diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
index 7bc0e91f871544d28b50420d3743520e5496ec4b..6afd1efd3633f2a2b89fdf7d28b88cd2326c3900 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/hotplug-cpu.c
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ static ssize_t dlpar_cpu_remove(struct device_node *dn, u32 drc_index)
 {
 	int rc;
 
-	pr_debug("Attemping to remove CPU %s, drc index: %x\n",
+	pr_debug("Attempting to remove CPU %s, drc index: %x\n",
 		 dn->name, drc_index);
 
 	rc = dlpar_offline_cpu(dn);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
index 913825086b8df675f68f69a0b993934c3b607104..afc9484ae7474454cb047110af5f8095fb9829e8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/common.c
@@ -1417,7 +1417,7 @@ bool xive_core_init(const struct xive_ops *ops, void __iomem *area, u32 offset,
 	/* Get ready for interrupts */
 	xive_setup_cpu();
 
-	pr_info("Interrupt handling intialized with %s backend\n",
+	pr_info("Interrupt handling initialized with %s backend\n",
 		xive_ops->name);
 	pr_info("Using priority %d for all interrupts\n", max_prio);
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
index 99bb875178d7170f50d6500a3d6ec5fb8be757b0..423e28ec27fb2d159851de2f76876a8fa4e83ffd 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
@@ -1242,8 +1242,7 @@ static void hvcs_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 		free_irq(irq, hvcsd);
 		return;
 	} else if (hvcsd->port.count < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "HVCS: vty-server@%X open_count: %d"
-				" is missmanaged.\n",
+		printk(KERN_ERR "HVCS: vty-server@%X open_count: %d is mismanaged.\n",
 		hvcsd->vdev->unit_address, hvcsd->port.count);
 	}