diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig.non_dt b/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig.non_dt
index ca900be144ce9466db4a1cfb6fb577eef669e81e..0363dba7d3f6fcadd4452d6f97bcc790936dff7a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig.non_dt
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/Kconfig.non_dt
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ config MACH_PCONTROL_G20
 	bool "PControl G20 CPU module"
 	help
 	  Select this if you are using taskit's Stamp9G20 CPU module on this
-	  carrier board, beeing the decentralized unit of a building automation
+	  carrier board, being the decentralized unit of a building automation
 	  system; featuring nvram, eth-switch, iso-rs485, display, io
 
 config MACH_GSIA18S
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 5c0ed72c02a2b01dc0f4440dbf3ae7d7d827bb56..96c52bb23feb875caac998a0eb25303a0aef8899 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ config X86_ANCIENT_MCE
 	depends on X86_32 && X86_MCE
 	---help---
 	  Include support for machine check handling on old Pentium 5 or WinChip
-	  systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitely on the command
+	  systems. These typically need to be enabled explicitly on the command
 	  line.
 
 config X86_MCE_THRESHOLD
diff --git a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig
index 1747a02a019a1bcb7ed1ac1d37c02babd2a8c99e..c0730d5c734d6ad805d2a589573da4dfbe53bb48 100644
--- a/drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/isdn/mISDN/Kconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config MISDN_DSP
 
 	  This module may be used for special applications that require
 	  cross connecting of bchannels, conferencing, dtmf decoding,
-	  echo cancelation, tone generation, and Blowfish encryption and
+	  echo cancellation, tone generation, and Blowfish encryption and
 	  decryption. It may use hardware features if available.
 
 	  E.g. it is required for PBX4Linux. Go to http://isdn.eversberg.eu
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index fe25677a551162789b0299247d88327dcbd48940..a2d61d061be7ba096374edde4dc0e3b47d7ff986 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -204,9 +204,9 @@ config SCSI_MULTI_LUN
 	  Some devices support more than one LUN (Logical Unit Number) in order
 	  to allow access to several media, e.g. CD jukebox, USB card reader,
 	  mobile phone in mass storage mode. This option forces the kernel to
-	  probe for all LUNs by default. This setting can be overriden by
+	  probe for all LUNs by default. This setting can be overridden by
 	  max_luns boot/module parameter. Note that this option does not affect
-	  devices conforming to SCSI-3 or higher as they can explicitely report
+	  devices conforming to SCSI-3 or higher as they can explicitly report
 	  their number of LUNs. It is safe to say Y here unless you have one of
 	  those rare devices which reacts in an unexpected way when probed for
 	  multiple LUNs.
diff --git a/drivers/xen/Kconfig b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
index 23eae5cb69c21e16d2f71ce2c29e1b307ba3c05c..e8dc72c4bf112df4f60e14bb8a1fcac2497f3781 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/xen/Kconfig
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ config XEN_ACPI_PROCESSOR
 
 	  To do that the driver parses the Power Management data and uploads
 	  said information to the Xen hypervisor. Then the Xen hypervisor can
-	  select the proper Cx and Pxx states. It also registers itslef as the
+	  select the proper Cx and Pxx states. It also registers itself as the
 	  SMM so that other drivers (such as ACPI cpufreq scaling driver) will
 	  not load.
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/ipset/Kconfig
index ba36c283d8372dfb3c890994c57c6bb0d46266b0..95e7d62f30089d6ec65d5923889986babc13289c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/Kconfig
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/Kconfig
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ config IP_SET_MAX
 	  You can define here default value of the maximum number 
 	  of IP sets for the kernel.
 
-	  The value can be overriden by the 'max_sets' module
+	  The value can be overridden by the 'max_sets' module
 	  parameter of the 'ip_set' module.
 
 config IP_SET_BITMAP_IP