diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/jornada720_ssp.c b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/jornada720_ssp.c
index 28cf36967977..506a5e5a9ad5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/jornada720_ssp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/jornada720_ssp.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jornada_ssp_reverse);
  * timeout after <timeout> rounds. Needs mcu running before its called.
  *
  * returns : %mcu output on success
- *	   : %-ETIMEOUT on timeout
+ *	   : %-ETIMEDOUT on timeout
  */
 int jornada_ssp_byte(u8 byte)
 {
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(jornada_ssp_byte);
  * jornada_ssp_inout - decide if input is command or trading byte
  *
  * returns : (jornada_ssp_byte(byte)) on success
- *         : %-ETIMEOUT on timeout failure
+ *         : %-ETIMEDOUT on timeout failure
  */
 int jornada_ssp_inout(u8 byte)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index c92ced247947..1fd5ecb24425 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -3174,7 +3174,7 @@ static int ql_adapter_reset(struct ql_adapter *qdev)
 
 	if (value & RST_FO_FR) {
 		QPRINTK(qdev, IFDOWN, ERR,
-			"ETIMEOUT!!! errored out of resetting the chip!\n");
+			"ETIMEDOUT!!! errored out of resetting the chip!\n");
 		status = -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index f3a2fce6166c..47f68cfa7e21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static void rx_complete (struct urb *urb)
 
 	/* stalls need manual reset. this is rare ... except that
 	 * when going through USB 2.0 TTs, unplug appears this way.
-	 * we avoid the highspeed version of the ETIMEOUT/EILSEQ
+	 * we avoid the highspeed version of the ETIMEDOUT/EILSEQ
 	 * storm, recovering as needed.
 	 */
 	case -EPIPE:
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
index 888198c9a106..824e65bdc433 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wlan-ng/hfa384x_usb.c
@@ -2424,7 +2424,7 @@ int hfa384x_drvr_ramdl_write(hfa384x_t *hw, u32 daddr, void *buf, u32 len)
 *	0		success
 *	>0		f/w reported error - f/w status code
 *	<0		driver reported error
-*	-ETIMEOUT	timout waiting for the cmd regs to become
+*	-ETIMEDOUT	timout waiting for the cmd regs to become
 *			available, or waiting for the control reg
 *			to indicate the Aux port is enabled.
 *	-ENODATA	the buffer does NOT contain a valid PDA.
diff --git a/kernel/rtmutex.c b/kernel/rtmutex.c
index 820c5af44f3e..fcd107a78c5a 100644
--- a/kernel/rtmutex.c
+++ b/kernel/rtmutex.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rt_mutex_lock_interruptible);
  * Returns:
  *  0 		on success
  * -EINTR 	when interrupted by a signal
- * -ETIMEOUT	when the timeout expired
+ * -ETIMEDOUT	when the timeout expired
  * -EDEADLK	when the lock would deadlock (when deadlock detection is on)
  */
 int