFilter which provides support for
- * Kerberos HTTP SPENGO authentication.
+ * Kerberos HTTP SPNEGO authentication.
  * <p/>
  * It enables anonymous access, simple/speudo and Kerberos HTTP SPNEGO
  * authentication  for Hadoop JobTracker, NameNode, DataNodes and
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/resources/httpfs-default.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/resources/httpfs-default.xml
index e96042ef133..a51f8722708 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/resources/httpfs-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/resources/httpfs-default.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
       The HTTP Kerberos principal used by HttpFS in the HTTP endpoint.
 
       The HTTP Kerberos principal MUST start with 'HTTP/' per Kerberos
-      HTTP SPENGO specification.
+      HTTP SPNEGO specification.
     </description>
   </property>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/UsingHttpTools.apt.vm b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/UsingHttpTools.apt.vm
index 30417423cd2..4bd137950fd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/UsingHttpTools.apt.vm
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/UsingHttpTools.apt.vm
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $ curl "http://<HTTFS_HOST>:14000/webhdfs/v1?op=homedir&user.name=babu"
 
 ** Kerberos HTTP SPNEGO Authentication
 
-  Kerberos HTTP SPENGO authentication requires a tool or library supporting
+  Kerberos HTTP SPNEGO authentication requires a tool or library supporting
   Kerberos HTTP SPNEGO protocol.
 
   IMPORTANT: If using <<<curl>>>, the <<<curl>>> version being used must support
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm
index 2f8dd5b9cc2..9a25753513e 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/site/apt/index.apt.vm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Hadoop HDFS over HTTP - Documentation Sets ${project.version}
   HttpFS uses a clean HTTP REST API making its use with HTTP tools more
   intuitive.
 
-  HttpFS supports Hadoop pseudo authentication, Kerberos SPENGOS authentication
+  HttpFS supports Hadoop pseudo authentication, Kerberos SPNEGOS authentication
   and Hadoop proxy users. Hadoop HDFS proxy did not.
 
 * User and Developer Documentation
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/apt/WebHDFS.apt.vm b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/apt/WebHDFS.apt.vm
index b776e21b0e4..38b8dc8ab09 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/apt/WebHDFS.apt.vm
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-site/src/site/apt/WebHDFS.apt.vm
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ WebHDFS REST API
 *-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
 | <<<dfs.webhdfs.enabled                      >>> | Enable/disable WebHDFS in Namenodes and Datanodes |
 *-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
-| <<<dfs.web.authentication.kerberos.principal>>> | The HTTP Kerberos principal used by Hadoop-Auth in the HTTP endpoint. The HTTP Kerberos principal MUST start with 'HTTP/' per Kerberos HTTP SPENGO specification. |
+| <<<dfs.web.authentication.kerberos.principal>>> | The HTTP Kerberos principal used by Hadoop-Auth in the HTTP endpoint. The HTTP Kerberos principal MUST start with 'HTTP/' per Kerberos HTTP SPNEGO specification. |
 *-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+
 | <<<dfs.web.authentication.kerberos.keytab   >>> | The Kerberos keytab file with the credentials for the HTTP Kerberos principal used by Hadoop-Auth in the HTTP endpoint. |
 *-------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+