diff --git a/doc/chips/lm90 b/doc/chips/lm90
index ffa58cc5..75a174aa 100644
--- a/doc/chips/lm90
+++ b/doc/chips/lm90
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ SMBus Read Byte, and PEC will work properly.
 Additionally, the ADM1032 doesn't support SMBus Send Byte with PEC.
 Instead, it will try to write the PEC value to the register (because the
 SMBus Send Byte transaction with PEC is similar to a Write Byte transaction
-without PEC), which is not what we want. Thus, PEC is explicitely disabled
+without PEC), which is not what we want. Thus, PEC is explicitly disabled
 on SMBus Send Byte transactions in the lm90 driver.
 
 PEC on byte data transactions represents a significant increase in bandwidth
diff --git a/kernel/chips/lm90.c b/kernel/chips/lm90.c
index c6e4f3c0..9e5e38d1 100644
--- a/kernel/chips/lm90.c
+++ b/kernel/chips/lm90.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static ctl_table adm1032_dir_table_template[] =
  */
 
 /* The ADM1032 supports PEC but not on write byte transactions, so we need
-   to explicitely ask for a transaction without PEC. */
+   to explicitly ask for a transaction without PEC. */
 static inline s32 adm1032_write_byte(struct i2c_client *client, u8 value)
 {
 	return i2c_smbus_xfer(client->adapter, client->addr,
diff --git a/prog/detect/sensors-detect b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
index 577ae0e9..a1214e1f 100755
--- a/prog/detect/sensors-detect
+++ b/prog/detect/sensors-detect
@@ -3299,11 +3299,11 @@ sub lm78_isa_detect
                 ($chip == 1 and $reg == 0x40) or
                 ($chip == 2 and ($reg & 0xfe) == 0xc0);
 
-  # Explicitely prevent misdetection of Winbond chips
+  # Explicitly prevent misdetection of Winbond chips
   $reg = &$readproc(0x4f);
   return if $reg == 0xa3 || $reg == 0x5c;
 
-  # Explicitely prevent misdetection of ITE chips
+  # Explicitly prevent misdetection of ITE chips
   $reg = &$readproc(0x58);
   return if $reg == 0x90;