1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl
index 3ff39bafc00e..94f21361e0ed 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/librs.tmpl
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@
   <chapter id="usage">
         <title>Usage</title>
         <para>
-                This chapter provides examples how to use the library.
+                This chapter provides examples of how to use the library.
         </para>
         <sect1>
                 <title>Initializing</title>
                 <para>
-                        The init function init_rs returns a pointer to a
+                        The init function init_rs returns a pointer to an
                         rs decoder structure, which holds the necessary
                         information for encoding, decoding and error correction
                         with the given polynomial. It either uses an existing
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@
 static struct rs_control *rs_decoder;
 
 /* Symbolsize is 10 (bits)
- * Primitve polynomial is x^10+x^3+1
+ * Primitive polynomial is x^10+x^3+1
  * first consecutive root is 0
- * primitve element to generate roots = 1
- * generator polinomial degree (number of roots) = 6
+ * primitive element to generate roots = 1
+ * generator polynomial degree (number of roots) = 6
  */
 rs_decoder = init_rs (10, 0x409, 0, 1, 6);
                 </programlisting>
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ rs_decoder = init_rs (10, 0x409, 0, 1, 6);
                 </para>
                 <para>
                         The expanded data can be inverted on the fly by
-                        providing a non zero inversion mask. The expanded data is
+                        providing a non-zero inversion mask. The expanded data is
                         XOR'ed with the mask. This is used e.g. for FLASH
                         ECC, where the all 0xFF is inverted to an all 0x00.
                         The Reed-Solomon code for all 0x00 is all 0x00. The
                         code is inverted before storing to FLASH so it is 0xFF
-                        too. This prevent's that reading from an erased FLASH
+                        too. This prevents that reading from an erased FLASH
                         results in ECC errors.
                 </para>
                 <para>
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ free_rs(rs_decoder);
                 May be used under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)
         </programlisting>
         <para>
-                The wrapper functions and interfaces are written by Thomas Gleixner
+                The wrapper functions and interfaces are written by Thomas Gleixner.
         </para>
         <para>
                 Many users have provided bugfixes, improvements and helping hands for testing.