diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/irq.c b/arch/frv/kernel/irq.c
index 7ddb69089ed..73abae767fd 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/irq.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static struct irq_chip frv_cpu_pic = {
 };
 
 /*
- * handles all normal device IRQ's
+ * handles all normal device IRQs
  * - registers are referred to by the __frame variable (GR28)
  * - IRQ distribution is complicated in this arch because of the many PICs, the
  *   way they work and the way they cascade
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/semaphore.c b/arch/frv/kernel/semaphore.c
index 8e182ced1a0..7ee3a147b47 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/semaphore.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/semaphore.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ void __up(struct semaphore *sem)
 	waiter = list_entry(sem->wait_list.next, struct sem_waiter, list);
 
 	/* We must be careful not to touch 'waiter' after we set ->task = NULL.
-	 * It is an allocated on the waiter's stack and may become invalid at
+	 * It is allocated on the waiter's stack and may become invalid at
 	 * any time after that point (due to a wakeup from another source).
 	 */
 	list_del_init(&waiter->list);
diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/time.c b/arch/frv/kernel/time.c
index e83e0bccfab..925fb0199a0 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/time.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dummy)
 	/*
 	 * Here we are in the timer irq handler. We just have irqs locally
 	 * disabled but we don't know if the timer_bh is running on the other
-	 * CPU. We need to avoid to SMP race with it. NOTE: we don' t need
+	 * CPU. We need to avoid to SMP race with it. NOTE: we don't need
 	 * the irq version of write_lock because as just said we have irq
 	 * locally disabled. -arca
 	 */
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void time_init(void)
 
 	/* FIX by dqg : Set to zero for platforms that don't have tod */
 	/* without this time is undefined and can overflow time_t, causing  */
-	/* very stange errors */
+	/* very strange errors */
 	year = 1980;
 	mon = day = 1;
 	hour = min = sec = 0;