diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 57df90699219..7fee82384ed4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ our $UTF8	= qr {
 }x;
 
 our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
-	(?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:\d|\d\d)|
+	(?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)|
 	atomic_t
 )};
 
@@ -1936,7 +1936,7 @@ sub process {
 						# A unary '*' may be const
 
 					} elsif ($ctx =~ /.xW/) {
-						ERROR("Aspace prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
+						ERROR("space prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
 					}
 
 				# unary ++ and unary -- are allowed no space on one side.