diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
index 4a990317b84a..8f63b224ab09 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be
 stripped after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then
 the default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
-INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the options to the strip command.
+INSTALL_MOD_STRIP value will be used as the options to the strip command.
 
 INSTALL_FW_PATH
 --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 86e3cd0d26a0..5d145bb443c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -1325,7 +1325,8 @@ The top Makefile exports the following variables:
 	If this variable is specified, will cause modules to be stripped
 	after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then the
 	default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
-	INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the option(s) to the strip command.
+	INSTALL_MOD_STRIP value will be used as the option(s) to the strip
+	command.
 
 
 === 9 Makefile language
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c9c8c8fd2591..21c8c1b7dd5a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ export MODLIB
 #  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP, if defined, will cause modules to be
 #  stripped after they are installed.  If INSTALL_MOD_STRIP is '1', then
 #  the default option --strip-debug will be used.  Otherwise,
-#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP will used as the options to the strip command.
+#  INSTALL_MOD_STRIP value will be used as the options to the strip command.
 
 ifdef INSTALL_MOD_STRIP
 ifeq ($(INSTALL_MOD_STRIP),1)
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
index ef932ba55a0b..5ae1d9ee2cf1 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
@@ -722,9 +722,8 @@ static void mxc_do_addr_cycle(struct mtd_info *mtd, int column, int page_addr)
 		/*
 		 * MXC NANDFC can only perform full page+spare or
 		 * spare-only read/write.  When the upper layers
-		 * layers perform a read/write buf operation,
-		 * we will used the saved column address to index into
-		 * the full page.
+		 * perform a read/write buf operation, the saved column
+		  * address is used to index into the full page.
 		 */
 		host->send_addr(host, 0, page_addr == -1);
 		if (mtd->writesize > 512)
diff --git a/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c b/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
index 1a3584edd79c..42fbf42ebee0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qla3xxx.c
@@ -2460,7 +2460,7 @@ static int ql_send_map(struct ql3_adapter *qdev,
  * The 3032 supports sglists by using the 3 addr/len pairs (ALP)
  * in the IOCB plus a chain of outbound address lists (OAL) that
  * each contain 5 ALPs.  The last ALP of the IOCB (3rd) or OAL (5th)
- * will used to point to an OAL when more ALP entries are required.
+ * will be used to point to an OAL when more ALP entries are required.
  * The IOCB is always the top of the chain followed by one or more
  * OALs (when necessary).
  */
diff --git a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
index 508f9c18992f..8878c716ae0c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_addr_lists.c
@@ -357,8 +357,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_addr_add_multiple);
 /**
  *	dev_addr_del_multiple - Delete device addresses by another device
  *	@to_dev: device where the addresses will be deleted
- *	@from_dev: device by which addresses the addresses will be deleted
- *	@addr_type: address type - 0 means type will used from from_dev
+ *	@from_dev: device supplying the addresses to be deleted
+ *	@addr_type: address type - 0 means type will be used from from_dev
  *
  *	Deletes addresses in to device by the list of addresses in from device.
  *