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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/generic/glob.c2
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/generic/setenv.c2
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/i386/memcmp.S2
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/posix/waitid.c2
4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/glob.c b/sysdeps/generic/glob.c
index e52afc8c1b..0fe48b03d6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/glob.c
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/glob.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ glob (pattern, flags, errfunc, pglob)
 #endif /* __MSDOS__ || WINDOWS32 */
   if (filename == NULL)
     {
-      /* This can mean two things: a simple name or "~name".  The later
+      /* This can mean two things: a simple name or "~name".  The latter
 	 case is nothing but a notation for a directory.  */
       if ((flags & (GLOB_TILDE|GLOB_TILDE_CHECK)) && pattern[0] == '~')
 	{
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/setenv.c b/sysdeps/generic/setenv.c
index 29fc60c3fb..ae19721ef7 100644
--- a/sysdeps/generic/setenv.c
+++ b/sysdeps/generic/setenv.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ __libc_lock_define_initialized (static, envlock)
 #endif
 
 /* In the GNU C library implementation we try to be more clever and
-   allow arbitrary many changes of the environment given that the used
+   allow arbitrarily many changes of the environment given that the used
    values are from a small set.  Outside glibc this will eat up all
    memory after a while.  */
 #if defined _LIBC || (defined HAVE_SEARCH_H && defined HAVE_TSEARCH \
diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/memcmp.S b/sysdeps/i386/memcmp.S
index 5ad8b6e973..723b5025ff 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/memcmp.S
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/memcmp.S
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ENTRY (memcmp)
 				   or not depending on last subtraction.  */
 
 	/* At this point %eax == 0, if the byte of block #1 was bigger, and
-	   0xffffffff if the last byte of block #2 was bigger.  The later
+	   0xffffffff if the last byte of block #2 was bigger.  The latter
 	   case is already correct but the former needs a little adjustment.
 	   Note that the following operation does not change 0xffffffff.  */
 	orb $1, %al		/* Change 0 to 1.  */
diff --git a/sysdeps/posix/waitid.c b/sysdeps/posix/waitid.c
index 7bb3bbeb47..0459bce9ce 100644
--- a/sysdeps/posix/waitid.c
+++ b/sysdeps/posix/waitid.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ waitid (idtype, id, infop, options)
     {
       /* The WHOHANG bit in OPTIONS is set and there are children available
 	 but none has a status for us.  The XPG docs do not mention this
-	 case so we clear the `siginfo_t' struct and return succesfully.  */
+	 case so we clear the `siginfo_t' struct and return successfully.  */
       infop->si_signo = 0;
       infop->si_code = 0;
       return 0;