diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
index 575593a8b4e66b2f6132f6541178c1d68498bbcc..27c77729c7ca00d2baea6a029ce2e7e7f14c12be 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video_detect.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * video_detect.c:
  * Provides acpi_is_video_device() for early scanning of ACPI devices in scan.c
  * There a Linux specific (Spec does not provide a HID for video devices) is
- * assinged
+ * assigned
  *
  * After PCI devices are glued with ACPI devices
  * acpi_get_pci_dev() can be called to identify ACPI graphics
@@ -83,16 +83,16 @@ long acpi_is_video_device(struct acpi_device *device)
 	if (!device)
 		return 0;
 
-	/* Does this device able to support video switching ? */
+	/* Is this device able to support video switching ? */
 	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(device->handle, "_DOD", &h_dummy)) ||
 	    ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(device->handle, "_DOS", &h_dummy)))
 		video_caps |= ACPI_VIDEO_OUTPUT_SWITCHING;
 
-	/* Does this device able to retrieve a video ROM ? */
+	/* Is this device able to retrieve a video ROM ? */
 	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(device->handle, "_ROM", &h_dummy)))
 		video_caps |= ACPI_VIDEO_ROM_AVAILABLE;
 
-	/* Does this device able to configure which video head to be POSTed ? */
+	/* Is this device able to configure which video head to be POSTed ? */
 	if (ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(device->handle, "_VPO", &h_dummy)) &&
 	    ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(device->handle, "_GPD", &h_dummy)) &&
 	    ACPI_SUCCESS(acpi_get_handle(device->handle, "_SPD", &h_dummy)))
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ find_video(acpi_handle handle, u32 lvl, void *context, void **rv)
  *
  * if NULL is passed as argument all ACPI devices are enumerated and
  * all graphics capabilities of physically present devices are
- * summerized and returned. This is cached and done only once.
+ * summarized and returned. This is cached and done only once.
  */
 long acpi_video_get_capabilities(acpi_handle graphics_handle)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c
index ea9e1556e0d65a6f2ad691318e46c16bad4e1602..8579f32ce38e6df739bceb270a0ab28623a8f76f 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iser_verbs.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ void iser_conn_init(struct iser_conn *ib_conn)
 
  /**
  * starts the process of connecting to the target
- * sleeps untill the connection is established or rejected
+ * sleeps until the connection is established or rejected
  */
 int iser_connect(struct iser_conn   *ib_conn,
 		 struct sockaddr_in *src_addr,
diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
index 9b5936f072dcc48232e9dd4e9c580652ad6ca0dc..a1e7eb92bbf1e98a3b752944a25ff07dbb62adc5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static void rlb_update_rx_clients(struct bonding *bond)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* do not update the entries again untill this counter is zero so that
+	/* do not update the entries again until this counter is zero so that
 	 * not to confuse the clients.
 	 */
 	bond_info->rlb_update_delay_counter = RLB_UPDATE_DELAY;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.h b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.h
index a28c42f32c9d8eda1e95d920eb14af069cd9075a..c79a65044b67c2f6abeddca9947a6abf24df006c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/base.h
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ struct ath5k_softc {
 	struct ath5k_txq	*cabq;		/* content after beacon */
 
 	int 			power_level;	/* Requested tx power in dbm */
-	bool			assoc;		/* assocate state */
+	bool			assoc;		/* associate state */
 	bool			enable_beacon;	/* true if beacons are on */
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
index cafb888c237625c55aa4e35d848b8f5d23eaf194..10110be7c0ff87443b57a61762c6b93121866c12 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c
@@ -1883,7 +1883,7 @@ static void bnx2i_ep_disconnect(struct iscsi_endpoint *ep)
 
 	bnx2i_ep = ep->dd_data;
 
-	/* driver should not attempt connection cleanup untill TCP_CONNECT
+	/* driver should not attempt connection cleanup until TCP_CONNECT
 	 * completes either successfully or fails. Timeout is 9-secs, so
 	 * wait for it to complete
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180.h
index 8216d7e96d604b876e60ddc15b877cc1511334b3..35ed60be891a09f81603991ee09b3489a6cf1d5b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180.h
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ typedef struct r8180_priv
 	//u32 NumTxOkInPeriod;   //YJ,del,080828
 	u8   TxPollingTimes;
 
-	bool	bApBufOurFrame;// TRUE if AP buffer our unicast data , we will keep eAwake untill receive data or timeout.
+	bool	bApBufOurFrame;// TRUE if AP buffer our unicast data , we will keep eAwake until receive data or timeout.
 	u8	WaitBufDataBcnCount;
 	u8	WaitBufDataTimeOut;
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
index c27ab1ed96049ba00a20d600311e7239d9f6e818..e59c083208866611472f4f570485a798d930c201 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fb_defio.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ int fb_deferred_io_fsync(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry, int datasync)
 {
 	struct fb_info *info = file->private_data;
 
-	/* Skip if deferred io is complied-in but disabled on this fbdev */
+	/* Skip if deferred io is compiled-in but disabled on this fbdev */
 	if (!info->fbdefio)
 		return 0;
 
diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index 80ca9aca038be447573b8130cbc22c1133f34867..1cac726c44bc17cc6fa1a7b5ab6358279a0c9a5d 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static int idr_get_new_above_int(struct idr *idp, void *ptr, int starting_id)
 /**
  * idr_get_new_above - allocate new idr entry above or equal to a start id
  * @idp: idr handle
- * @ptr: pointer you want associated with the ide
+ * @ptr: pointer you want associated with the id
  * @start_id: id to start search at
  * @id: pointer to the allocated handle
  *
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(idr_get_new_above);
 /**
  * idr_get_new - allocate new idr entry
  * @idp: idr handle
- * @ptr: pointer you want associated with the ide
+ * @ptr: pointer you want associated with the id
  * @id: pointer to the allocated handle
  *
  * This is the allocate id function.  It should be called with any
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
index cafe9f54d8413dc181315f4d7d4792144bfe4417..9ac0497decb8cdf412279a1a421eef1fb23f36a7 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/bnep/core.c
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static struct bnep_session *__bnep_get_session(u8 *dst)
 static void __bnep_link_session(struct bnep_session *s)
 {
 	/* It's safe to call __module_get() here because sessions are added
-	   by the socket layer which has to hold the refference to this module.
+	   by the socket layer which has to hold the reference to this module.
 	 */
 	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 	list_add(&s->list, &bnep_session_list);
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ int bnep_del_connection(struct bnep_conndel_req *req)
 	s = __bnep_get_session(req->dst);
 	if (s) {
 		/* Wakeup user-space which is polling for socket errors.
-		 * This is temporary hack untill we have shutdown in L2CAP */
+		 * This is temporary hack until we have shutdown in L2CAP */
 		s->sock->sk->sk_err = EUNATCH;
 
 		/* Kill session thread */
diff --git a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
index c8fae1983dd15153625d4505500a5030402524d7..ba2f66d5f0cd373c01721c797b99588e0ff895f9 100644
--- a/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
+++ b/net/sctp/sm_statefuns.c
@@ -3569,7 +3569,7 @@ sctp_disposition_t sctp_sf_do_asconf(const struct sctp_endpoint *ep,
 	 * To do this properly, we'll set the destination address of the chunk
 	 * and at the transmit time, will try look up the transport to use.
 	 * Since ASCONFs may be bundled, the correct transport may not be
-	 * created untill we process the entire packet, thus this workaround.
+	 * created until we process the entire packet, thus this workaround.
 	 */
 	asconf_ack->dest = chunk->source;
 	sctp_add_cmd_sf(commands, SCTP_CMD_REPLY, SCTP_CHUNK(asconf_ack));