diff --git a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/root.go b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/root.go
index 742944315f1..2802b1ba822 100644
--- a/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/root.go
+++ b/go/cmd/vtctldclient/command/root.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ var (
 	Root = &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "vtctldclient",
 		Short: "Executes a cluster management command on the remote vtctld server.",
-		Long: fmt.Sprintf(`If there are no running vtctld servers -- for example when boostrapping
+		Long: fmt.Sprintf(`If there are no running vtctld servers -- for example when bootstrapping
 a new Vitess cluster -- you can specify a --server value of '%s'.
 When doing so, you would use the --topo* flags so that the client can
 connect directly to the topo server(s).`, useInternalVtctld),
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func getClientForCommand(cmd *cobra.Command) (vtctldclient.VtctldClient, error)
 		}
 		onTerm = append(onTerm, ts.Close)
 
-		// Use internal vtcltd server implementation.
+		// Use internal vtctld server implementation.
 		// Register a nil grpc handler -- we will not use tmclient at all but
 		// a factory still needs to be registered.
 		once.Do(func() {
diff --git a/go/flags/endtoend/vtctldclient.txt b/go/flags/endtoend/vtctldclient.txt
index 7070a123c99..93d7d8af422 100644
--- a/go/flags/endtoend/vtctldclient.txt
+++ b/go/flags/endtoend/vtctldclient.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-If there are no running vtctld servers -- for example when boostrapping
+If there are no running vtctld servers -- for example when bootstrapping
 a new Vitess cluster -- you can specify a --server value of 'internal'.
 When doing so, you would use the --topo* flags so that the client can
 connect directly to the topo server(s).