diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index abee7f5..73a8617 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 ----
 udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
 only entries for devices actually present.  udev replaces the basic
-functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
+functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for
 devices.
 
 FUSE
diff --git a/Documentation/power/states.txt b/Documentation/power/states.txt
index 3e5e5d3..0931a33 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/states.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/states.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 inconvenience, this method requires minimal work by the kernel, since
 the firmware will also handle restoring memory contents on resume. 
 
-If the kernel is responsible for persistantly saving state, a mechanism 
+If the kernel is responsible for persistently saving state, a mechanism
 called 'swsusp' (Swap Suspend) is used to write memory contents to
 free swap space. swsusp has some restrictive requirements, but should
 work in most cases. Some, albeit outdated, documentation can be found
diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
index 2f880cb..0cad354 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/chan_user.c
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 	/* These are synchronization calls between various UML threads on the
 	 * host - since they are not different kernel threads, we cannot use
 	 * kernel semaphores. We don't use SysV semaphores because they are
-	 * persistant. */
+	 * persistent. */
 	count = os_read_file(pipe_fd, &c, sizeof(c));
 	if(count != sizeof(c))
 		printk("winch_thread : failed to read synchronization byte, "
diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
index e5c7271..051b7c5 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptbase.c
@@ -6185,7 +6185,7 @@
 		"Abort",					/* 12h */
 		"IO Not Yet Executed",				/* 13h */
 		"IO Executed",					/* 14h */
-		"Persistant Reservation Out Not Affiliation Owner", /* 15h */
+		"Persistent Reservation Out Not Affiliation Owner", /* 15h */
 		"Open Transmit DMA Abort",			/* 16h */
 		"IO Device Missing Delay Retry",		/* 17h */
 		NULL,						/* 18h */
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c b/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
index 92b5d88..65e5ee5 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/maps/cfi_flagadm.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
 		.size =		FLASH_PARTITION2_SIZE
 	},
 	{
-		.name =		"Persistant storage",
+		.name =		"Persistent storage",
 		.offset =	FLASH_PARTITION3_ADDR,
 		.size =		FLASH_PARTITION3_SIZE
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
index d0ba112..3cfb0a3 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/pci/Kconfig
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 	  It is very unwise to use this option if you are not using a
 	  boot process that can handle devices being created in any
-	  order.  A program that can create persistant block and network
+	  order.  A program that can create persistent block and network
 	  device names (like udev) is a good idea if you wish to use
 	  this option.
 
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 8bec76b..b3b5aa0 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@
 
 	Some system agents rely on the information in sysfs to operate.
 	/sbin/hotplug uses device and object attributes in sysfs to assist in
-	delegating policy decisions, like persistantly naming devices.
+	delegating policy decisions, like persistently naming devices.
 
 	sysfs is currently used by the block subsystem to mount the root
 	partition.  If sysfs is disabled you must specify the boot device on
diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h b/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h
index 9901928..eb550b3 100644
--- a/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h
+++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_filsys.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 #define	JFS_SWAP_BYTES		0x00100000	/* running on big endian computer */
 
 /* Directory index */
-#define JFS_DIR_INDEX		0x00200000	/* Persistant index for */
+#define JFS_DIR_INDEX		0x00200000	/* Persistent index for */
 						/* directory entries    */
 
 
diff --git a/include/linux/textsearch.h b/include/linux/textsearch.h
index 7dac8f0..004808a 100644
--- a/include/linux/textsearch.h
+++ b/include/linux/textsearch.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 /**
  * struct ts_state - search state
  * @offset: offset for next match
- * @cb: control buffer, for persistant variables of get_next_block()
+ * @cb: control buffer, for persistent variables of get_next_block()
  */
 struct ts_state
 {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	 * Called repeatedly until 0 is returned. Must assign the
 	 * head of the next block of data to &*dst and return the length
 	 * of the block or 0 if at the end. consumed == 0 indicates
-	 * a new search. May store/read persistant values in state->cb.
+	 * a new search. May store/read persistent values in state->cb.
 	 */
 	unsigned int		(*get_next_block)(unsigned int consumed,
 						  const u8 **dst,
diff --git a/lib/textsearch.c b/lib/textsearch.c
index 2cb4a43..98bcadc 100644
--- a/lib/textsearch.c
+++ b/lib/textsearch.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  *       configuration according to the specified parameters.
  *   (3) User starts the search(es) by calling _find() or _next() to
  *       fetch subsequent occurrences. A state variable is provided
- *       to the algorihtm to store persistant variables.
+ *       to the algorihtm to store persistent variables.
  *   (4) Core eventually resets the search offset and forwards the find()
  *       request to the algorithm.
  *   (5) Algorithm calls get_next_block() provided by the user continously