diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 04b4f0f2a3d2..dbf59b2d5700 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * Authors:	Alexey Kuznetsov, <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
  *
  *	Fixes:
- *	Vitaly E. Lavrov		RTA_OK arithmetics was wrong.
+ *	Vitaly E. Lavrov		RTA_OK arithmetic was wrong.
  */
 
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ unlock:
  * @msgtype: rtnetlink message type
  * @doit: Function pointer called for each request message
  * @dumpit: Function pointer called for each dump request (NLM_F_DUMP) message
- * @flags: rtnl_link_flags to modifiy behaviour of doit/dumpit functions
+ * @flags: rtnl_link_flags to modify behaviour of doit/dumpit functions
  *
  * Like rtnl_register, but for use by removable modules.
  */
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rtnl_register_module);
  * @msgtype: rtnetlink message type
  * @doit: Function pointer called for each request message
  * @dumpit: Function pointer called for each dump request (NLM_F_DUMP) message
- * @flags: rtnl_link_flags to modifiy behaviour of doit/dumpit functions
+ * @flags: rtnl_link_flags to modify behaviour of doit/dumpit functions
  *
  * Registers the specified function pointers (at least one of them has
  * to be non-NULL) to be called whenever a request message for the
@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ static int do_set_proto_down(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (nl_proto_down) {
 		proto_down = nla_get_u8(nl_proto_down);
 
-		/* Dont turn off protodown if there are active reasons */
+		/* Don't turn off protodown if there are active reasons */
 		if (!proto_down && dev->proto_down_reason) {
 			NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "Cannot clear protodown, active reasons");
 			return -EBUSY;