diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index afa2b569da10..7761c680f9a1 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void ext3_msg(struct super_block *sb, const char *prefix,
  * write out the superblock safely.
  *
  * We'll just use the journal_abort() error code to record an error in
- * the journal instead.  On recovery, the journal will compain about
+ * the journal instead.  On recovery, the journal will complain about
  * that error until we've noted it down and cleared it.
  */
 
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 735c20d5fd56..adcb713a5ac5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ void ext4_journal_abort_handle(const char *caller, const char *err_fn,
  * write out the superblock safely.
  *
  * We'll just use the jbd2_journal_abort() error code to record an error in
- * the journal instead.  On recovery, the journal will compain about
+ * the journal instead.  On recovery, the journal will complain about
  * that error until we've noted it down and cleared it.
  */