diff --git a/drivers/char/n_hdlc.c b/drivers/char/n_hdlc.c
index c3660d8..a133a62 100644
--- a/drivers/char/n_hdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/n_hdlc.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@
 }	/* end of n_hdlc_tty_receive() */
 
 /**
- * n_hdlc_tty_read - Called to retreive one frame of data (if available)
+ * n_hdlc_tty_read - Called to retrieve one frame of data (if available)
  * @tty - pointer to tty instance data
  * @file - pointer to open file object
  * @buf - pointer to returned data buffer
diff --git a/drivers/net/tlan.c b/drivers/net/tlan.c
index 942fae0..c2506b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tlan.c
@@ -2865,11 +2865,11 @@
 	 *				for this device.
 	 *		phy		The address of the PHY to be queried.
 	 *		reg		The register whose contents are to be
-	 *				retreived.
+	 *				retrieved.
 	 *		val		A pointer to a variable to store the
 	 *				retrieved value.
 	 *
-	 *	This function uses the TLAN's MII bus to retreive the contents
+	 *	This function uses the TLAN's MII bus to retrieve the contents
 	 *	of a given register on a PHY.  It sends the appropriate info
 	 *	and then reads the 16-bit register value from the MII bus via
 	 *	the TLAN SIO register.
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h
index 773ea3e..da004dd 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@
  */
 
 /* FTDI_SIO_GET_MODEM_STATUS */
-/* Retreive the current value of the modem status register */
+/* Retrieve the current value of the modem status register */
 
 #define FTDI_SIO_GET_MODEM_STATUS_REQUEST_TYPE 0xc0
 #define FTDI_SIO_GET_MODEM_STATUS_REQUEST FTDI_SIO_GET_MODEM_STATUS
diff --git a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
index 4f01ccc..156db84 100644
--- a/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/aty/radeon_base.c
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Retreive PLL infos by different means (BIOS, Open Firmware, register probing...)
+ * Retrieve PLL infos by different means (BIOS, Open Firmware, register probing...)
  */
 static void __devinit radeon_get_pllinfo(struct radeonfb_info *rinfo)
 {
@@ -660,17 +660,17 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_OF
 	/*
-	 * Retreive PLL infos from Open Firmware first
+	 * Retrieve PLL infos from Open Firmware first
 	 */
        	if (!force_measure_pll && radeon_read_xtal_OF(rinfo) == 0) {
-       		printk(KERN_INFO "radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from Open Firmware\n");
+       		printk(KERN_INFO "radeonfb: Retrieved PLL infos from Open Firmware\n");
 		goto found;
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_OF */
 
 	/*
 	 * Check out if we have an X86 which gave us some PLL informations
-	 * and if yes, retreive them
+	 * and if yes, retrieve them
 	 */
 	if (!force_measure_pll && rinfo->bios_seg) {
 		u16 pll_info_block = BIOS_IN16(rinfo->fp_bios_start + 0x30);
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@
 		rinfo->pll.ppll_min	= BIOS_IN32(pll_info_block + 0x12);
 		rinfo->pll.ppll_max	= BIOS_IN32(pll_info_block + 0x16);
 
-		printk(KERN_INFO "radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from BIOS\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO "radeonfb: Retrieved PLL infos from BIOS\n");
 		goto found;
 	}
 
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@
 	 * probe them
 	 */
 	if (radeon_probe_pll_params(rinfo) == 0) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "radeonfb: Retreived PLL infos from registers\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO "radeonfb: Retrieved PLL infos from registers\n");
 		goto found;
 	}
 
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@
 
 found:
 	/*
-	 * Some methods fail to retreive SCLK and MCLK values, we apply default
+	 * Some methods fail to retrieve SCLK and MCLK values, we apply default
 	 * settings in this case (200Mhz). If that really happne often, we could
 	 * fetch from registers instead...
 	 */
@@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@
 	       rinfo->mapped_vram/1024);
 
 	/*
-	 * Map the BIOS ROM if any and retreive PLL parameters from
+	 * Map the BIOS ROM if any and retrieve PLL parameters from
 	 * the BIOS. We skip that on mobility chips as the real panel
 	 * values we need aren't in the ROM but in the BIOS image in
 	 * memory. This is definitely not the best meacnism though,
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
index 72e1207..02091ea 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/xattr.c
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@
 }
 
 /* Returns the dentry (or NULL) referring to the root of the extended
- * attribute directory tree. If it has already been retreived, it is used.
- * Otherwise, we attempt to retreive it from disk. It may also return
+ * attribute directory tree. If it has already been retrieved, it is used.
+ * Otherwise, we attempt to retrieve it from disk. It may also return
  * a pointer-encoded error.
  */
 static inline struct dentry *get_xa_root(struct super_block *s)
diff --git a/net/irda/iriap.c b/net/irda/iriap.c
index b8bb78a..254f907 100644
--- a/net/irda/iriap.c
+++ b/net/irda/iriap.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
 /*
  * Function iriap_getvaluebyclass (addr, name, attr)
  *
- *    Retreive all values from attribute in all objects with given class
+ *    Retrieve all values from attribute in all objects with given class
  *    name
  */
 int iriap_getvaluebyclass_request(struct iriap_cb *self,
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/util.c b/scripts/kconfig/util.c
index 1fa4c0b..4556014 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/util.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/util.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 	va_end(ap);
 }
 
-/* Retreive value of growable string */
+/* Retrieve value of growable string */
 const char *str_get(struct gstr *gs)
 {
 	return gs->s;