diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java
index decf81f45e2..8a9dc61f02b 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/Admin.java
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ public interface Admin extends Abortable, Closeable {
    * <li>running - returns <tt>false</tt></li> <li>finished - returns <tt>true</tt></li>
    * <li>finished with error - throws the exception that caused the snapshot to fail</li> </ol> The
    * cluster only knows about the most recent snapshot. Therefore, if another snapshot has been
-   * run/started since the snapshot your are checking, you will recieve an {@link
+   * run/started since the snapshot you are checking, you will receive an {@link
    * org.apache.hadoop.hbase.snapshot.UnknownSnapshotException}.
    *
    * @param snapshot description of the snapshot to check
diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
index 0e1054d9cf0..0782f5ae725 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/AsyncAdmin.java
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ public interface AsyncAdmin {
    * <li>finished with error - throws the exception that caused the snapshot to fail</li>
    * </ol>
    * The cluster only knows about the most recent snapshot. Therefore, if another snapshot has been
-   * run/started since the snapshot your are checking, you will recieve an
+   * run/started since the snapshot you are checking, you will receive an
    * {@link org.apache.hadoop.hbase.snapshot.UnknownSnapshotException}.
    * @param snapshot description of the snapshot to check
    * @return <tt>true</tt> if the snapshot is completed, <tt>false</tt> if the snapshot is still
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure/ZKProcedureMemberRpcs.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure/ZKProcedureMemberRpcs.java
index 2c2b4afba5c..8c56255a398 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure/ZKProcedureMemberRpcs.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/procedure/ZKProcedureMemberRpcs.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public class ZKProcedureMemberRpcs implements ProcedureMemberRpcs {
    * @param path full znode path that cause the notification
    */
   private void receivedReachedGlobalBarrier(String path) {
-    LOG.debug("Recieved reached global barrier:" + path);
+    LOG.debug("Received reached global barrier:" + path);
     String procName = ZKUtil.getNodeName(path);
     this.member.receivedReachedGlobalBarrier(procName);
   }
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestClockSkewDetection.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestClockSkewDetection.java
index 2b3f2fdc705..852b139398d 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestClockSkewDetection.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/TestClockSkewDetection.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class TestClockSkewDetection {
       fail("HMaster should have thrown a ClockOutOfSyncException but didn't.");
     } catch(ClockOutOfSyncException e) {
       //we want an exception
-      LOG.info("Recieved expected exception: "+e);
+      LOG.info("Received expected exception: "+e);
     }
 
     try {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class TestClockSkewDetection {
       fail("HMaster should have thrown a ClockOutOfSyncException but didn't.");
     } catch (ClockOutOfSyncException e) {
       // we want an exception
-      LOG.info("Recieved expected exception: " + e);
+      LOG.info("Received expected exception: " + e);
     }
 
     // make sure values above warning threshold but below max threshold don't kill
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/WALPerformanceEvaluation.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/WALPerformanceEvaluation.java
index 53cc49b84c4..50649f7ed57 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/WALPerformanceEvaluation.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/wal/WALPerformanceEvaluation.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public final class WALPerformanceEvaluation extends Configured implements Tool {
           loopSampler = Sampler.ALWAYS;
           if (numIterations > 1000) {
             LOG.warn("Full tracing of all iterations will produce a lot of data. Be sure your"
-              + " SpanReciever can keep up.");
+              + " SpanReceiver can keep up.");
           }
         } else {
           getConf().setDouble("hbase.sampler.fraction", traceFreq);