diff --git a/hw/s390x/sclp.h b/hw/s390x/sclp.h
index fe89dadd68ef74fdb371abe15976a48903ebfa3b..231a38aa0963fff5a1d95ea88cd10355def074d0 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/sclp.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/sclp.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Normally packed structures are not the right thing to do, since all code
- * must take care of endianess. We cant use ldl_phys and friends for two
+ * must take care of endianness. We cannot use ldl_phys and friends for two
  * reasons, though:
  * - some of the embedded structures below the SCCB can appear multiple times
  *   at different locations, so there is no fixed offset
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
  *   alter the structure while we parse it. We cannot use ldl_p and friends
  *   either without doing pointer arithmetics
  * So we have to double check that all users of sclp data structures use the
- * right endianess wrappers.
+ * right endianness wrappers.
  */
 typedef struct SCCBHeader {
     uint16_t length;
diff --git a/hw/s390x/sclpconsole.c b/hw/s390x/sclpconsole.c
index 0ec5623f5717d2c39abede9b532cb0480cf1d015..fece878e8830b7980b24201b1f888055ba3fa562 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/sclpconsole.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/sclpconsole.c
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ static int read_event_data(SCLPEvent *event, EventBufferHeader *evt_buf_hdr,
 }
 
 /* triggered by SCLP's write_event_data
- *  - write console data into character layer
- *  returns < 0 if an error occured
+ *  - write console data to character layer
+ *  returns < 0 if an error occurred
  */
 static ssize_t write_console_data(SCLPEvent *event, const uint8_t *buf,
                                   size_t len)