diff --git a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
index fb621a1c2638..8408670d0328 100644
--- a/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
+++ b/Documentation/trace/histogram.rst
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ Extended error information
 
   For example, suppose we wanted to take a look at the relative
   weights in terms of skb length for each callpath that leads to a
-  netif_receieve_skb event when downloading a decent-sized file using
+  netif_receive_skb event when downloading a decent-sized file using
   wget.
 
   First we set up an initially paused stacktrace trigger on the
@@ -1843,7 +1843,7 @@ practice, not every handler.action combination is currently supported;
 if a given handler.action combination isn't supported, the hist
 trigger will fail with -EINVAL;
 
-The default 'handler.action' if none is explicity specified is as it
+The default 'handler.action' if none is explicitly specified is as it
 always has been, to simply update the set of values associated with an
 entry.  Some applications, however, may want to perform additional
 actions at that point, such as generate another event, or compare and
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ The following commonly-used handler.action pairs are available:
     and the saved values corresponding to the max are displayed
     following the rest of the fields.
 
-    If a snaphot was taken, there is also a message indicating that,
+    If a snapshot was taken, there is also a message indicating that,
     along with the value and event that triggered the global maximum:
 
     # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/sched/sched_switch/hist
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ The following commonly-used handler.action pairs are available:
     hist trigger entry.
 
     Note that in this case the changed value is a global variable
-    associated withe current trace instance.  The key of the specific
+    associated with current trace instance.  The key of the specific
     trace event that caused the value to change and the global value
     itself are displayed, along with a message stating that a snapshot
     has been taken and where to find it.  The user can use the key
@@ -2203,7 +2203,7 @@ The following commonly-used handler.action pairs are available:
     and the saved values corresponding to that value are displayed
     following the rest of the fields.
 
-    If a snaphot was taken, there is also a message indicating that,
+    If a snapshot was taken, there is also a message indicating that,
     along with the value and event that triggered the snapshot::
 
       # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events/tcp/tcp_probe/hist