diff --git a/src/internal/coverage/decodemeta/decodefile.go b/src/internal/coverage/decodemeta/decodefile.go
index 6580dd5402..96e076596f 100644
--- a/src/internal/coverage/decodemeta/decodefile.go
+++ b/src/internal/coverage/decodemeta/decodefile.go
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (r *CoverageMetaFileReader) CounterMode() coverage.CounterMode {
 	return r.hdr.CMode
 }
 
-// CounterMode returns the counter granularity (single counter per
+// CounterGranularity returns the counter granularity (single counter per
 // function, or counter per block) selected when building for coverage
 // for the program that produce this meta-data file.
 func (r *CoverageMetaFileReader) CounterGranularity() coverage.CounterGranularity {
diff --git a/src/net/conf.go b/src/net/conf.go
index 99717dbf8c..649ebcfb18 100644
--- a/src/net/conf.go
+++ b/src/net/conf.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func initConfVal() {
 	}
 }
 
-// goosPreferCgo reports whether the GOOS value passed in prefers
+// goosPrefersCgo reports whether the GOOS value passed in prefers
 // the cgo resolver.
 func goosPrefersCgo() bool {
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
diff --git a/src/time/zoneinfo_read.go b/src/time/zoneinfo_read.go
index 4d0e47d890..707dd1189d 100644
--- a/src/time/zoneinfo_read.go
+++ b/src/time/zoneinfo_read.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (d *dataIO) byte() (n byte, ok bool) {
 	return p[0], true
 }
 
-// read returns the read of the data in the buffer.
+// rest returns the rest of the data in the buffer.
 func (d *dataIO) rest() []byte {
 	r := d.p
 	d.p = nil