diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/demux.h b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/demux.h
index 9f025825b2d2ca816940254fbd3fb8f4dcf9145a..0c1d87c5227ab0bf3e903d95e3cc92ce982b6d98 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/demux.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/demux.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ struct dmx_frontend {
 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /*
- * Flags OR'ed in the capabilites field of struct dmx_demux.
+ * Flags OR'ed in the capabilities field of struct dmx_demux.
  */
 
 #define DMX_TS_FILTERING                        1
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c
index 716f8bf528cdc1999fe00d658f0e643ff8968750..ce34a55e5c243095ca8853f4e382f93fdd2047dc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-init.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static int dvb_usb_init(struct dvb_usb_device *d)
 
 	d->state = DVB_USB_STATE_INIT;
 
-/* check the capabilites and set appropriate variables */
+/* check the capabilities and set appropriate variables */
 
 /* speed - when running at FULL speed we need a HW PID filter */
 	if (d->udev->speed == USB_SPEED_FULL && !(d->props.caps & DVB_USB_HAS_PID_FILTER)) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb.h b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb.h
index 5e5d21ad93c984d7f4ee387326adb4c43a76589b..d4909e5c67e063f89a92d3f7dd184d209ffea800 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb.h
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct dvb_usb_device;
 
 /**
  * struct dvb_usb_properties - properties of a dvb-usb-device
- * @caps: capabilites of the DVB USB device.
+ * @caps: capabilities of the DVB USB device.
  * @pid_filter_count: number of PID filter position in the optional hardware
  *  PID-filter.
  *
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c b/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c
index cdf7b2c33ad037766b00587bc45f8cff4aa6570c..7c6ccb96b1574dd4e8d24bcc9159a3ecb093d803 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/ttpci/av7110.c
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ static int check_firmware(struct av7110* av7110)
 	len = ntohl(*(u32*) ptr);
 	ptr += 4;
 	if (len >= 512) {
-		printk("dvb-ttpci: dpram file is way to big.\n");
+		printk("dvb-ttpci: dpram file is way too big.\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	if (crc != crc32_le(0, ptr, len)) {
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cpia.c b/drivers/media/video/cpia.c
index 9f59541155d9bfbd004d22d2aed584b5173f8677..85d964b5b33c5e55bd5e99506ba25774b3fc267c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cpia.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cpia.c
@@ -3369,7 +3369,7 @@ static int cpia_do_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	//DBG("cpia_ioctl: %u\n", ioctlnr);
 
 	switch (ioctlnr) {
-	/* query capabilites */
+	/* query capabilities */
 	case VIDIOCGCAP:
 	{
 		struct video_capability *b = arg;
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/videocodec.h b/drivers/media/video/videocodec.h
index 156ae57096fe481a1371b54ba854d0679b2de2f5..b1239ac7f371a734ad393c15cc74805186f8e9c8 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/videocodec.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/videocodec.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
    the slave is bound to it). Otherwise it doesn't need this functions and
    therfor they may not be initialized.
 
-   The other fuctions are just for convenience, as they are for shure used by
+   The other fuctions are just for convenience, as they are for sure used by
    most/all of the codecs. The last ones may be ommited, too. 
 
    See the structure declaration below for more information and which data has
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/zr36050.c b/drivers/media/video/zr36050.c
index bd0cd28543ca02f7f007c4abff113f9792d8149a..6699725be60590decc82bc682ebc6861de831684 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/zr36050.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/zr36050.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ zr36050_wait_end (struct zr36050 *ptr)
 
 	while (!(zr36050_read_status1(ptr) & 0x4)) {
 		udelay(1);
-		if (i++ > 200000) {	// 200ms, there is for shure something wrong!!!
+		if (i++ > 200000) {	// 200ms, there is for sure something wrong!!!
 			dprintk(1,
 				"%s: timout at wait_end (last status: 0x%02x)\n",
 				ptr->name, ptr->status1);
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/zr36060.c b/drivers/media/video/zr36060.c
index 28fa31a5f1501a2afcc2989085b6fd3b372d76cd..d8dd003a7aadef1260da978e8f50f4c3e615ee3e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/zr36060.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/zr36060.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ zr36060_wait_end (struct zr36060 *ptr)
 
 	while (zr36060_read_status(ptr) & ZR060_CFSR_Busy) {
 		udelay(1);
-		if (i++ > 200000) {	// 200ms, there is for shure something wrong!!!
+		if (i++ > 200000) {	// 200ms, there is for sure something wrong!!!
 			dprintk(1,
 				"%s: timout at wait_end (last status: 0x%02x)\n",
 				ptr->name, ptr->status);
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/zr36120_i2c.c b/drivers/media/video/zr36120_i2c.c
index 6bfe84d657f1668a556064cd5b1a4eb545f90ea9..21fde43a6aed7fc26c4fb0a34125edcc6b14e8ec 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/zr36120_i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/zr36120_i2c.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void attach_inform(struct i2c_bus *bus, int id)
 	 case I2C_DRIVERID_VIDEODECODER:
 		DEBUG(printk(CARD_INFO "decoder attached\n",CARD));
 
-		/* fetch the capabilites of the decoder */
+		/* fetch the capabilities of the decoder */
 		rv = i2c_control_device(&ztv->i2c, I2C_DRIVERID_VIDEODECODER, DECODER_GET_CAPABILITIES, &dc);
 		if (rv) {
 			DEBUG(printk(CARD_DEBUG "decoder is not V4L aware!\n",CARD));