diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
index 57a2b058e3d..18c06a59c09 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/cfg80211.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* cfg80211 Interface for prism2_usb module */
 
 
-/* Prism2 channell/frequency/bitrate declarations */
+/* Prism2 channel/frequency/bitrate declarations */
 static const struct ieee80211_channel prism2_channels[] = {
 	{ .center_freq = 2412 },
 	{ .center_freq = 2417 },
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ int prism2_connect(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct net_device *dev,
 			goto exit;
 	}
 
-	/* Set the authorisation */
+	/* Set the authorization */
 	if ((sme->auth_type == NL80211_AUTHTYPE_OPEN_SYSTEM) ||
 		((sme->auth_type == NL80211_AUTHTYPE_AUTOMATIC) && !is_wep))
 			msg_join.authtype.data = P80211ENUM_authalg_opensystem;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c
index 6ca07e7df40..750330f064f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211netdev.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ failed:
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------
 * p80211knetdev_set_multicast_list
 *
-* Called from higher lavers whenever there's a need to set/clear
+* Called from higher layers whenever there's a need to set/clear
 * promiscuous mode or rewrite the multicast list.
 *
 * Arguments:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211types.h b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211types.h
index f043090ef86..8cb4fc6448a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211types.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/p80211types.h
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 					P80211DID_LSB_ACCESS)
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/* The following structure types are used for the represenation */
+/* The following structure types are used for the representation */
 /*  of ENUMint type metadata. */
 
 typedef struct p80211enumpair {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c
index e22784e74ef..0dfd2a4933e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/prism2fw.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ static int read_cardpda(struct pda *pda, wlandevice_t *wlandev)
 *
 * Note also that the start address record, originally an S7 record in
 * the srec file, is expected in the fw file to be like a data record but
-* with a certain address to make it identiable.
+* with a certain address to make it identifiable.
 *
 * Here's the SREC format that the fw should have come from:
 * S[37]nnaaaaaaaaddd...dddcc