diff --git a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/PropertySerializationException.java b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/PropertySerializationException.java
index a8c6ff2483..30c7854486 100644
--- a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/PropertySerializationException.java
+++ b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/PropertySerializationException.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 package com.linkedin.d2.discovery;
 
 /**
- * Denotes a data format or other error occured during serialization or deserialization.
+ * Denotes a data format or other error occurred during serialization or deserialization.
  * @author Steven Ihde
  * @version $Revision: $
  */
diff --git a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/stores/PropertyStoreException.java b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/stores/PropertyStoreException.java
index 3927976401..c9309e1215 100644
--- a/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/stores/PropertyStoreException.java
+++ b/d2/src/main/java/com/linkedin/d2/discovery/stores/PropertyStoreException.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 package com.linkedin.d2.discovery.stores;
 
 /**
- * Denotes a communication error occured during an operation on a PropertyStore.
+ * Denotes a communication error occurred during an operation on a PropertyStore.
  * @author Steven Ihde
  * @version $Revision: $
  */
diff --git a/pegasus-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/common/callback/Callbacks.java b/pegasus-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/common/callback/Callbacks.java
index e144c13bce..0082eea284 100644
--- a/pegasus-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/common/callback/Callbacks.java
+++ b/pegasus-common/src/main/java/com/linkedin/common/callback/Callbacks.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public void onSuccess(T result)
 
   /**
    * Returns a new callback which defers invocation of another callback until a specified
-   * number of onSuccess() or onError() calls to the new callback have occured.
+   * number of onSuccess() or onError() calls to the new callback have occurred.
    *
    * @param callback
    *          the underlying callback