diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.h b/drivers/md/bitmap.h
index 931a7a7..d0aeaf4 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  *
  * The counter counts pending write requests, plus the on-disk bit.
  * When the counter is '1' and the resync bits are clear, the on-disk
- * bit can be cleared aswell, thus setting the counter to 0.
+ * bit can be cleared as well, thus setting the counter to 0.
  * When we set a bit, or in the counter (to start a write), if the fields is
  * 0, we first set the disk bit and set the counter to 1.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c b/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c
index dad011a..7771ed2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-region-hash.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
 	/*
 	 * Possible cases:
 	 *   1) DM_RH_DIRTY
-	 *   2) DM_RH_NOSYNC: was dirty, other preceeding writes failed
+	 *   2) DM_RH_NOSYNC: was dirty, other preceding writes failed
 	 *   3) DM_RH_RECOVERING: flushing pending writes
 	 * Either case, the region should have not been connected to list.
 	 */
diff --git a/drivers/md/faulty.c b/drivers/md/faulty.c
index 339fdc6..23078da 100644
--- a/drivers/md/faulty.c
+++ b/drivers/md/faulty.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
  *
  * Different modes can be active at a time, but only
  * one can be set at array creation.  Others can be added later.
- * A mode can be one-shot or recurrent with the recurrance being
+ * A mode can be one-shot or recurrent with the recurrence being
  * once in every N requests.
  * The bottom 5 bits of the "layout" indicate the mode.  The
  * remainder indicate a period, or 0 for one-shot.
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 8b66e04..b12b377 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -6266,7 +6266,7 @@
 	 * rt is a sector_t, so could be 32bit or 64bit.
 	 * So we divide before multiply in case it is 32bit and close
 	 * to the limit.
-	 * We scale the divisor (db) by 32 to avoid loosing precision
+	 * We scale the divisor (db) by 32 to avoid losing precision
 	 * near the end of resync when the number of remaining sectors
 	 * is close to 'db'.
 	 * We then divide rt by 32 after multiplying by db to compensate.
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index 12215d4..52b4073 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 #define	In_sync		2		/* device is in_sync with rest of array */
 #define	WriteMostly	4		/* Avoid reading if at all possible */
 #define	AutoDetected	7		/* added by auto-detect */
-#define Blocked		8		/* An error occured on an externally
+#define Blocked		8		/* An error occurred on an externally
 					 * managed array, don't allow writes
 					 * until it is cleared */
 	wait_queue_head_t blocked_wait;
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index f7b6237..2da83d5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * RAID-10 support for md.
  *
- * Base on code in raid1.c.  See raid1.c for futher copyright information.
+ * Base on code in raid1.c.  See raid1.c for further copyright information.
  *
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -340,14 +340,14 @@
 
 /*
  * RAID10 layout manager
- * Aswell as the chunksize and raid_disks count, there are two
+ * As well as the chunksize and raid_disks count, there are two
  * parameters: near_copies and far_copies.
  * near_copies * far_copies must be <= raid_disks.
  * Normally one of these will be 1.
  * If both are 1, we get raid0.
  * If near_copies == raid_disks, we get raid1.
  *
- * Chunks are layed out in raid0 style with near_copies copies of the
+ * Chunks are laid out in raid0 style with near_copies copies of the
  * first chunk, followed by near_copies copies of the next chunk and
  * so on.
  * If far_copies > 1, then after 1/far_copies of the array has been assigned
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.h b/drivers/md/raid10.h
index 2316ac2..944b110 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.h
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.h
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 	spinlock_t		device_lock;
 
 	/* geometry */
-	int			near_copies;  /* number of copies layed out raid0 style */
-	int 			far_copies;   /* number of copies layed out
+	int			near_copies;  /* number of copies laid out raid0 style */
+	int 			far_copies;   /* number of copies laid out
 					       * at large strides across drives
 					       */
 	int			far_offset;   /* far_copies are offset by 1 stripe