1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 6166e2d7da76..7a7753321a26 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -519,17 +519,17 @@ more details, with real examples.
         to the user why it stops.
 
     cc-cross-prefix
-        cc-cross-prefix is used to check if there exist a $(CC) in path with
+        cc-cross-prefix is used to check if there exists a $(CC) in path with
         one of the listed prefixes. The first prefix where there exist a
         prefix$(CC) in the PATH is returned - and if no prefix$(CC) is found
         then nothing is returned.
         Additional prefixes are separated by a single space in the
         call of cc-cross-prefix.
-        This functionality is usefull for architecture Makefile that try
-        to set CROSS_COMPILE to well know values but may have several
+        This functionality is useful for architecture Makefiles that try
+        to set CROSS_COMPILE to well-known values but may have several
         values to select between.
-        It is recommended only to try to set CROSS_COMPILE is it is a cross
-        build (host arch is different from target arch). And is CROSS_COMPILE
+        It is recommended only to try to set CROSS_COMPILE if it is a cross
+        build (host arch is different from target arch). And if CROSS_COMPILE
         is already set then leave it with the old value.
 
         Example: