diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
index 5b8d49d3139..48827282d99 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/resources/core-default.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
The name of the Network Interface from which the service should determine
its host name for Kerberos login. e.g. eth2. In a multi-homed environment,
- the setting can be used to affect the _HOST subsitution in the service
+ the setting can be used to affect the _HOST substitution in the service
Kerberos principal. If this configuration value is not set, the service
will use its default hostname as returned by
InetAddress.getLocalHost().getCanonicalHostName().
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
The number of levels to go up the group hierarchy when determining
which groups a user is part of. 0 Will represent checking just the
group that the user belongs to. Each additional level will raise the
- time it takes to exectue a query by at most
+ time it takes to execute a query by at most
hadoop.security.group.mapping.ldap.directory.search.timeout.
The default will usually be appropriate for all LDAP systems.
@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@
dr.who=;
Static mapping of user to groups. This will override the groups if
- available in the system for the specified user. In otherwords, groups
+ available in the system for the specified user. In other words, groups
look-up will not happen for these users, instead groups mapped in this
configuration will be used.
Mapping should be in this format.