diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index 841b72f720e8..174c594ff8ef 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ static u32 clocksource_max_adjustment(struct clocksource *cs)
  * return half the number of nanoseconds the hardware counter can technically
  * cover. This is done so that we can potentially detect problems caused by
  * delayed timers or bad hardware, which might result in time intervals that
- * are larger then what the math used can handle without overflows.
+ * are larger than what the math used can handle without overflows.
  */
 u64 clocks_calc_max_nsecs(u32 mult, u32 shift, u32 maxadj, u64 mask, u64 *max_cyc)
 {
diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index 457a373e2181..435b8850dd80 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 /*
  * The timer bases:
  *
- * There are more clockids then hrtimer bases. Thus, we index
+ * There are more clockids than hrtimer bases. Thus, we index
  * into the timer bases by the hrtimer_base_type enum. When trying
  * to reach a base using a clockid, hrtimer_clockid_to_base()
  * is used to convert from clockid to the proper hrtimer_base_type.
diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 3739ac6aa473..125f16a29cf6 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@ static void timekeeping_adjust(struct timekeeper *tk, s64 offset)
 /**
  * accumulate_nsecs_to_secs - Accumulates nsecs into secs
  *
- * Helper function that accumulates a the nsecs greater then a second
+ * Helper function that accumulates the nsecs greater than a second
  * from the xtime_nsec field to the xtime_secs field.
  * It also calls into the NTP code to handle leapsecond processing.
  *
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ static cycle_t logarithmic_accumulation(struct timekeeper *tk, cycle_t offset,
 	cycle_t interval = tk->cycle_interval << shift;
 	u64 raw_nsecs;
 
-	/* If the offset is smaller then a shifted interval, do nothing */
+	/* If the offset is smaller than a shifted interval, do nothing */
 	if (offset < interval)
 		return offset;