diff --git a/api/global/handler_test.go b/api/global/handler_test.go
index d1c96dafc..e1d8c4c1f 100644
--- a/api/global/handler_test.go
+++ b/api/global/handler_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/oterror"
 )
 
diff --git a/api/metric/api_test.go b/api/metric/api_test.go
index ebe21b4b9..ca7027882 100644
--- a/api/metric/api_test.go
+++ b/api/metric/api_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/kv"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/metric"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/oterror"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/api/unit"
 	mockTest "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/metric"
 
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ func TestWrappedInstrumentError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	valuerecorder, err := meter.NewInt64ValueRecorder("test.valuerecorder")
 
-	require.Equal(t, err, metric.ErrSDKReturnedNilImpl)
+	require.Equal(t, err, oterror.ErrSDKReturnedNilImpl)
 	require.NotNil(t, valuerecorder.SyncImpl())
 
 	observer, err := meter.NewInt64ValueObserver("test.observer", func(_ context.Context, result metric.Int64ObserverResult) {})
diff --git a/api/metric/sync.go b/api/metric/sync.go
index 2cdc9fb14..46d8fa02c 100644
--- a/api/metric/sync.go
+++ b/api/metric/sync.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func (h syncBoundInstrument) Unbind() {
 func checkNewAsync(instrument AsyncImpl, err error) (asyncInstrument, error) {
 	if instrument == nil {
 		if err == nil {
-			err = oterror.SDKReturnedNilImpl
+			err = oterror.ErrSDKReturnedNilImpl
 		}
 		instrument = NoopAsync{}
 	}
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func checkNewAsync(instrument AsyncImpl, err error) (asyncInstrument, error) {
 func checkNewSync(instrument SyncImpl, err error) (syncInstrument, error) {
 	if instrument == nil {
 		if err == nil {
-			err = oterror.SDKReturnedNilImpl
+			err = oterror.ErrSDKReturnedNilImpl
 		}
 		// Note: an alternate behavior would be to synthesize a new name
 		// or group all duplicately-named instruments of a certain type
diff --git a/api/oterror/doc.go b/api/oterror/doc.go
index aa2f59d0e..9d4b5f775 100644
--- a/api/oterror/doc.go
+++ b/api/oterror/doc.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 *
 * The unified error handling interface is used for any error that
 * OpenTelemetry component are not able to remediate on their own, instead
-* handeling them in a uniform and user-defined way.
+* handling them in a uniform and user-defined way.
  */
 
 package oterror
diff --git a/api/oterror/errors.go b/api/oterror/errors.go
index 2dfb1f083..068894253 100644
--- a/api/oterror/errors.go
+++ b/api/oterror/errors.go
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@ package oterror
 import "errors"
 
 var (
-	// SDKReturnedNilImpl is returned when a new `MeterImpl` returns nil.
-	SDKReturnedNilImpl = errors.New("SDK returned a nil implementation")
+	// ErrSDKReturnedNilImpl is returned when a new `MeterImpl` returns nil.
+	ErrSDKReturnedNilImpl = errors.New("SDK returned a nil implementation")
 )