diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/sbni.c b/drivers/net/wan/sbni.c
index d98c7e57137d22edd8d2fa8f20d8632ca621ab04..3a421ca8a4d082de104c12b92949998413de4e50 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/sbni.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/sbni.c
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ handle_channel( struct net_device  *dev )
 
 
 /*
- * Routine returns 1 if it need to acknoweledge received frame.
- * Empty frame received without errors won't be acknoweledged.
+ * Routine returns 1 if it needs to acknowledge received frame.
+ * Empty frame received without errors won't be acknowledged.
  */
 
 static int