diff --git a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary
index dcaad476789c..7982bcc4d151 100644
--- a/Documentation/spi/spi-summary
+++ b/Documentation/spi/spi-summary
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ SPI MASTER METHODS
 	queuing transfers that arrive in the meantime. When the driver is
 	finished with this message, it must call
 	spi_finalize_current_message() so the subsystem can issue the next
-	transfer. This may sleep.
+	message. This may sleep.
 
     master->transfer_one(struct spi_master *master, struct spi_device *spi,
 			 struct spi_transfer *transfer)
diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index ad050f0dd39d..4203c66d8803 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static inline void spi_unregister_driver(struct spi_driver *sdrv)
  *	message while queuing transfers that arrive in the meantime. When the
  *	driver is finished with this message, it must call
  *	spi_finalize_current_message() so the subsystem can issue the next
- *	transfer
+ *	message
  * @unprepare_transfer_hardware: there are currently no more messages on the
  *	queue so the subsystem notifies the driver that it may relax the
  *	hardware by issuing this call