diff --git a/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go b/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go
index 2730ebfb74..7f89c4ac63 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/system/connection/add.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func add(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		info, err := os.Stat(uri.Path)
 		switch {
 		case errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist):
-			logrus.Warnf("%q does not exists", uri.Path)
+			logrus.Warnf("%q does not exist", uri.Path)
 		case errors.Is(err, os.ErrPermission):
 			logrus.Warnf("You do not have permission to read %q", uri.Path)
 		case err != nil:
diff --git a/cmd/podman/utils/error.go b/cmd/podman/utils/error.go
index aa477833b9..c022af0920 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/utils/error.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/utils/error.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func (o OutputErrors) PrintErrors() (lastError error) {
 }
 
 /*
-For remote client, server does not returns error with exit code
+For remote client, server does not return error with exit code
 
 	instead returns a message and we cast it to a new error.
 
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ func ExitCodeFromBuildError(errorMsg string) (int, error) {
 			return buildahCLI.ExecErrorCodeGeneric, err
 		}
 	}
-	return buildahCLI.ExecErrorCodeGeneric, errors.New("message does not contains a valid exit code")
+	return buildahCLI.ExecErrorCodeGeneric, errors.New("message does not contain a valid exit code")
 }
 
 // HandleOSExecError checks the given error for an exec.ExitError error and
 // sets the same podman exit code as the error.
 // No error will be returned in this case to make sure things like podman
 // unshare false work correctly without extra output.
-// When the exec file does not exists we set the exit code to 127, for
+// When the exec file does not exist we set the exit code to 127, for
 // permission errors 126 is used as exit code. In this case we still return
 // the error so the user gets an error message.
 // If the error is nil it returns nil.
diff --git a/libpod/container_api.go b/libpod/container_api.go
index ab7985629c..7b231709bc 100644
--- a/libpod/container_api.go
+++ b/libpod/container_api.go
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ func (c *Container) Init(ctx context.Context, recursive bool) error {
 // ContainerStatePaused via Pause(), or to ContainerStateStopped by the process
 // stopping (either due to exit, or being forced to stop by the Kill or Stop API
 // calls).
-// Start requites that all dependency containers (e.g. pod infra containers) be
-// running before being run. The recursive parameter, if set, will start all
+// Start requires that all dependency containers (e.g. pod infra containers) are
+// running before starting the container. The recursive parameter, if set, will start all
 // dependencies before starting this container.
 func (c *Container) Start(ctx context.Context, recursive bool) (finalErr error) {
 	defer func() {
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ func (c *Container) Batch(batchFunc func(*Container) error) error {
 // Most of the time, Podman does not explicitly query the OCI runtime for
 // container status, and instead relies upon exit files created by conmon.
 // This can cause a disconnect between running state and what Podman sees in
-// cases where Conmon was killed unexpected, or runc was upgraded.
+// cases where Conmon was killed unexpectedly, or runc was upgraded.
 // Running a manual Sync() ensures that container state will be correct in
 // such situations.
 func (c *Container) Sync() error {
diff --git a/libpod/container_config.go b/libpod/container_config.go
index 84e1d3dcf3..1fdbe70233 100644
--- a/libpod/container_config.go
+++ b/libpod/container_config.go
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ type ContainerMiscConfig struct {
 	// RestartPolicy indicates what action the container will take upon
 	// exiting naturally.
 	// Allowed options are "no" (take no action), "on-failure" (restart on
-	// non-zero exit code, up an a maximum of RestartRetries times),
+	// non-zero exit code, up to a maximum of RestartRetries times),
 	// and "always" (always restart the container on any exit code).
 	// The empty string is treated as the default ("no")
 	RestartPolicy string `json:"restart_policy,omitempty"`
diff --git a/libpod/container_inspect.go b/libpod/container_inspect.go
index 1e7dbcde99..0da2a4d059 100644
--- a/libpod/container_inspect.go
+++ b/libpod/container_inspect.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func (c *Container) getContainerInspectData(size bool, driverData *define.Driver
 	}
 
 	if c.config.HealthCheckConfig != nil {
-		// This container has a healthcheck defined in it; we need to add it's state
+		// This container has a healthcheck defined in it; we need to add its state
 		healthCheckState, err := c.getHealthCheckLog()
 		if err != nil {
 			// An error here is not considered fatal; no health state will be displayed
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_common.go b/libpod/container_internal_common.go
index a5d1fc047a..4d1cabb7d5 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_common.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_common.go
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func (c *Container) generateSpec(ctx context.Context) (*spec.Spec, error) {
 
 	// Check if the spec file mounts contain the options z, Z, U or idmap.
 	// If they have z or Z, relabel the source directory and then remove the option.
-	// If they have U, chown the source directory and them remove the option.
+	// If they have U, chown the source directory and then remove the option.
 	// If they have idmap, then calculate the mappings to use in the OCI config file.
 	for i := range g.Config.Mounts {
 		m := &g.Config.Mounts[i]
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ func (c *Container) restore(ctx context.Context, options ContainerCheckpointOpti
 	}
 
 	// Let's try to stat() CRIU's inventory file. If it does not exist, it makes
-	// no sense to try a restore. This is a minimal check if a checkpoint exist.
+	// no sense to try a restore. This is a minimal check if a checkpoint exists.
 	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(c.CheckpointPath(), "inventory.img")); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("a complete checkpoint for this container cannot be found, cannot restore: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/libpod/container_stat_common.go b/libpod/container_stat_common.go
index e59a52eded..c70098cf51 100644
--- a/libpod/container_stat_common.go
+++ b/libpod/container_stat_common.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (c *Container) stat(containerMountPoint string, containerPath string) (*def
 		}
 		// Not all errors from secureStat map to ErrNotExist, so we
 		// have to look into the error string.  Turning it into an
-		// ENOENT let's the API handlers return the correct status code
+		// ENOENT lets the API handlers return the correct status code
 		// which is crucial for the remote client.
 		if os.IsNotExist(statErr) || strings.Contains(statErr.Error(), "o such file or directory") {
 			statErr = copy.ErrENOENT
diff --git a/libpod/define/container.go b/libpod/define/container.go
index ba939578f5..97eb1c3bb1 100644
--- a/libpod/define/container.go
+++ b/libpod/define/container.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var RestartPolicyMap = map[string]string{
 
 // InitContainerTypes
 const (
-	// AlwaysInitContainer is an init container than runs on each
+	// AlwaysInitContainer is an init container that runs on each
 	// pod start (including restart)
 	AlwaysInitContainer = "always"
 	// OneShotInitContainer is a container that only runs as init once
diff --git a/libpod/events/nullout.go b/libpod/events/nullout.go
index da3820c23c..ff08c84ea4 100644
--- a/libpod/events/nullout.go
+++ b/libpod/events/nullout.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // EventToNull is an eventer type that does nothing.
-// It is meant for unittests only
+// It is meant for unit tests only
 type EventToNull struct{}
 
 // Write eats the event and always returns nil
diff --git a/libpod/lock/shm/shm_lock.c b/libpod/lock/shm/shm_lock.c
index 95052c40f5..0dae806fcf 100644
--- a/libpod/lock/shm/shm_lock.c
+++ b/libpod/lock/shm/shm_lock.c
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ shm_struct_t *setup_lock_shm(char *path, uint32_t num_locks, int *error_code) {
 // Returns a valid pointer on success or NULL on error.
 // If an error occurs, negative ERRNO values will be written to error_code.
 // ERANGE is returned for a mismatch between num_locks and the number of locks
-// available in the the SHM lock struct.
+// available in the SHM lock struct.
 shm_struct_t *open_lock_shm(char *path, uint32_t num_locks, int *error_code) {
   int shm_fd;
   shm_struct_t *shm;
diff --git a/libpod/logs/log.go b/libpod/logs/log.go
index 43da8d904d..b053d91e18 100644
--- a/libpod/logs/log.go
+++ b/libpod/logs/log.go
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ func getTailLog(path string, tail int) ([]*LogLine, error) {
 				nllCounter++
 			}
 		}
-		// if we have enough log lines, we can hangup
+		// if we have enough log lines, we can hang up
 		if nllCounter >= tail {
 			break
 		}
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func NewLogLine(line string) (*LogLine, error) {
 }
 
 // NewJournaldLogLine creates a LogLine from the specified line from journald.
-// Note that if withID is set, the first item of the message is considerred to
+// Note that if withID is set, the first item of the message is considered to
 // be the container ID and set as such.
 func NewJournaldLogLine(line string, withID bool) (*LogLine, error) {
 	splitLine := strings.Split(line, " ")
diff --git a/libpod/networking_freebsd.go b/libpod/networking_freebsd.go
index 26899faf2e..8a96e7e8d1 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_freebsd.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_freebsd.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func (r *RootlessNetNS) Cleanup(runtime *Runtime) error {
 }
 
 // GetRootlessNetNs returns the rootless netns object. If create is set to true
-// the rootless network namespace will be created if it does not exists already.
+// the rootless network namespace will be created if it does not already exist.
 // If called as root it returns always nil.
 // On success the returned RootlessCNI lock is locked and must be unlocked by the caller.
 func (r *Runtime) GetRootlessNetNs(new bool) (*RootlessNetNS, error) {
diff --git a/libpod/networking_linux.go b/libpod/networking_linux.go
index 31c66246bc..d7d1f4bc74 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_linux.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func (r *RootlessNetNS) Do(toRun func() error) error {
 		// 1. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR -> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/rootless-netns/XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
 		// 2. /run/systemd -> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/rootless-netns/run/systemd (only if it exists)
 		// 3. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/rootless-netns/resolv.conf -> /etc/resolv.conf or XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/rootless-netns/run/symlink/target
-		// 4. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/rootless-netns/var/lib/cni -> /var/lib/cni (if /var/lib/cni does not exists use the parent dir)
+		// 4. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/rootless-netns/var/lib/cni -> /var/lib/cni (if /var/lib/cni does not exist, use the parent dir)
 		// 5. XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/rootless-netns/run -> /run
 
 		// Create a new mount namespace,
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (r *RootlessNetNS) Do(toRun func() error) error {
 			// If /etc/resolv.conf has more than one symlink under /run, e.g.
 			// -> /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf -> /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf
 			// we would put the netns resolv.conf file to the last path. However this will
-			// break dns because the second link does not exists in the mount ns.
+			// break dns because the second link does not exist in the mount ns.
 			// see https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/11222
 			//
 			// We also need to resolve all path components not just the last file.
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func (r *RootlessNetNS) Do(toRun func() error) error {
 func (r *RootlessNetNS) Cleanup(runtime *Runtime) error {
 	_, err := os.Stat(r.dir)
 	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		// the directory does not exists no need for cleanup
+		// the directory does not exist, so no need for cleanup
 		return nil
 	}
 	activeNetns := func(c *Container) bool {
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (r *RootlessNetNS) Cleanup(runtime *Runtime) error {
 }
 
 // GetRootlessNetNs returns the rootless netns object. If create is set to true
-// the rootless network namespace will be created if it does not exists already.
+// the rootless network namespace will be created if it does not already exist.
 // If called as root it returns always nil.
 // On success the returned RootlessCNI lock is locked and must be unlocked by the caller.
 func (r *Runtime) GetRootlessNetNs(new bool) (*RootlessNetNS, error) {
diff --git a/libpod/networking_slirp4netns.go b/libpod/networking_slirp4netns.go
index 48e1aae0f2..8e6dc8b901 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_slirp4netns.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_slirp4netns.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) setupSlirp4netns(ctr *Container, netns string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// the slirp4netns arguments being passed are describes as follows:
+	// the slirp4netns arguments being passed are described as follows:
 	// from the slirp4netns documentation: https://github.com/rootless-containers/slirp4netns
 	// -c, --configure Brings up the tap interface
 	// -e, --exit-fd=FD specify the FD for terminating slirp4netns
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) setupSlirp4netns(ctr *Container, netns string) error {
 		go func() {
 			err := ns.WithNetNSPath(netnsPath, func(_ ns.NetNS) error {
 				// Duplicate Address Detection slows the ipv6 setup down for 1-2 seconds.
-				// Since slirp4netns is run it is own namespace and not directly routed
+				// Since slirp4netns is run in its own namespace and not directly routed
 				// we can skip this to make the ipv6 address immediately available.
 				// We change the default to make sure the slirp tap interface gets the
 				// correct value assigned so DAD is disabled for it
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) setupSlirp4netns(ctr *Container, netns string) error {
 				orgValue, err := os.ReadFile(ipv6ConfDefaultAcceptDadSysctl)
 				if err != nil {
 					netnsReadyWg.Done()
-					// on ipv6 disabled systems the sysctl does not exists
+					// on ipv6 disabled systems the sysctl does not exist
 					// so we should not error
 					if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 						return nil
diff --git a/libpod/networking_unsupported.go b/libpod/networking_unsupported.go
index d1cec1c47d..7c00d25b3d 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_unsupported.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_unsupported.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (r *RootlessNetNS) Cleanup(runtime *Runtime) error {
 }
 
 // GetRootlessNetNs returns the rootless netns object. If create is set to true
-// the rootless network namespace will be created if it does not exists already.
+// the rootless network namespace will be created if it does not already exist.
 // If called as root it returns always nil.
 // On success the returned RootlessCNI lock is locked and must be unlocked by the caller.
 func (r *Runtime) GetRootlessNetNs(new bool) (*RootlessNetNS, error) {
diff --git a/libpod/options.go b/libpod/options.go
index 3ce81ed6d3..556f30898b 100644
--- a/libpod/options.go
+++ b/libpod/options.go
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ func WithIDMappings(idmappings storage.IDMappingOptions) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithUTSNSFromPod indicates the the container should join the UTS namespace of
+// WithUTSNSFromPod indicates that the container should join the UTS namespace of
 // its pod
 func WithUTSNSFromPod(p *Pod) CtrCreateOption {
 	return func(ctr *Container) error {
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ func WithUTSNSFromPod(p *Pod) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithIPCNSFrom indicates the the container should join the IPC namespace of
+// WithIPCNSFrom indicates that the container should join the IPC namespace of
 // the given container.
 // If the container has joined a pod, it can only join the namespaces of
 // containers in the same pod.
@@ -892,7 +892,7 @@ func WithIPCNSFrom(nsCtr *Container) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithMountNSFrom indicates the the container should join the mount namespace
+// WithMountNSFrom indicates that the container should join the mount namespace
 // of the given container.
 // If the container has joined a pod, it can only join the namespaces of
 // containers in the same pod.
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ func WithMountNSFrom(nsCtr *Container) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithNetNSFrom indicates the the container should join the network namespace
+// WithNetNSFrom indicates that the container should join the network namespace
 // of the given container.
 // If the container has joined a pod, it can only join the namespaces of
 // containers in the same pod.
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ func WithNetNSFrom(nsCtr *Container) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithPIDNSFrom indicates the the container should join the PID namespace of
+// WithPIDNSFrom indicates that the container should join the PID namespace of
 // the given container.
 // If the container has joined a pod, it can only join the namespaces of
 // containers in the same pod.
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ func WithAddCurrentUserPasswdEntry() CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithUserNSFrom indicates the the container should join the user namespace of
+// WithUserNSFrom indicates that the container should join the user namespace of
 // the given container.
 // If the container has joined a pod, it can only join the namespaces of
 // containers in the same pod.
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ func WithUserNSFrom(nsCtr *Container) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithUTSNSFrom indicates the the container should join the UTS namespace of
+// WithUTSNSFrom indicates that the container should join the UTS namespace of
 // the given container.
 // If the container has joined a pod, it can only join the namespaces of
 // containers in the same pod.
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ func WithUTSNSFrom(nsCtr *Container) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithCgroupNSFrom indicates the the container should join the Cgroup namespace
+// WithCgroupNSFrom indicates that the container should join the Cgroup namespace
 // of the given container.
 // If the container has joined a pod, it can only join the namespaces of
 // containers in the same pod.
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ func WithDNS(dnsServers []string) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithDNSOption sets addition dns options for the container.
+// WithDNSOption sets additional dns options for the container.
 func WithDNSOption(dnsOptions []string) CtrCreateOption {
 	return func(ctr *Container) error {
 		if ctr.valid {
@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ func WithCreateCommand(cmd []string) CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// withIsInfra allows us to dfferentiate between infra containers and other containers
+// withIsInfra allows us to differentiate between infra containers and other containers
 // within the container config
 func withIsInfra() CtrCreateOption {
 	return func(ctr *Container) error {
@@ -1552,7 +1552,7 @@ func withIsInfra() CtrCreateOption {
 	}
 }
 
-// WithIsService allows us to dfferentiate between service containers and other container
+// WithIsService allows us to differentiate between service containers and other container
 // within the container config
 func WithIsService() CtrCreateOption {
 	return func(ctr *Container) error {
diff --git a/libpod/runtime.go b/libpod/runtime.go
index 519c2d932a..7a51109802 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime.go
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func makeRuntime(runtime *Runtime) (retErr error) {
 		if err := unix.Access(runtime.storageConfig.RunRoot, unix.W_OK); err != nil {
 			msg := fmt.Sprintf("RunRoot is pointing to a path (%s) which is not writable. Most likely podman will fail.", runtime.storageConfig.RunRoot)
 			if errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-				// if dir does not exists try to create it
+				// if dir does not exist, try to create it
 				if err := os.MkdirAll(runtime.storageConfig.RunRoot, 0700); err != nil {
 					logrus.Warn(msg)
 				}
@@ -704,8 +704,8 @@ var libimageEventsMap = map[libimage.EventType]events.Status{
 	libimage.EventTypeImageUnmount: events.Unmount,
 }
 
-// libimageEvents spawns a goroutine in the background which is listenting for
-// events on the libimage.Runtime.  The gourtine will be cleaned up implicitly
+// libimageEvents spawns a goroutine which will listen for events on
+// the libimage.Runtime.  The goroutine will be cleaned up implicitly
 // when the main() exists.
 func (r *Runtime) libimageEvents() {
 	r.libimageEventsShutdown = make(chan bool)
diff --git a/libpod/runtime_ctr.go b/libpod/runtime_ctr.go
index 572cabd0ee..caa4a2c7a1 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime_ctr.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime_ctr.go
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) setupContainer(ctx context.Context, ctr *Container) (_ *Contai
 			vol.Name = stringid.GenerateRandomID()
 			isAnonymous = true
 		} else {
-			// Check if it exists already
+			// Check if it already exists
 			dbVol, err := r.state.Volume(vol.Name)
 			if err == nil {
 				ctrNamedVolumes = append(ctrNamedVolumes, dbVol)
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) setupContainer(ctx context.Context, ctr *Container) (_ *Contai
 
 		needsChown := true
 
-		// If volume-opts are set parse and add driver opts.
+		// If volume-opts are set, parse and add driver opts.
 		if len(vol.Options) > 0 {
 			isDriverOpts := false
 			driverOpts := make(map[string]string)
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_archive.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_archive.go
index cadfb7bd5b..e319f3f6fd 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_archive.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_archive.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func handlePut(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, decoder *schema.Decoder,
 		case errors.Is(err, define.ErrNoSuchCtr) || os.IsNotExist(err):
 			// 404 is returned for an absent container and path.  The
 			// clients must deal with it accordingly.
-			utils.Error(w, http.StatusNotFound, fmt.Errorf("the container doesn't exists: %w", err))
+			utils.Error(w, http.StatusNotFound, fmt.Errorf("the container does not exist: %w", err))
 		case strings.Contains(err.Error(), "copier: put: error creating file"):
 			// Not the best test but need to break this out for compatibility
 			// See vendor/github.com/containers/buildah/copier/copier.go:1585
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/volumes.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/volumes.go
index b31a1bb751..27b3114a55 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/volumes.go
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func CreateVolume(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		err            error
 	)
 	if len(input.Name) != 0 {
-		// See if the volume exists already
+		// See if the volume already exists
 		existingVolume, err = runtime.GetVolume(input.Name)
 		if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, define.ErrNoSuchVolume) {
 			utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
index 54d96d3285..3cc628d2e0 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ func CompleteSpec(ctx context.Context, r *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.SpecGenerat
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
-		// labels from the image that don't exist already
+		// labels from the image that don't already exist
 		if len(labels) > 0 && s.Labels == nil {
 			s.Labels = make(map[string]string)
 		}
diff --git a/test/apiv2/10-images.at b/test/apiv2/10-images.at
index 1909628068..733a56f448 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/10-images.at
+++ b/test/apiv2/10-images.at
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ t POST "libpod/build?remote=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Falpinelinux%2Fdocker-alpi
 # Build api response header must contain Content-type: application/json
 t POST "build?dockerfile=containerfile" $CONTAINERFILE_TAR application/json 200
 response_headers=$(cat "$WORKDIR/curl.headers.out")
-like "$response_headers" ".*application/json.*" "header does not contains application/json"
+like "$response_headers" ".*application/json.*" "header does not contain application/json"
 
 # PR #12091: output from compat API must now include {"aux":{"ID":"sha..."}}
 t POST "build?dockerfile=containerfile" $CONTAINERFILE_TAR 200 \
diff --git a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
index 97d9e32152..9e5697e686 100644
--- a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
@@ -4525,7 +4525,7 @@ ENV OPENJ9_JAVA_OPTIONS=%q
 		Expect(inspect.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring(devicePath))
 	})
 
-	It("podman play kube reports error when the device does not exists", func() {
+	It("podman play kube reports error when the device does not exist", func() {
 		SkipIfRootless("It needs root access to create devices")
 
 		devicePath := "/dev/foodevdir/baddevice"
diff --git a/test/e2e/volume_create_test.go b/test/e2e/volume_create_test.go
index 148b8bf767..f421c725cf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/volume_create_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/volume_create_test.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman volume create", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman import/export volume should fail", func() {
-		// try import on volume or source which does not exists
+		// try import on volume or source which does not exist
 		SkipIfRemote("Volume export check does not work with a remote client")
 
 		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"volume", "import", "notfound", "notfound.tar"})
diff --git a/test/system/160-volumes.bats b/test/system/160-volumes.bats
index 7c8e4610de..30bb16556a 100644
--- a/test/system/160-volumes.bats
+++ b/test/system/160-volumes.bats
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ EOF
     is "$output" "tmpfs" "Should be tmpfs"
 
     run_podman 1 run --image-volume ignore --rm volume_image stat -f -c %T /data
-    is "$output" "stat: can't read file system information for '/data': No such file or directory" "Should fail with /data does not exists"
+    is "$output" "stat: can't read file system information for '/data': No such file or directory" "Should fail with /data does not exist"
 
     CONTAINERS_CONF="$containersconf" run_podman run --rm volume_image stat -f -c %T /data
     is "$output" "tmpfs" "Should be tmpfs"
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ EOF
     is "$output" "tmpfs" "Should be tmpfs"
 
     CONTAINERS_CONF="$containersconf" run_podman 1 run --image-volume ignore --rm volume_image stat -f -c %T /data
-    is "$output" "stat: can't read file system information for '/data': No such file or directory" "Should fail with /data does not exists"
+    is "$output" "stat: can't read file system information for '/data': No such file or directory" "Should fail with /data does not exist"
 
     run_podman rm --all --force -t 0
     run_podman image rm --force localhost/volume_image