diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/backend_ssl.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/backend_ssl.go
index 7b7cbc7fd..e75d8ff0e 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/backend_ssl.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/backend_ssl.go
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ func (ic *GenericController) syncSecret(k interface{}) error {
 func (ic *GenericController) getPemCertificate(secretName string) (*ingress.SSLCert, error) {
 	secretInterface, exists, err := ic.secrLister.Store.GetByKey(secretName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error retriveing secret %v: %v", secretName, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error retrieving secret %v: %v", secretName, err)
 	}
 	if !exists {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("secret named %v does not exists", secretName)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("secret named %v does not exist", secretName)
 	}
 
 	secret := secretInterface.(*api.Secret)
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
index 2a9c692b3..bbb96df36 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) getDefaultUpstream() *ingress.Backend {
 	}
 
 	if !svcExists {
-		glog.Warningf("service %v does not exists", svcKey)
+		glog.Warningf("service %v does not exist", svcKey)
 		upstream.Endpoints = append(upstream.Endpoints, newDefaultServer())
 		return upstream
 	}
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ func (ic GenericController) GetAuthCertificate(secretName string) (*resolver.Aut
 
 	bc, exists := ic.sslCertTracker.Get(secretName)
 	if !exists {
-		return &resolver.AuthSSLCert{}, fmt.Errorf("secret %v does not exists", secretName)
+		return &resolver.AuthSSLCert{}, fmt.Errorf("secret %v does not exist", secretName)
 	}
 	cert := bc.(*ingress.SSLCert)
 	return &resolver.AuthSSLCert{
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ func (ic *GenericController) serviceEndpoints(svcKey, backendPort string,
 	}
 
 	if !svcExists {
-		err = fmt.Errorf("service %v does not exists", svcKey)
+		err = fmt.Errorf("service %v does not exist", svcKey)
 		return upstreams, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/named_port.go b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/named_port.go
index c1cdeb6e2..abc1e6ef2 100644
--- a/core/pkg/ingress/controller/named_port.go
+++ b/core/pkg/ingress/controller/named_port.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // checkSvcForUpdate verifies if one of the running pods for a service contains
-// named port. If the annotation in the service does not exists or is not equals
+// named port. If the annotation in the service does not exist or is not equals
 // to the port mapping obtained from the pod the service must be updated to reflect
 // the current state
 func (ic *GenericController) checkSvcForUpdate(svc *api.Service) error {