diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFileSystem.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFileSystem.java
index fe2f8a9dd6..8b90f533f8 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFileSystem.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public URI getUri() {
   /**
    * Strip out the root from the path.
    * @param p - fully qualified path p
-   * @return -  the remaining path  without the begining /
+   * @return -  the remaining path  without the beginning /
    * @throws IOException if the p is not prefixed with root
    */
   String stripOutRoot(final Path p) throws IOException {
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFs.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFs.java
index ad1f5b5620..6168df0d09 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFs.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/viewfs/ChRootedFs.java
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ public URI getUri() {
    * Strip out the root from the path.
    * 
    * @param p - fully qualified path p
-   * @return -  the remaining path  without the begining /
+   * @return -  the remaining path  without the beginning /
    */
   public String stripOutRoot(final Path p) {
     try {
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/JniBasedUnixGroupsNetgroupMapping.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/JniBasedUnixGroupsNetgroupMapping.java
index fc3c4a7f47..ff4ab989e7 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/JniBasedUnixGroupsNetgroupMapping.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/JniBasedUnixGroupsNetgroupMapping.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public void cacheGroupsAdd(List<String> groups) throws IOException {
   protected synchronized List<String> getUsersForNetgroup(String netgroup) {
     String[] users = null;
     try {
-      // JNI code does not expect '@' at the begining of the group name
+      // JNI code does not expect '@' at the beginning of the group name
       users = getUsersForNetgroupJNI(netgroup.substring(1));
     } catch (Exception e) {
       if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/ShellBasedUnixGroupsNetgroupMapping.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/ShellBasedUnixGroupsNetgroupMapping.java
index 0ee1c60c59..4aa4e9f55b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/ShellBasedUnixGroupsNetgroupMapping.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/security/ShellBasedUnixGroupsNetgroupMapping.java
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ protected String execShellGetUserForNetgroup(final String netgroup)
       throws IOException {
     String result = "";
     try {
-      // shell command does not expect '@' at the begining of the group name
+      // shell command does not expect '@' at the beginning of the group name
       result = Shell.execCommand(
         Shell.getUsersForNetgroupCommand(netgroup.substring(1)));
     } catch (ExitCodeException e) {
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/monitor/capacity/QueuePriorityContainerCandidateSelector.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/monitor/capacity/QueuePriorityContainerCandidateSelector.java
index 438bce9572..c730a2d88e 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/monitor/capacity/QueuePriorityContainerCandidateSelector.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/monitor/capacity/QueuePriorityContainerCandidateSelector.java
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ public Map<ApplicationAttemptId, Set<RMContainer>> selectCandidates(
 
     long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
-    // From the begining of the list
+    // From the beginning of the list
     for (RMContainer reservedContainer : reservedContainers) {
       // Only try to preempt reserved container after reserved container created
       // and cannot be allocated after minTimeout