diff --git a/README b/README
index d107540..8ccfc2f 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -121,6 +121,6 @@
 
   #flashrom at irc.freenode.net
 
-The Mailing list addess is
+The mailing list address is
 
   flashrom@flashrom.org
diff --git a/board_enable.c b/board_enable.c
index 26c4d09..9b05f76 100644
--- a/board_enable.c
+++ b/board_enable.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Suited for Asus M2V-MX: VIA K8M890 + VT8237A + IT8716F
+ * Suited for ASUS M2V-MX: VIA K8M890 + VT8237A + IT8716F
  */
 static int via_vt823x_gpio5_raise(const char *name)
 {
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Suited for VIAs EPIA N & NL.
+ * Suited for VIA EPIA N & NL.
  */
 static int via_vt823x_gpio9_raise(const char *name)
 {
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Suited for VIAs EPIA M and MII, and maybe other CLE266 based EPIAs.
+ * Suited for VIA EPIA M and MII, and maybe other CLE266 based EPIAs.
  *
  * We don't need to do this for EPIA M when using coreboot, GPIO15 is never
  * lowered there.
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Suited for Shuttle FN25 (SN25P): AMD S939 + Nvidia CK804 (nForce4).
+ * Suited for Shuttle FN25 (SN25P): AMD S939 + NVIDIA CK804 (nForce4).
  */
 static int board_shuttle_fn25(const char *name)
 {
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
 		break;
 	    default:
 		fprintf(stderr,
-			"\nERROR: no nVidia LPC/SMBus controller found.\n");
+			"\nERROR: no NVIDIA LPC/SMBus controller found.\n");
 		return -1;
 	    }
 	    break;
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Suited for ASUS A8N-LA: nVidia MCP51.
- * Suited for ASUS M2NBP-VM CSM: nVidia MCP51.
+ * Suited for ASUS M2NBP-VM CSM: NVIDIA MCP51.
  */
 static int nvidia_mcp_gpio0_raise(const char *name)
 {
@@ -569,8 +569,8 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Suited for MSI K8N Neo4: nVidia CK804.
- * Suited for MSI K8N GM2-L: nVidia MCP51.
+ * Suited for MSI K8N Neo4: NVIDIA CK804.
+ * Suited for MSI K8N GM2-L: NVIDIA MCP51.
  */
 static int nvidia_mcp_gpio2_raise(const char *name)
 {
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Helper function to raise/drop a given gpo line on intel PIIX4{,E,M}
+ * Helper function to raise/drop a given gpo line on Intel PIIX4{,E,M}.
  */
 static int intel_piix4_gpo_set(unsigned int gpo, int raise)
 {
@@ -731,11 +731,11 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Set a GPIO line on a given intel ICH LPC controller.
+ * Set a GPIO line on a given Intel ICH LPC controller.
  */
 static int intel_ich_gpio_set(int gpio, int raise)
 {
-	/* table mapping the different intel ICH LPC chipsets. */
+	/* Table mapping the different Intel ICH LPC chipsets. */
 	static struct {
 		uint16_t id;
 		uint8_t base_reg;
@@ -801,8 +801,8 @@
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	/* According to the datasheets, all intel ICHs have the gpio bar 5:1
-	   strapped to zero. From some mobile ich9 version on, this becomes
+	/* According to the datasheets, all Intel ICHs have the GPIO bar 5:1
+	   strapped to zero. From some mobile ICH9 version on, this becomes
 	   6:1. The mask below catches all. */
 	base = pci_read_word(dev, intel_ich_gpio_table[i].base_reg) & 0xFFC0;
 
@@ -949,9 +949,9 @@
 
 /**
  * Suited for:
- * - Asus P4B266LM (Sony Vaio PCV-RX650): socket478 + 845D + ICH2.
- * - Asus P4C800-E Deluxe: socket478 + 875P + ICH5.
- * - Asus P4P800-E Deluxe: Intel socket478 + 865PE + ICH5R.
+ * - ASUS P4B266LM (Sony Vaio PCV-RX650): socket478 + 845D + ICH2.
+ * - ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe: socket478 + 875P + ICH5.
+ * - ASUS P4P800-E Deluxe: Intel socket478 + 865PE + ICH5R.
  */
 static int intel_ich_gpio21_raise(const char *name)
 {
@@ -960,9 +960,9 @@
 
 /**
  * Suited for:
- *  - Asus P4B266: socket478 + intel 845D + ICH2.
- *  - Asus P4B533-E: socket478 + 845E + ICH4
- *  - Asus P4B-MX variant in HP Vectra VL420 SFF: socket478 + 845D + ICH2
+ *  - ASUS P4B266: socket478 + Intel 845D + ICH2.
+ *  - ASUS P4B533-E: socket478 + 845E + ICH4
+ *  - ASUS P4B-MX variant in HP Vectra VL420 SFF: socket478 + 845D + ICH2
  */
 static int intel_ich_gpio22_raise(const char *name)
 {
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@
 
 /**
  * Suited for:
- * - Dell Poweredge 1850: Intel PPGA604 + E7520 + ICH5R.
+ * - Dell PowerEdge 1850: Intel PPGA604 + E7520 + ICH5R.
  * - ASRock P4i65GV: Intel Socket478 + 865GV + ICH5R.
  */
 static int intel_ich_gpio23_raise(const char *name)
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Suited for Asus A7V8X: VIA KT400 + VT8235 + IT8703F-A
+ * Suited for ASUS A7V8X: VIA KT400 + VT8235 + IT8703F-A
  */
 static int board_asus_a7v8x(const char *name)
 {
@@ -1291,8 +1291,8 @@
 
 /**
  * Suited for:
- * - Asus A7V600-X: VIA KT600 + VT8237 + IT8712F
- * - Asus A7V8X-X: VIA KT400 + VT8235 + IT8712F
+ * - ASUS A7V600-X: VIA KT600 + VT8237 + IT8712F
+ * - ASUS A7V8X-X: VIA KT400 + VT8235 + IT8712F
  */
 static int it8712f_gpio3_1_raise(const char *name)
 {
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@
  *
  * If PCI IDs are not sufficient for board matching, the match can be further
  * constrained by a string that has to be present in the DMI database for
- * the baseboard or the system entry. The pattern is matched by case sensitve
+ * the baseboard or the system entry. The pattern is matched by case sensitive
  * substring match, unless it is anchored to the beginning (with a ^ in front)
  * or the end (with a $ at the end). Both anchors may be specified at the
  * same time to match the full field.
diff --git a/coreboot_tables.h b/coreboot_tables.h
index 6944559..2e96526 100644
--- a/coreboot_tables.h
+++ b/coreboot_tables.h
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 /* The coreboot table information is for conveying information
  * from the firmware to the loaded OS image.  Primarily this
  * is expected to be information that cannot be discovered by
- * other means, such as quering the hardware directly.
+ * other means, such as querying the hardware directly.
  *
  * All of the information should be Position Independent Data.  
  * That is it should be safe to relocated any of the information
- * without it's meaning/correctnes changing.   For table that
+ * without it's meaning/correctness changing.   For table that
  * can reasonably be used on multiple architectures the data
  * size should be fixed.  This should ease the transition between
  * 32 bit and 64 bit architectures etc.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
  * table entry is required or not.  This should remove much of the
  * long term compatibility burden as table entries which are
  * irrelevant or have been replaced by better alternatives may be
- * dropped.  Of course it is polite and expidite to include extra
+ * dropped.  Of course it is polite and expedite to include extra
  * table entries and be backwards compatible, but it is not required.
  */
 
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@
 	uint32_t table_entries;
 };
 
-/* Every entry in the boot enviroment list will correspond to a boot
+/* Every entry in the boot environment list will correspond to a boot
  * info record.  Encoding both type and size.  The type is obviously
  * so you can tell what it is.  The size allows you to skip that
- * boot enviroment record if you don't know what it easy.  This allows
+ * boot environment record if you don't know what it easy.  This allows
  * forward compatibility with records not yet defined.
  */
 struct lb_record {
diff --git a/flashchips.c b/flashchips.c
index 2dbc1e0..b88f632 100644
--- a/flashchips.c
+++ b/flashchips.c
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@
 	},
 
 	/* The next two chip definitions have top/bottom boot blocks, but has no
-	device differenciation between the two */
+	device differentiation between the two */
 	{
 		.vendor		= "AMIC",
 		.name		= "A25L40PT",
diff --git a/flashrom.8 b/flashrom.8
index 6306b95..47e77d6 100644
--- a/flashrom.8
+++ b/flashrom.8
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
 Show version information and exit.
 .SH PROGRAMMER SPECIFIC INFO
 Some programmer drivers accept further parameters to set programmer-specific
-parameters. These parameters are seperated from the programmer name by a
+parameters. These parameters are separated from the programmer name by a
 colon. While some programmers take arguments at fixed positions, other
 programmers use a key/value interface in which the key and value is separated
 by an equal sign and different pairs are separated by a comma or a colon.
@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@
 the source distribution.
 .TP
 .BR "buspiratespi " programmer
-A required dev parameter specifyies the Bus Pirate device node and an optional
-spispeed parameter specifyies the frequency of the SPI bus. The parameter
+A required dev parameter specifies the Bus Pirate device node and an optional
+spispeed parameter specifies the frequency of the SPI bus. The parameter
 delimiter is a comma. Syntax is
 .sp
 .B "flashrom -p buspiratespi:dev=/dev/device,spispeed=frequency"
diff --git a/ichspi.c b/ichspi.c
index 9ab61ff..35b9dbd 100644
--- a/ichspi.c
+++ b/ichspi.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@
 
 	/* clear error status registers */
 	temp32 |= (SSFS_CDS + SSFS_FCERR);
-	/* USE 20 MhZ */
+	/* Use 20 MHz */
 	temp32 |= SSFC_SCF_20MHZ;
 
 	if (datalength != 0) {
diff --git a/jedec.c b/jedec.c
index fcaea96..30c343f 100644
--- a/jedec.c
+++ b/jedec.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@
 	chipaddr d = dst;
 
 retry:
-	/* Issue JEDEC Start Program comand */
+	/* Issue JEDEC Start Program command */
 	start_program_jedec_common(flash, mask);
 
 	/* transfer data from source to destination */
diff --git a/serprog-protocol.txt b/serprog-protocol.txt
index 0d389e6..c5464a4 100644
--- a/serprog-protocol.txt
+++ b/serprog-protocol.txt
@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@
 		cmd 7 support: byte 0 bit 7
 		cmd 8 support: byte 1 bit 0, and so on.
 	0x04 (Q_SERBUF):
-		If the programmer has guaranteedly working flow control,
+		If the programmer has a guaranteed working flow control,
 		it should return a big bogus value - eg 0xFFFF.
 	0x05 (Q_BUSTYPE):
 		The bit's are defined as follows:
 		bit 0: PARALLEL, bit 1: LPC, bit 2: FWH, bit 3: SPI (if ever supported).
 	0x06 (Q_CHIPSIZE):
 		Only applicable to parallel programmers.
-		An LPC/FHW/SPI-programmer can report this as not supported in the command bitmap.
+		An LPC/FWH/SPI-programmer can report this as not supported in the command bitmap.
 	0x08 (Q_WRNMAXLEN):
 		If a programmer reports a bigger maximum write-n length than the serial buffer size,
 		it is assumed that the programmer can process the data fast enough to take in the
diff --git a/serprog.c b/serprog.c
index 0035e9a..efcf9d8 100644
--- a/serprog.c
+++ b/serprog.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 /* Bitmap of supported commands */
 static uint8_t sp_cmdmap[32];
 
-/* sp_prev_was_write used to detect writes with continouous addresses
+/* sp_prev_was_write used to detect writes with contiguous addresses
 	and combine them to write-n's */
 static int sp_prev_was_write = 0;
 /* sp_write_n_addr used as the starting addr of the currently
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 	return -1;
 }
 
-/* Synchronize: a bit tricky algorhytm that tries to (and in my tests has *
+/* Synchronize: a bit tricky algorithm that tries to (and in my tests has *
  * always succeeded in) bring the serial protocol to known waiting-for-   *
  * command state - uses nonblocking read - rest of the driver uses	  *
  * blocking read - TODO: add an alarm() timer for the rest of the app on  *
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
 	if (sp_device_opbuf_size <= (sp_opbuf_usage + bytes_to_be_added)) {
 		sp_execute_opbuf();
 		/* If this happens in the mid of an page load the page load *
-		 * will propably fail.					    */
+		 * will probably fail.					    */
 		msg_pdbg(MSGHEADER "Warning: executed operation buffer due to size reasons\n");
 	}
 }
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@
 	return c;
 }
 
-/* Local version that really does the job, doesnt care of max_read_n. */
+/* Local version that really does the job, doesn't care of max_read_n. */
 static void sp_do_read_n(uint8_t * buf, const chipaddr addr, size_t len)
 {
 	int rd_bytes = 0;
diff --git a/stm50flw0x0x.c b/stm50flw0x0x.c
index 8a00308..3539395 100644
--- a/stm50flw0x0x.c
+++ b/stm50flw0x0x.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 	 * to them. The size of the locking sectors depends on the type
 	 * of chip.
 	 *
-	 * Sometimes, the BIOS does this for you; so you propably
+	 * Sometimes, the BIOS does this for you; so you probably
 	 * don't need to worry about that.
 	 */