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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 6166e2d7da7..7a7753321a2 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -519,17 +519,17 @@ more details, with real examples.
to the user why it stops.
cc-cross-prefix
- cc-cross-prefix is used to check if there exist a $(CC) in path with
+ cc-cross-prefix is used to check if there exists a $(CC) in path with
one of the listed prefixes. The first prefix where there exist a
prefix$(CC) in the PATH is returned - and if no prefix$(CC) is found
then nothing is returned.
Additional prefixes are separated by a single space in the
call of cc-cross-prefix.
- This functionality is usefull for architecture Makefile that try
- to set CROSS_COMPILE to well know values but may have several
+ This functionality is useful for architecture Makefiles that try
+ to set CROSS_COMPILE to well-known values but may have several
values to select between.
- It is recommended only to try to set CROSS_COMPILE is it is a cross
- build (host arch is different from target arch). And is CROSS_COMPILE
+ It is recommended only to try to set CROSS_COMPILE if it is a cross
+ build (host arch is different from target arch). And if CROSS_COMPILE
is already set then leave it with the old value.
Example: