diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
index 2f99ee2..9ec2ab7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/hpet.c
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
 #define HPET_MASK	CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32)
 #define HPET_SHIFT	22
 
-/* FSEC = 10^-15 NSEC = 10^-9 */
+/* FSEC = 10^-15
+   NSEC = 10^-9 */
 #define FSEC_PER_NSEC	1000000
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index ab79e1d..c2db7ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
  * low exit latency (ie sit in a loop waiting for
  * somebody to say that they'd like to reschedule)
  */
-void cpu_idle (void)
+void cpu_idle(void)
 {
 	current_thread_info()->status |= TS_POLLING;
 	/* endless idle loop with no priority at all */
diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index bd89bc4..8fe1ff4 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
  *
  *	Copyright (C) 1992 Linus Torvalds
  *
- * Rewritten. Old one was good in 2.2, but in 2.3 it was immoral. --ANK (990903)
+ *	Distribute under GPLv2.
+ *
+ *	Rewritten. Old one was good in 2.2, but in 2.3 it was immoral. --ANK (990903)
  */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index d36ee2f..49e12f6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  *
  *  Started by: Thomas Gleixner and Ingo Molnar
  *
- *  For licencing details see kernel-base/COPYING
+ *  Distribute under GPLv2.
  */
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer_stats.c b/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
index c36bb7e..417da8c 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer_stats.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * the pid and cmdline from the owner process if applicable.
  *
  * Start/stop data collection:
- * # echo 1[0] >/proc/timer_stats
+ * # echo [1|0] >/proc/timer_stats
  *
  * Display the information collected so far:
  * # cat /proc/timer_stats