diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl
index 1f3ae3e32d69..c4d2e3507af9 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/alsa-driver-api.tmpl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   </bookinfo>
 
   <chapter><title>Management of Cards and Devices</title>
-     <sect1><title>Card Managment</title>
+     <sect1><title>Card Management</title>
 !Esound/core/init.c
      </sect1>
      <sect1><title>Device Components</title>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
      <sect1><title>PCM Format Helpers</title>
 !Esound/core/pcm_misc.c
      </sect1>
-     <sect1><title>PCM Memory Managment</title>
+     <sect1><title>PCM Memory Management</title>
 !Esound/core/pcm_memory.c
      </sect1>
   </chapter>
diff --git a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
index 9b4458e5313b..74d3a35b59bc 100644
--- a/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/sound/alsa/DocBook/writing-an-alsa-driver.tmpl
@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@
 	accessible via <constant>substream-&gt;runtime</constant>.
 	This runtime pointer holds the various information; it holds
 	the copy of hw_params and sw_params configurations, the buffer
-	pointers, mmap records, spinlocks, etc.  Almost everyhing you
+	pointers, mmap records, spinlocks, etc.  Almost everything you
 	need for controlling the PCM can be found there.
 	</para>
 
@@ -2339,7 +2339,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
 
 	<para>
 	  When the PCM substreams can be synchronized (typically,
-	synchorinized start/stop of a playback and a capture streams),
+	synchronized start/stop of a playback and a capture streams),
 	you can give <constant>SNDRV_PCM_INFO_SYNC_START</constant>,
 	too.  In this case, you'll need to check the linked-list of
 	PCM substreams in the trigger callback.  This will be
@@ -3244,7 +3244,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
         You can even define your own constraint rules.
         For example, let's suppose my_chip can manage a substream of 1 channel
         if and only if the format is S16_LE, otherwise it supports any format
-        specified in the <structname>snd_pcm_hardware</structname> stucture (or in any
+        specified in the <structname>snd_pcm_hardware</structname> structure (or in any
         other constraint_list). You can build a rule like this:
 
         <example>
@@ -3767,7 +3767,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
         <para>
 	Like <structfield>get</structfield> callback,
 	when the control has more than one elements,
-	all elemehts must be evaluated in this callback, too.
+	all elements must be evaluated in this callback, too.
         </para>
       </section>
 
@@ -5528,12 +5528,12 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
   #ifdef CONFIG_PM
   static int snd_my_suspend(struct pci_dev *pci, pm_message_t state)
   {
-          .... /* do things for suspsend */
+          .... /* do things for suspend */
           return 0;
   }
   static int snd_my_resume(struct pci_dev *pci)
   {
-          .... /* do things for suspsend */
+          .... /* do things for suspend */
           return 0;
   }
   #endif
@@ -6098,7 +6098,7 @@ struct _snd_pcm_runtime {
 <!-- ****************************************************** -->
 <!-- Acknowledgments  -->
 <!-- ****************************************************** -->
-  <chapter id="acknowledments">
+  <chapter id="acknowledgments">
     <title>Acknowledgments</title>
     <para>
       I would like to thank Phil Kerr for his help for improvement and