diff --git a/api/lock.go b/api/lock.go
index 1efa87205b..1348f37348 100644
--- a/api/lock.go
+++ b/api/lock.go
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ const (
 	// a Lock acquisition.
 	DefaultLockWaitTime = 15 * time.Second
 
-	// DefaultLockRetyTime is how long we wait after a failed lock acquisition
+	// DefaultLockRetryTime is how long we wait after a failed lock acquisition
 	// before attempting to do the lock again. This is so that once a lock-delay
 	// is in affect, we do not hot loop retrying the acquisition.
-	DefaultLockRetyTime = 5 * time.Second
+	DefaultLockRetryTime = 5 * time.Second
 )
 
 var (
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ WAIT:
 	// Handle the case of not getting the lock
 	if !locked {
 		select {
-		case <-time.After(DefaultLockRetyTime):
+		case <-time.After(DefaultLockRetryTime):
 			goto WAIT
 		case <-stopCh:
 			return nil, nil
diff --git a/api/lock_test.go b/api/lock_test.go
index 9dd80ec1a6..5dba6ca225 100644
--- a/api/lock_test.go
+++ b/api/lock_test.go
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ func TestLock_Contend(t *testing.T) {
 	// Wait for everybody to get a turn
 	select {
 	case <-doneCh:
-	case <-time.After(3 * DefaultLockRetyTime):
+	case <-time.After(3 * DefaultLockRetryTime):
 		t.Fatalf("timeout")
 	}