diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClient.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClient.java
index 89e73042b45..02b8bb7cc7b 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClient.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcClient.java
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ public class RpcClient {
           e = (IOException)t;
           markClosed(e);
         } else {
-          e = new IOException("Coundn't set up IO Streams", t);
+          e = new IOException("Could not set up IO Streams", t);
           markClosed(e);
         }
         close();
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
index a5c62335b9d..1af14ace480 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/HRegionServer.java
@@ -2258,7 +2258,7 @@ public class HRegionServer implements ClientProtos.ClientService.BlockingInterfa
       ClassLoader classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
       clazz = Class.forName(classname, true, classLoader);
     } catch (java.lang.ClassNotFoundException nfe) {
-      throw new IOException("Cound not find class for " + classname);
+      throw new IOException("Could not find class for " + classname);
     }
 
     // create an instance of the replication object.
diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Merge.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Merge.java
index c6923505c28..565ed80cf13 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Merge.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/Merge.java
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ public class Merge extends Configured implements Tool {
           Bytes.toStringBinary(meta.getRegionName()));
     }
     if (info2 == null) {
-      throw new IOException("Cound not find " + Bytes.toStringBinary(region2) + " in " +
+      throw new IOException("Could not find " + Bytes.toStringBinary(region2) + " in " +
           Bytes.toStringBinary(meta.getRegionName()));
     }
     HRegion merged = null;