diff --git a/ext/swift.rb b/ext/swift.rb
index 347e43c1..715263e9 100644
--- a/ext/swift.rb
+++ b/ext/swift.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ user_header="-H 'X-Storage-User: #{user}'"
 password_header="-H 'X-Storage-Pass: #{password}'"
 get_cred_command="curl -k -v #{user_header} #{password_header} http://#{proxy_local_net_ip}:8080/auth/v1.0"
 
-# verify that we can retrive credentials from our user
+# verify that we can retrieve credentials from our user
 result_hash = {}
 puts "getting credentials: #{get_cred_command}"
 Open3.popen3(get_cred_command) do |stdin, stdout, stderr|
diff --git a/ext/swift_keystone_test.rb b/ext/swift_keystone_test.rb
index c530dab8..213cc9f0 100644
--- a/ext/swift_keystone_test.rb
+++ b/ext/swift_keystone_test.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ user_header="-H 'X-Storage-User: #{user}'"
 password_header="-H 'X-Storage-Pass: #{password}'"
 get_cred_command="curl -k -v #{user_header} #{password_header} http://#{proxy_local_net_ip}:5000/v2.0/"
 
-# verify that we can retrive credentials from our user
+# verify that we can retrieve credentials from our user
 result_hash = {}
 puts "getting credentials: #{get_cred_command}"
 Open3.popen3(get_cred_command) do |stdin, stdout, stderr|
diff --git a/files/swift_tester.rb b/files/swift_tester.rb
index 3ce3ca53..6f8ace1f 100644
--- a/files/swift_tester.rb
+++ b/files/swift_tester.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ user_header="-H 'X-Storage-User: #{user}'"
 password_header="-H 'X-Storage-Pass: #{password}'"
 get_cred_command="curl -k -v #{user_header} #{password_header} http://#{proxy_local_net_ip}:8080/auth/v1.0"
 
-# verify that we can retrive credentials from our user
+# verify that we can retrieve credentials from our user
 result_hash = {}
 puts "getting credentials: #{get_cred_command}"
 Open3.popen3(get_cred_command) do |stdin, stdout, stderr|