1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
index 958ff3d48be3..7e8ae83e9847 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ daemon and it crashes the system will not reboot.  Because of this,
 some of the drivers support the configuration option "Disable watchdog
 shutdown on close", CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT.  If it is set to Y when
 compiling the kernel, there is no way of disabling the watchdog once
-it has been started.  So, if the watchdog dameon crashes, the system
+it has been started.  So, if the watchdog daemon crashes, the system
 will reboot after the timeout has passed.
 
 Some other drivers will not disable the watchdog, unless a specific
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Note that not all devices support these two calls, and some only
 support the GETBOOTSTATUS call.
 
 Some drivers can measure the temperature using the GETTEMP ioctl.  The
-returned value is the temperature in degrees farenheit.
+returned value is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit.
 
     int temperature;
     ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETTEMP, &temperature);
@@ -258,13 +258,13 @@ booke_wdt.c -- PowerPC BookE Watchdog Timer
         Timeout default varies according to frequency, supports
         SETTIMEOUT
 
-        Watchdog can not be turned off, CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
+        Watchdog cannot be turned off, CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
         does not make sense
 
         GETSUPPORT returns the watchdog_info struct, and
         GETSTATUS returns the supported options. GETBOOTSTATUS
         returns a 1 if the last reset was caused by the
-        watchdog and a 0 otherwise. This watchdog can not be
+        watchdog and a 0 otherwise. This watchdog cannot be
         disabled once it has been started. The wdt_period kernel
         parameter selects which bit of the time base changing
         from 0->1 will trigger the watchdog exception. Changing