diff --git a/ethdb/database.go b/ethdb/database.go
index dffb42e2b0..29da4a197a 100644
--- a/ethdb/database.go
+++ b/ethdb/database.go
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ import (
 
 var OpenFileLimit = 64
 
-// cacheRatio specifies how the total alloted cache is distributed between the
+// cacheRatio specifies how the total allotted cache is distributed between the
 // various system databases.
 var cacheRatio = map[string]float64{
 	"dapp":      0.0,
 	"chaindata": 1.0,
 }
 
-// handleRatio specifies how the total alloted file descriptors is distributed
+// handleRatio specifies how the total allotted file descriptors is distributed
 // between the various system databases.
 var handleRatio = map[string]float64{
 	"dapp":      0.0,
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func NewLDBDatabase(file string, cache int, handles int) (*LDBDatabase, error) {
 	if handles < 16 {
 		handles = 16
 	}
-	glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("Alloted %dMB cache and %d file handles to %s", cache, handles, file)
+	glog.V(logger.Info).Infof("Allotted %dMB cache and %d file handles to %s", cache, handles, file)
 
 	// Open the db and recover any potential corruptions
 	db, err := leveldb.OpenFile(file, &opt.Options{
diff --git a/p2p/discover/database.go b/p2p/discover/database.go
index 6d448515de..d6ea507bb6 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/database.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/database.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (db *nodeDB) expirer() {
 }
 
 // expireNodes iterates over the database and deletes all nodes that have not
-// been seen (i.e. received a pong from) for some alloted time.
+// been seen (i.e. received a pong from) for some allotted time.
 func (db *nodeDB) expireNodes() error {
 	threshold := time.Now().Add(-nodeDBNodeExpiration)