diff --git a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
index b83389145f28..5d0e26a5c34c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/acpi/Kconfig
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ config ACPI_PROCFS
 	depends on PROC_FS
 	---help---
 	  For backwards compatibility, this option allows
-	  depricated /proc/acpi/ files to exist, even when
+	  deprecated /proc/acpi/ files to exist, even when
 	  they have been replaced by functions in /sys.
 	  The deprecated files (and their replacements) include:
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/natsemi.c b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
index 50e1ec67ef9c..953117152bbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/natsemi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/natsemi.c
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ static int __devinit natsemi_probe1 (struct pci_dev *pdev,
    a delay.  Note that pre-2.0.34 kernels had a cache-alignment bug that
    made udelay() unreliable.
    The old method of using an ISA access as a delay, __SLOW_DOWN_IO__, is
-   depricated.
+   deprecated.
 */
 #define eeprom_delay(ee_addr)	readl(ee_addr)
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
index 3c8e3b63be07..35d0cfcf8c47 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static int __devinit w840_probe1 (struct pci_dev *pdev,
    a delay.  Note that pre-2.0.34 kernels had a cache-alignment bug that
    made udelay() unreliable.
    The old method of using an ISA access as a delay, __SLOW_DOWN_IO__, is
-   depricated.
+   deprecated.
 */
 #define eeprom_delay(ee_addr)	ioread32(ee_addr)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cdrom.h b/include/linux/cdrom.h
index b6e4b52350aa..c6d3e22c0624 100644
--- a/include/linux/cdrom.h
+++ b/include/linux/cdrom.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
                                            (struct cdrom_multisession) */
 #define CDROM_GET_MCN		0x5311 /* Obtain the "Universal Product Code" 
                                            if available (struct cdrom_mcn) */
-#define CDROM_GET_UPC		CDROM_GET_MCN  /* This one is depricated, 
+#define CDROM_GET_UPC		CDROM_GET_MCN  /* This one is deprecated, 
                                           but here anyway for compatibility */
 #define CDROMRESET		0x5312 /* hard-reset the drive */
 #define CDROMVOLREAD		0x5313 /* Get the drive's volume setting 
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ struct cdrom_generic_command
 #define GPMODE_TO_PROTECT_PAGE		0x1d
 #define GPMODE_CAPABILITIES_PAGE	0x2a
 #define GPMODE_ALL_PAGES		0x3f
-/* Not in Mt. Fuji, but in ATAPI 2.6 -- depricated now in favor
+/* Not in Mt. Fuji, but in ATAPI 2.6 -- deprecated now in favor
  * of MODE_SENSE_POWER_PAGE */
 #define GPMODE_CDROM_PAGE		0x0d