diff --git a/core/commands/block.go b/core/commands/block.go
index 214af0c212d7433ac593bbb84a2fdab0ca883d37..b187fccc696934ad46532da3d3acd5254d946e90 100644
--- a/core/commands/block.go
+++ b/core/commands/block.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var blockStatCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
 		Tagline: "Print information of a raw IPFS block.",
 		ShortDescription: `
-'ipfs block stat' is a plumbing command for retreiving information
+'ipfs block stat' is a plumbing command for retrieving information
 on raw ipfs blocks. It outputs the following to stdout:
 
 	Key  - the base58 encoded multihash
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ var blockGetCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
 		Tagline: "Get a raw IPFS block.",
 		ShortDescription: `
-'ipfs block get' is a plumbing command for retreiving raw ipfs blocks.
+'ipfs block get' is a plumbing command for retrieving raw ipfs blocks.
 It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded multihash.
 `,
 	},
diff --git a/core/commands/object/object.go b/core/commands/object/object.go
index 0827e06c695608bd8b78f136a5522588bdd88af3..e4990cf123cb9d41205bd5140dfe0581a6785ae1 100644
--- a/core/commands/object/object.go
+++ b/core/commands/object/object.go
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ var ObjectDataCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
 		Tagline: "Outputs the raw bytes in an IPFS object.",
 		ShortDescription: `
-'ipfs object data' is a plumbing command for retreiving the raw bytes stored in
+'ipfs object data' is a plumbing command for retrieving the raw bytes stored in
 a DAG node. It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded
 multihash.
 `,
 		LongDescription: `
-'ipfs object data' is a plumbing command for retreiving the raw bytes stored in
+'ipfs object data' is a plumbing command for retrieving the raw bytes stored in
 a DAG node. It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded
 multihash.
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ var ObjectLinksCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
 		Tagline: "Outputs the links pointed to by the specified object.",
 		ShortDescription: `
-'ipfs object links' is a plumbing command for retreiving the links from
+'ipfs object links' is a plumbing command for retrieving the links from
 a DAG node. It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded
 multihash.
 `,
@@ -159,12 +159,12 @@ var ObjectGetCmd = &cmds.Command{
 	Helptext: cmds.HelpText{
 		Tagline: "Get and serialize the DAG node named by <key>.",
 		ShortDescription: `
-'ipfs object get' is a plumbing command for retreiving DAG nodes.
+'ipfs object get' is a plumbing command for retrieving DAG nodes.
 It serializes the DAG node to the format specified by the "--encoding"
 flag. It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded multihash.
 `,
 		LongDescription: `
-'ipfs object get' is a plumbing command for retreiving DAG nodes.
+'ipfs object get' is a plumbing command for retrieving DAG nodes.
 It serializes the DAG node to the format specified by the "--encoding"
 flag. It outputs to stdout, and <key> is a base58 encoded multihash.