diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go b/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go
index 756b87cfb..808a902b1 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/chartfile.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func LoadChartfile(filename string) (*chart.Metadata, error) {
 // 'filename' should be the complete path and filename ('foo/Chart.yaml')
 func SaveChartfile(filename string, cf *chart.Metadata) error {
 	// Pull out the dependencies of a v1 Chart, since there's no way
-	// to tell the serialiser to skip a field for just this use case
+	// to tell the serializer to skip a field for just this use case
 	savedDependencies := cf.Dependencies
 	if cf.APIVersion == chart.APIVersionV1 {
 		cf.Dependencies = nil
diff --git a/pkg/chartutil/save.go b/pkg/chartutil/save.go
index e264c4391..4ab9d3b24 100644
--- a/pkg/chartutil/save.go
+++ b/pkg/chartutil/save.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func writeTarContents(out *tar.Writer, c *chart.Chart, prefix string) error {
 	base := filepath.Join(prefix, c.Name())
 
 	// Pull out the dependencies of a v1 Chart, since there's no way
-	// to tell the serialiser to skip a field for just this use case
+	// to tell the serializer to skip a field for just this use case
 	savedDependencies := c.Metadata.Dependencies
 	if c.Metadata.APIVersion == chart.APIVersionV1 {
 		c.Metadata.Dependencies = nil