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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
index 958ff3d48be..7e8ae83e984 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-api.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ daemon and it crashes the system will not reboot. Because of this,
some of the drivers support the configuration option "Disable watchdog
shutdown on close", CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT. If it is set to Y when
compiling the kernel, there is no way of disabling the watchdog once
-it has been started. So, if the watchdog dameon crashes, the system
+it has been started. So, if the watchdog daemon crashes, the system
will reboot after the timeout has passed.
Some other drivers will not disable the watchdog, unless a specific
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Note that not all devices support these two calls, and some only
support the GETBOOTSTATUS call.
Some drivers can measure the temperature using the GETTEMP ioctl. The
-returned value is the temperature in degrees farenheit.
+returned value is the temperature in degrees fahrenheit.
int temperature;
ioctl(fd, WDIOC_GETTEMP, &temperature);
@@ -258,13 +258,13 @@ booke_wdt.c -- PowerPC BookE Watchdog Timer
Timeout default varies according to frequency, supports
SETTIMEOUT
- Watchdog can not be turned off, CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
+ Watchdog cannot be turned off, CONFIG_WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT
does not make sense
GETSUPPORT returns the watchdog_info struct, and
GETSTATUS returns the supported options. GETBOOTSTATUS
returns a 1 if the last reset was caused by the
- watchdog and a 0 otherwise. This watchdog can not be
+ watchdog and a 0 otherwise. This watchdog cannot be
disabled once it has been started. The wdt_period kernel
parameter selects which bit of the time base changing
from 0->1 will trigger the watchdog exception. Changing