2 files changed, 16 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index 634c625da8ce..0d8addbb0fae 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@ Set the directory to look for the kernel source when building external
 modules.
 The directory can be specified in several ways:
 1) Use "M=..." on the command line
-2) Environmnet variable KBUILD_EXTMOD
-3) Environmnet variable SUBDIRS
+2) Environment variable KBUILD_EXTMOD
+3) Environment variable SUBDIRS
 The possibilities are listed in the order they take precedence.
 Using "M=..." will always override the others.
 
 KBUILD_OUTPUT
 --------------------------------------------------
 Specify the output directory when building the kernel.
-The output directory can also be specificed using "O=...".
+The output directory can also be specified using "O=...".
 Setting "O=..." takes precedence over KBUILD_OUTPUT.
 
 ARCH
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ The script will be called with the following arguments:
     $3 - kernel map file
     $4 - default install path (use root directory if blank)
 
-The implmentation of "make install" is architecture specific
+The implementation of "make install" is architecture specific
 and it may differ from the above.
 
 INSTALLKERNEL is provided to enable the possibility to
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 31bfcbf958fc..8abd041b605d 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ more details, with real examples.
 --- 3.7 Compilation flags
 
     ccflags-y, asflags-y and ldflags-y
-        The three flags listed above apply only to the kbuild makefile where
-        they are assigned (i.e., per-directory). They are used for all the
-        normal cc, as and ld invocation happening during a recursive build.
+        These three flags apply only to the kbuild makefile in which they
+        are assigned. They are used for all the normal cc, as and ld
+        invocations happening during a recursive build.
         Note: Flags with the same behaviour were previously named:
-        EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS and EXTRA_LDFLAGS. They are still
-        supported but their use is deprecated.
+        EXTRA_CFLAGS, EXTRA_AFLAGS and EXTRA_LDFLAGS.
+        They are still supported but their usage is deprecated.
 
         ccflags-y specifies options for compiling with $(CC).
 
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@ more details, with real examples.
 
     subdir-ccflags-y, subdir-asflags-y
         The two flags listed above are similar to ccflags-y and asflags-y.
-        The difference is that the subdir- variants affect the kbuild
-        file where they are present and all subdirectories. Options specified
-        using subdir-* are added to the commandline before the options
-        specified using the non-subdir variants.
+        The difference is that the subdir- variants have effect for the kbuild
+        file where they are present and all subdirectories.
+        Options specified using subdir-* are added to the commandline before
+        the options specified using the non-subdir variants.
 
         Example:
                 subdir-ccflags-y := -Werror
@@ -1174,14 +1174,14 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 === 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers
 
 The kernel include a set of headers that is exported to userspace.
-Many headers can be exported as-is but other headers requires  a
+Many headers can be exported as-is but other headers require a
 minimal pre-processing before they are ready for user-space.
 The pre-processing does:
 - drop kernel specific annotations
 - drop include of compiler.h
-- drop all sections that is kernel internat (guarded by ifdef __KERNEL__)
+- drop all sections that are kernel internal (guarded by ifdef __KERNEL__)
 
-Each relevant directory contain a file name "Kbuild" which specify the
+Each relevant directory contains a file name "Kbuild" which specifies the
 headers to be exported.
 See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file.