3 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 64ad10f984a1..30944ee2e61a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -858,9 +858,9 @@ config RELOCATABLE
         bool "Build a relocatable kernel(EXPERIMENTAL)"
         depends on EXPERIMENTAL
         help
-          This build a kernel image that retains relocation information
+          This builds a kernel image that retains relocation information
           so it can be loaded someplace besides the default 1MB.
-          The relocations tend to the kernel binary about 10% larger,
+          The relocations tend to make the kernel binary about 10% larger,
           but are discarded at runtime.
 
           One use is for the kexec on panic case where the recovery kernel
diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
index dce6124cb842..d7f6fb0b30f2 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ config MCORE2
         bool "Core 2/newer Xeon"
         help
           Select this for Intel Core 2 and newer Core 2 Xeons (Xeon 51xx and 53xx)
-          CPUs. You can distingush newer from older Xeons by the CPU family
+          CPUs. You can distinguish newer from older Xeons by the CPU family
           in /proc/cpuinfo. Newer ones have 6.
 
 config MPENTIUM4
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ config MWINCHIP3D
         help
           Select this for an IDT Winchip-2A or 3.  Linux and GCC
           treat this chip as a 586TSC with some extended instructions
-          and alignment reqirements.  Also enable out of order memory
+          and alignment requirements.  Also enable out of order memory
           stores for this CPU, which can increase performance of some
           operations.
 
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
index 5b0a040213c2..7ba7c3abd3a4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * linux/arch/i386/kerne/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
+ * linux/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mcheck/therm_throt.c
  *
  * Thermal throttle event support code (such as syslog messaging and rate
  * limiting) that was factored out from x86_64 (mce_intel.c) and i386 (p4.c).