1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index 7ba9e47bf061..e0b5b684d83f 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 /* LATCH is used in the interval timer and ftape setup. */
 #define LATCH  ((CLOCK_TICK_RATE + HZ/2) / HZ)  /* For divider */
 
-/* Suppose we want to devide two numbers NOM and DEN: NOM/DEN, the we can
+/* Suppose we want to devide two numbers NOM and DEN: NOM/DEN, then we can
  * improve accuracy by shifting LSH bits, hence calculating:
  *     (NOM << LSH) / DEN
  * This however means trouble for large NOM, because (NOM << LSH) may no
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ extern unsigned long preset_lpj;
  * We want to do realistic conversions of time so we need to use the same
  * values the update wall clock code uses as the jiffies size.  This value
  * is: TICK_NSEC (which is defined in timex.h).  This
- * is a constant and is in nanoseconds.  We will used scaled math
+ * is a constant and is in nanoseconds.  We will use scaled math
  * with a set of scales defined here as SEC_JIFFIE_SC,  USEC_JIFFIE_SC and
  * NSEC_JIFFIE_SC.  Note that these defines contain nothing but
  * constants and so are computed at compile time.  SHIFT_HZ (computed in
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ extern unsigned long preset_lpj;
  * operator if the result is a long long AND at least one of the
  * operands is cast to long long (usually just prior to the "*" so as
  * not to confuse it into thinking it really has a 64-bit operand,
- * which, buy the way, it can do, but it take more code and at least 2
+ * which, buy the way, it can do, but it takes more code and at least 2
  * mpys).
 
  * We also need to be aware that one second in nanoseconds is only a