diff --git a/block/gluster.c b/block/gluster.c
index a44d612923..8836085646 100644
--- a/block/gluster.c
+++ b/block/gluster.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int parse_volume_options(GlusterConf *gconf, char *path)
  * 'server' specifies the server where the volume file specification for
  * the given volume resides. This can be either hostname, ipv4 address
  * or ipv6 address. ipv6 address needs to be within square brackets [ ].
- * If transport type is 'unix', then 'server' field should not be specifed.
+ * If transport type is 'unix', then 'server' field should not be specified.
  * The 'socket' field needs to be populated with the path to unix domain
  * socket.
  *
diff --git a/block/qcow.c b/block/qcow.c
index 1e128becf0..d5a7d5fd1e 100644
--- a/block/qcow.c
+++ b/block/qcow.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static int qcow_create(const char *filename, QEMUOptionParameter *options,
             backing_file = NULL;
         }
         header.cluster_bits = 9; /* 512 byte cluster to avoid copying
-                                    unmodifyed sectors */
+                                    unmodified sectors */
         header.l2_bits = 12; /* 32 KB L2 tables */
     } else {
         header.cluster_bits = 12; /* 4 KB clusters */
diff --git a/block/sheepdog.c b/block/sheepdog.c
index f7bd0242e5..0eb33ee80e 100644
--- a/block/sheepdog.c
+++ b/block/sheepdog.c
@@ -909,9 +909,9 @@ static void co_write_request(void *opaque)
 }
 
 /*
- * Return a socket discriptor to read/write objects.
+ * Return a socket descriptor to read/write objects.
  *
- * We cannot use this discriptor for other operations because
+ * We cannot use this descriptor for other operations because
  * the block driver may be on waiting response from the server.
  */
 static int get_sheep_fd(BDRVSheepdogState *s)
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ static int sd_create_branch(BDRVSheepdogState *s)
 
     /*
      * Even If deletion fails, we will just create extra snapshot based on
-     * the workding VDI which was supposed to be deleted. So no need to
+     * the working VDI which was supposed to be deleted. So no need to
      * false bail out.
      */
     deleted = sd_delete(s);
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@ cleanup:
  * We implement rollback(loadvm) operation to the specified snapshot by
  * 1) switch to the snapshot
  * 2) rely on sd_create_branch to delete working VDI and
- * 3) create a new working VDI based on the speicified snapshot
+ * 3) create a new working VDI based on the specified snapshot
  */
 static int sd_snapshot_goto(BlockDriverState *bs, const char *snapshot_id)
 {
diff --git a/block/vdi.c b/block/vdi.c
index ae49cd83ca..ac9a025624 100644
--- a/block/vdi.c
+++ b/block/vdi.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * Allocation of blocks could be optimized (less writes to block map and
  * header).
  *
- * Read and write of adjacents blocks could be done in one operation
+ * Read and write of adjacent blocks could be done in one operation
  * (current code uses one operation per block (1 MiB).
  *
  * The code is not thread safe (missing locks for changes in header and
diff --git a/block/vhdx-log.c b/block/vhdx-log.c
index 02755b8ded..a77c040ee0 100644
--- a/block/vhdx-log.c
+++ b/block/vhdx-log.c
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ static int vhdx_validate_log_entry(BlockDriverState *bs, BDRVVHDXState *s,
     total_sectors = hdr.entry_length / VHDX_LOG_SECTOR_SIZE;
 
 
-    /* read_desc() will incrememnt the read idx */
+    /* read_desc() will increment the read idx */
     ret = vhdx_log_read_desc(bs, s, log, &desc_buffer);
     if (ret < 0) {
         goto free_and_exit;
diff --git a/slirp/tftp.c b/slirp/tftp.c
index 1a79c45cfb..a329fb281b 100644
--- a/slirp/tftp.c
+++ b/slirp/tftp.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ static void tftp_handle_rrq(Slirp *slirp, struct tftp_t *tp, int pktlen)
 
   spt = &slirp->tftp_sessions[s];
 
-  /* unspecifed prefix means service disabled */
+  /* unspecified prefix means service disabled */
   if (!slirp->tftp_prefix) {
       tftp_send_error(spt, 2, "Access violation", tp);
       return;