diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
index 7ba2baa..5daa2aa 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/sysfs-pci.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 ----------------------------------------
 
 Legacy I/O port and ISA memory resources are also provided in sysfs if the
-underlying platform supports them.  They're located in the PCI class heirarchy,
+underlying platform supports them.  They're located in the PCI class hierarchy,
 e.g.
 
 	/sys/class/pci_bus/0000:17/
diff --git a/Documentation/sh/new-machine.txt b/Documentation/sh/new-machine.txt
index 73988e0..5482bf5 100644
--- a/Documentation/sh/new-machine.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sh/new-machine.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 in arch/sh/kernel/ directly, with board-specific headers ending up in
 include/asm-sh/. For the new kernel, things are broken out by board type,
 companion chip type, and CPU type. Looking at a tree view of this directory
-heirarchy looks like the following:
+hierarchy looks like the following:
 
 Board-specific code:
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 member itself.
 
 There are a few things that each board is required to have, both in the
-arch/sh/boards and the include/asm-sh/ heirarchy. In order to better
+arch/sh/boards and the include/asm-sh/ hierarchy. In order to better
 explain this, we use some examples for adding an imaginary board. For
 setup code, we're required at the very least to provide definitions for
 get_system_type() and platform_setup(). For our imaginary board, this
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index 2627909..e86c37c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
  * characteristics relative to its multiple connections.  We ignore
  * this for now.  We also assume that all cpu and memory sets have
  * their distances represented at a common level.  This won't be
- * true for heirarchical NUMA.
+ * true for hierarchical NUMA.
  *
  * In any case the ibm,associativity-reference-points should give
  * the correct depth for a normal NUMA system.
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
index e859722..7c42d53 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-core/dvb_frontend.c
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@
 			fetunesettings.parameters.inversion = INVERSION_AUTO;
 		}
 		if (fe->ops.info.type == FE_OFDM) {
-			/* without hierachical coding code_rate_LP is irrelevant,
+			/* without hierarchical coding code_rate_LP is irrelevant,
 			 * so we tolerate the otherwise invalid FEC_NONE setting */
 			if (fepriv->parameters.u.ofdm.hierarchy_information == HIERARCHY_NONE &&
 			    fepriv->parameters.u.ofdm.code_rate_LP == FEC_NONE)
diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dib3000mb.c b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dib3000mb.c
index adbabfd..b6adea5 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dib3000mb.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dib3000mb.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
 		default:
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	deb_setf("hierachy: ");
+	deb_setf("hierarchy: ");
 	switch (ofdm->hierarchy_information) {
 		case HIERARCHY_NONE:
 			deb_setf("none ");
diff --git a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv.h b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv.h
index 3c0a58f..bf655db 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv.h
+++ b/drivers/pci/pcie/aer/aerdrv.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 	struct mutex rpc_mutex;		/*
 					 * only one thread could do
 					 * recovery on the same
-					 * root port hierachy
+					 * root port hierarchy
 					 */
 	wait_queue_head_t wait_release;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
index 0d3c10f..58afdb4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@
 
 /*
  * Note: in the target show function we recognize when the remote
- *  port is in the heirarchy and do not allow the driver to get
+ *  port is in the hierarchy and do not allow the driver to get
  *  involved in sysfs functions. The driver only gets involved if
  *  it's the "old" style that doesn't use rports.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
index 6d39150e..b2ef71a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sas_phy_alloc);
 
 /**
- * sas_phy_add  --  add a SAS PHY to the device hierachy
+ * sas_phy_add  --  add a SAS PHY to the device hierarchy
  * @phy:	The PHY to be added
  *
  * Publishes a SAS PHY to the rest of the system.
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sas_expander_alloc);
 
 /**
- * sas_rphy_add  --  add a SAS remote PHY to the device hierachy
+ * sas_rphy_add  --  add a SAS remote PHY to the device hierarchy
  * @rphy:	The remote PHY to be added
  *
  * Publishes a SAS remote PHY to the rest of the system.
diff --git a/fs/cifs/README b/fs/cifs/README
index 432e515..080c5eb 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/README
+++ b/fs/cifs/README
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 The CIFS VFS support for Linux supports many advanced network filesystem 
-features such as heirarchical dfs like namespace, hardlinks, locking and more.  
+features such as hierarchical dfs like namespace, hardlinks, locking and more.  
 It was designed to comply with the SNIA CIFS Technical Reference (which 
 supersedes the 1992 X/Open SMB Standard) as well as to perform best practice 
 practical interoperability with Windows 2000, Windows XP, Samba and equivalent 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index f7fa52b..28dd757 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@
 			BUG();
 	}
 
-	/* Assume a directory heirarchy thusly:
+	/* Assume a directory hierarchy thusly:
 	 * a/b/c
 	 * a/d
 	 * a,b,c, and d are all directories.
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/pal.h b/include/asm-ia64/pal.h
index bc768153..e43021a 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/pal.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/pal.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 #define PAL_CACHE_FLUSH		1	/* flush i/d cache */
 #define PAL_CACHE_INFO		2	/* get detailed i/d cache info */
 #define PAL_CACHE_INIT		3	/* initialize i/d cache */
-#define PAL_CACHE_SUMMARY	4	/* get summary of cache heirarchy */
+#define PAL_CACHE_SUMMARY	4	/* get summary of cache hierarchy */
 #define PAL_MEM_ATTRIB		5	/* list supported memory attributes */
 #define PAL_PTCE_INFO		6	/* purge TLB info */
 #define PAL_VM_INFO		7	/* return supported virtual memory features */
@@ -113,14 +113,14 @@
 						 */
 #define PAL_STATUS_REQUIRES_MEMORY	(-9)	/* Call requires PAL memory buffer */
 
-/* Processor cache level in the heirarchy */
+/* Processor cache level in the hierarchy */
 typedef u64				pal_cache_level_t;
 #define PAL_CACHE_LEVEL_L0		0	/* L0 */
 #define PAL_CACHE_LEVEL_L1		1	/* L1 */
 #define PAL_CACHE_LEVEL_L2		2	/* L2 */
 
 
-/* Processor cache type at a particular level in the heirarchy */
+/* Processor cache type at a particular level in the hierarchy */
 
 typedef u64				pal_cache_type_t;
 #define PAL_CACHE_TYPE_INSTRUCTION	1	/* Instruction cache */
@@ -272,14 +272,14 @@
 #define PAL_CACHE_PROT_METHOD_ECC		3	/* ECC protection */
 
 
-/* Processor cache line identification in the heirarchy */
+/* Processor cache line identification in the hierarchy */
 typedef union pal_cache_line_id_u {
 	u64			pclid_data;
 	struct {
 		u64		cache_type	: 8,	/* 7-0 cache type */
 				level		: 8,	/* 15-8 level of the
 							 * cache in the
-							 * heirarchy.
+							 * hierarchy.
 							 */
 				way		: 8,	/* 23-16 way in the set
 							 */
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 		u64		cache_type	: 8,	/* 7-0 cache type */
 				level		: 8,	/* 15-8 level of the
 							 * cache in the
-							 * heirarchy.
+							 * hierarchy.
 							 */
 				way		: 8,	/* 23-16 way in the set
 							 */
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@
 	return iprv.status;
 }
 
-/* Return summary information about the heirarchy of caches controlled by the processor */
+/* Return summary information about the hierarchy of caches controlled by the processor */
 static inline s64
 ia64_pal_cache_summary (u64 *cache_levels, u64 *unique_caches)
 {