diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
index f680122..a3a94e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm355.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 	.name = "timer2",
 	.parent = &pll1_aux_clk,
 	.lpsc = DAVINCI_LPSC_TIMER2,
-	.usecount = 1,              /* REVISIT: why can't' this be disabled? */
+	.usecount = 1,              /* REVISIT: why can't this be disabled? */
 };
 
 static struct clk timer3_clk = {
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c
index 5f8a654..4c82c27 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/dm644x.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
 	.name = "timer2",
 	.parent = &pll1_aux_clk,
 	.lpsc = DAVINCI_LPSC_TIMER2,
-	.usecount = 1,              /* REVISIT: why can't' this be disabled? */
+	.usecount = 1,              /* REVISIT: why can't this be disabled? */
 };
 
 static struct clk_lookup dm644x_clks[] = {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uninorth.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uninorth.h
index ae9c899..d12b11d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uninorth.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uninorth.h
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
  *
  * Obviously, the GART is not cache coherent and so any change to it
  * must be flushed to memory (or maybe just make the GART space non
- * cachable). AGP memory itself does't seem to be cache coherent neither.
+ * cachable). AGP memory itself doesn't seem to be cache coherent neither.
  *
  * In order to invalidate the GART (which is probably necessary to inval
  * the bridge internal TLBs), the following sequence has to be written,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c
index 7de4b7e..d8ca0a0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba6120.c
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Keep chip from being accessed until we are ready.  Use
 	 * writeq() directly, to allow the write even though QIB_PRESENT
-	 * isn't' set.
+	 * isn't set.
 	 */
 	dd->flags &= ~(QIB_INITTED | QIB_PRESENT);
 	dd->int_counter = 0; /* so we check interrupts work again */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7220.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7220.c
index 74fe036..c765a2e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7220.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7220.c
@@ -2111,7 +2111,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Keep chip from being accessed until we are ready.  Use
 	 * writeq() directly, to allow the write even though QIB_PRESENT
-	 * isn't' set.
+	 * isn't set.
 	 */
 	dd->flags &= ~(QIB_INITTED | QIB_PRESENT);
 	dd->int_counter = 0; /* so we check interrupts work again */
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c
index 55de3cf..6bab3ea 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/qib/qib_iba7322.c
@@ -3299,7 +3299,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Keep chip from being accessed until we are ready.  Use
 	 * writeq() directly, to allow the write even though QIB_PRESENT
-	 * isn't' set.
+	 * isn't set.
 	 */
 	dd->flags &= ~(QIB_INITTED | QIB_PRESENT | QIB_BADINTR);
 	dd->flags |= QIB_DOING_RESET;
diff --git a/drivers/media/radio/radio-sf16fmr2.c b/drivers/media/radio/radio-sf16fmr2.c
index dc3f04c..87bad76 100644
--- a/drivers/media/radio/radio-sf16fmr2.c
+++ b/drivers/media/radio/radio-sf16fmr2.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* !!! not tested, in my card this does't work !!! */
+/* !!! not tested, in my card this doesn't work !!! */
 static int fmr2_setvolume(struct fmr2 *dev)
 {
 	int vol[16] = { 0x021, 0x084, 0x090, 0x104,
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c
index 96c0b34..657b9f4 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/diskonchip.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 	doc200x_hwcontrol(mtd, 0, NAND_CTRL_ALE | NAND_CTRL_CHANGE);
 	doc200x_hwcontrol(mtd, NAND_CMD_NONE, NAND_NCE | NAND_CTRL_CHANGE);
 
-	/* We can't' use dev_ready here, but at least we wait for the
+	/* We can't use dev_ready here, but at least we wait for the
 	 * command to complete
 	 */
 	udelay(50);
diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c b/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c
index fe77e82..e8c19de 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/pcmcia_resource.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 	c = p_dev->function_config;
 
 	if (!(c->state & CONFIG_LOCKED)) {
-		dev_dbg(&p_dev->dev, "Configuration isn't't locked\n");
+		dev_dbg(&p_dev->dev, "Configuration isn't locked\n");
 		mutex_unlock(&s->ops_mutex);
 		return -EACCES;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_data_pci.c b/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_data_pci.c
index bef0bbd..f01a51c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_data_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_data_pci.c
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@
 			return (NDIS_STATUS_FAILURE);
 		}
 	}
-	/* Drop not U2M frames, can't's drop here because we will drop beacon in this case */
+	/* Drop not U2M frames, can't drop here because we will drop beacon in this case */
 	/* I am kind of doubting the U2M bit operation */
 	/* if (pRxD->U2M == 0) */
 	/*      return(NDIS_STATUS_FAILURE); */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_data_usb.c b/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_data_usb.c
index 5637857..83a62fa 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_data_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rt2860/common/cmm_data_usb.c
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@
 		DBGPRINT_RAW(RT_DEBUG_ERROR, ("received packet too long\n"));
 		return NDIS_STATUS_FAILURE;
 	}
-	/* Drop not U2M frames, can't's drop here because we will drop beacon in this case */
+	/* Drop not U2M frames, can't drop here because we will drop beacon in this case */
 	/* I am kind of doubting the U2M bit operation */
 	/* if (pRxD->U2M == 0) */
 	/*      return(NDIS_STATUS_FAILURE); */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/spectra/ffsport.c b/drivers/staging/spectra/ffsport.c
index 20dae73..506547b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/spectra/ffsport.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/spectra/ffsport.c
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
 	}
 	dev->queue->queuedata = dev;
 
-	/* As Linux block layer does't support >4KB hardware sector,  */
+	/* As Linux block layer doesn't support >4KB hardware sector,  */
 	/* Here we force report 512 byte hardware sector size to Kernel */
 	blk_queue_logical_block_size(dev->queue, 512);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/dynload/cload.c b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/dynload/cload.c
index 5cecd237..fe1ef0a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/dynload/cload.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/tidspbridge/dynload/cload.c
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@
 	 * as a temporary for .dllview record construction.
 	 * Allocate storage for the whole table.  Add 1 to the section count
 	 * in case a trampoline section is auto-generated as well as the
-	 * size of the trampoline section name so DLLView does't get lost.
+	 * size of the trampoline section name so DLLView doesn't get lost.
 	 */
 
 	siz = sym_count * sizeof(struct local_symbol);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/tty/specialix.c b/drivers/staging/tty/specialix.c
index cb24c6d..5c3598e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/tty/specialix.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/tty/specialix.c
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&bp->lock, flags);
 	sx_out(bp, CD186x_CAR, port_No(port));
 
-	/* The Specialix board does't implement the RTS lines.
+	/* The Specialix board doesn't implement the RTS lines.
 	   They are used to set the IRQ level. Don't touch them. */
 	if (sx_crtscts(tty))
 		port->MSVR = MSVR_DTR | (sx_in(bp, CD186x_MSVR) & MSVR_RTS);
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 2e61fe1..8f4b81d 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@
 	u64 total_bytes;	/* total bytes in the space,
 				   this doesn't take mirrors into account */
 	u64 bytes_used;		/* total bytes used,
-				   this does't take mirrors into account */
+				   this doesn't take mirrors into account */
 	u64 bytes_pinned;	/* total bytes pinned, will be freed when the
 				   transaction finishes */
 	u64 bytes_reserved;	/* total bytes the allocator has reserved for
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
index b68f87a..938387a 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/ocfs2_fs.h
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@
 	__le16	xe_name_offset;  /* byte offset from the 1st entry in the
 				    local xattr storage(inode, xattr block or
 				    xattr bucket). */
-	__u8	xe_name_len;	 /* xattr name len, does't include prefix. */
+	__u8	xe_name_len;	 /* xattr name len, doesn't include prefix. */
 	__u8	xe_type;         /* the low 7 bits indicate the name prefix
 				  * type and the highest bit indicates whether
 				  * the EA is stored in the local storage. */
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
index fce9bd3..5c04f3e 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("L2TP over IP");
 MODULE_VERSION("1.0");
 
-/* Use the value of SOCK_DGRAM (2) directory, because __stringify does't like
+/* Use the value of SOCK_DGRAM (2) directory, because __stringify doesn't like
  * enums
  */
 MODULE_ALIAS_NET_PF_PROTO_TYPE(PF_INET, 2, IPPROTO_L2TP);
diff --git a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
index dff27d5..61b1f5a 100644
--- a/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
+++ b/net/sctp/ulpevent.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@
 	memcpy(&ssf->ssf_info, &chunk->sinfo, sizeof(struct sctp_sndrcvinfo));
 
 	/* Per TSVWG discussion with Randy. Allow the application to
-	 * resemble a fragmented message.
+	 * reassemble a fragmented message.
 	 */
 	ssf->ssf_info.sinfo_flags = chunk->chunk_hdr->flags;
 
diff --git a/sound/aoa/codecs/tas.c b/sound/aoa/codecs/tas.c
index 58804c7..fd2188c 100644
--- a/sound/aoa/codecs/tas.c
+++ b/sound/aoa/codecs/tas.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 	/* analysing the volume and mixer tables shows
 	 * that they are similar enough when we shift
 	 * the mixer table down by 4 bits. The error
-	 * is minuscule, in just one item the error
+	 * is miniscule, in just one item the error
 	 * is 1, at a value of 0x07f17b (mixer table
 	 * value is 0x07f17a) */
 	tmp = tas_gaintable[left];