diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c b/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c
index fe6eb901326e..b3873327be74 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/discontig.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(node_data);
 bootmem_data_t node0_bdata;
 
 /*
- * numa interface - we expect the numa architecture specfic code to have
+ * numa interface - we expect the numa architecture specific code to have
  *                  populated the following initialisation.
  *
  * 1) node_online_map  - the map of all nodes configured (online) in the system
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/arch-at91rm9200/board.h b/include/asm-arm/arch-at91rm9200/board.h
index 1fdd70b23809..c1ca9a4658ec 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/arch-at91rm9200/board.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/arch-at91rm9200/board.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 /*
  * These are data structures found in platform_device.dev.platform_data,
- * and describing board-specfic data needed by drivers.  For example,
+ * and describing board-specific data needed by drivers.  For example,
  * which pin is used for a given GPIO role.
  *
  * In 2.6, drivers should strongly avoid board-specific knowledge so
diff --git a/sound/sparc/dbri.c b/sound/sparc/dbri.c
index a7489a3dd75a..63bef0aadf1e 100644
--- a/sound/sparc/dbri.c
+++ b/sound/sparc/dbri.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
  *
  * I've tried to stick to the following function naming conventions:
  * snd_*	ALSA stuff
- * cs4215_*	CS4215 codec specfic stuff
+ * cs4215_*	CS4215 codec specific stuff
  * dbri_*	DBRI high-level stuff
  * other	DBRI low-level stuff
  */