diff --git a/drivers/ide/cy82c693.c b/drivers/ide/cy82c693.c
index 9383f67..3be60da 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/cy82c693.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/cy82c693.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * note: below we set the value for Bus Master IDE TimeOut Register
-	 * I'm not absolutly sure what this does, but it solved my problem
+	 * I'm not absolutely sure what this does, but it solved my problem
 	 * with IDE DMA and sound, so I now can play sound and work with
 	 * my IDE driver at the same time :-)
 	 *
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
index 5406b6e..5a702d0 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
 static void ide_floppy_report_error(struct ide_disk_obj *floppy,
 				    struct ide_atapi_pc *pc)
 {
-	/* supress error messages resulting from Medium not present */
+	/* suppress error messages resulting from Medium not present */
 	if (floppy->sense_key == 0x02 &&
 	    floppy->asc       == 0x3a &&
 	    floppy->ascq      == 0x00)
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
index 34b9872..600c89a 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 	u8 stat;
 
 	/*
-	 * Last sector was transfered, wait until device is ready.  This can
+	 * Last sector was transferred, wait until device is ready.  This can
 	 * take up to 6 ms on some ATAPI devices, so we will wait max 10 ms.
 	 */
 	for (retries = 0; retries < 1000; retries++) {
diff --git a/drivers/ide/piix.c b/drivers/ide/piix.c
index 1bdca49..b59d04c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/piix.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/piix.c
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
  *
  * Documentation:
  *
- *	Publically available from Intel web site. Errata documentation
- * is also publically available. As an aide to anyone hacking on this
+ *	Publicly available from Intel web site. Errata documentation
+ * is also publicly available. As an aide to anyone hacking on this
  * driver the list of errata that are relevant is below.going back to
  * PIIX4. Older device documentation is now a bit tricky to find.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/ide/sis5513.c b/drivers/ide/sis5513.c
index db7f4e7..4a00225 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/sis5513.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/sis5513.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 #define DRV_NAME "sis5513"
 
-/* registers layout and init values are chipset family dependant */
+/* registers layout and init values are chipset family dependent */
 
 #define ATA_16		0x01
 #define ATA_33		0x02
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@
 					pci_name(dev));
 				chipset_family = ATA_133;
 
-				/* Check for 5513 compability mapping
+				/* Check for 5513 compatibility mapping
 				 * We must use this, else the port enabled code will fail,
 				 * as it expects the enablebits at 0x4a.
 				 */
diff --git a/drivers/ide/triflex.c b/drivers/ide/triflex.c
index 7953447..e53a1b7 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/triflex.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/triflex.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * Loosely based on the piix & svwks drivers.
  *
  * Documentation:
- *	Not publically available.
+ *	Not publicly available.
  */
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
diff --git a/drivers/ide/via82cxxx.c b/drivers/ide/via82cxxx.c
index d2a0997..f46f49c 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/via82cxxx.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/via82cxxx.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  *	Andre Hedrick
  *
  * Documentation:
- *	Obsolete device documentation publically available from via.com.tw
+ *	Obsolete device documentation publicly available from via.com.tw
  *	Current device documentation available under NDA only
  */