diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 67fb4530a6f..277cfe0b710 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ ccflags-y  :=
 cppflags-y :=
 ldflags-y  :=
 
-# Read .config if it exist, otherwise ignore
+# Read auto.conf if it exists, otherwise ignore
 -include include/config/auto.conf
 
 include scripts/Kbuild.include
 
-# For backward compatibility check that these variables does not change
+# For backward compatibility check that these variables do not change
 save-cflags := $(CFLAGS)
 
 # The filename Kbuild has precedence over Makefile
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ hostprogs-y += $(host-progs)
 endif
 endif
 
-# Do not include host rules unles needed
+# Do not include host rules unless needed
 ifneq ($(hostprogs-y)$(hostprogs-m),)
 include scripts/Makefile.host
 endif
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index 2c647107c9c..6f89fbb5625 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ subdir-ymn      := $(sort $(subdir-ym) $(subdir-n) $(subdir-))
 
 subdir-ymn	:= $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(subdir-ymn))
 
-# build a list of files to remove, usually releative to the current
+# build a list of files to remove, usually relative to the current
 # directory
 
 __clean-files	:= $(extra-y) $(always)                  \
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
index 6943a7a5bb9..1ac414fd503 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.host
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 # Binaries are used during the compilation of the kernel, for example
 # to preprocess a data file.
 #
-# Both C and C++ is supported, but preferred language is C for such utilities.
+# Both C and C++ are supported, but preferred language is C for such utilities.
 #
-# Samle syntax (see Documentation/kbuild/makefile.txt for reference)
+# Sample syntax (see Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt for reference)
 # hostprogs-y := bin2hex
 # Will compile bin2hex.c and create an executable named bin2hex
 #
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@
 # hostprogs-y := conf
 # conf-objs  := conf.o libkconfig.so
 # libkconfig-objs := expr.o type.o
-# Will create a shared library named libkconfig.so that consist of
-# expr.o and type.o (they are both compiled as C code and the object file
+# Will create a shared library named libkconfig.so that consists of
+# expr.o and type.o (they are both compiled as C code and the object files
 # are made as position independent code).
-# conf.c is compiled as a c program, and conf.o is linked together with
+# conf.c is compiled as a C program, and conf.o is linked together with
 # libkconfig.so as the executable conf.
 # Note: Shared libraries consisting of C++ files are not supported
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ host-cobjs	:= $(filter-out %.so,$(host-cobjs))
 host-cshobjs	:= $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cshlib),$($(m:.so=-objs))))
 
 # output directory for programs/.o files
-# hostprogs-y := tools/build may have been specified. Retreive directory
+# hostprogs-y := tools/build may have been specified. Retrieve directory
 host-objdirs := $(foreach f,$(__hostprogs), $(if $(dir $(f)),$(dir $(f))))
 # directory of .o files from prog-objs notation
 host-objdirs += $(foreach f,$(host-cmulti),                  \