diff --git a/miscutils/crond.c b/miscutils/crond.c
index e32bac6..085cf6e 100644
--- a/miscutils/crond.c
+++ b/miscutils/crond.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 	const char *err_msg;
 
 	/*
-	 * Obtain password entry and change privilages
+	 * Obtain password entry and change privileges
 	 */
 	pas = getpwnam(user);
 	if (pas == 0) {
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@
 	ForkJob(user, line, mailFd, SENDMAIL, SENDMAIL_ARGS, NULL);
 }
 #else
-/* crond whithout sendmail */
+/* crond without sendmail */
 
 static void RunJob(const char *user, CronLine * line)
 {
diff --git a/miscutils/crontab.c b/miscutils/crontab.c
index 52d08dd..89e1377 100644
--- a/miscutils/crontab.c
+++ b/miscutils/crontab.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
     struct passwd *pas;
 
     /*
-     * Obtain password entry and change privilages
+     * Obtain password entry and change privileges
      */
 
     if ((pas = getpwnam(user)) == 0) {
diff --git a/miscutils/devfsd.c b/miscutils/devfsd.c
index 6a249bd..c2dde91 100644
--- a/miscutils/devfsd.c
+++ b/miscutils/devfsd.c
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@
                               void *info,
                               const char *devname,
                               const regmatch_t *ex, unsigned int numexp)
-/*  [SUMMARY] Expand enviroment variables and regular subexpressions in string.
+/*  [SUMMARY] Expand environment variables and regular subexpressions in string.
     <output> The output expanded expression is written here.
     <length> The size of the output buffer.
     <input> The input expression. This may equal <<output>>.
diff --git a/miscutils/hdparm.c b/miscutils/hdparm.c
index 006dc0d..bbb707c 100644
--- a/miscutils/hdparm.c
+++ b/miscutils/hdparm.c
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
 /* word 1: number of logical cylinders */
 #define LCYLS_MAX		0x3fff /* maximum allowable value */
 
-/* word 2: specific configureation
+/* word 2: specific configuration
  * (a) require SET FEATURES to spin-up
  * (b) require spin-up to fully reply to IDENTIFY DEVICE
  */