diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a5eb8323e9..e19b6e3b5d 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ for opt do
 done
 # OS specific
 # Using uname is really, really broken.  Once we have the right set of checks
-# we can eliminate it's usage altogether
+# we can eliminate its usage altogether.
 
 cc="${CC-${cross_prefix}gcc}"
 ar="${AR-${cross_prefix}ar}"
diff --git a/hw/exynos4210_mct.c b/hw/exynos4210_mct.c
index 01e3fb8a3b..7474fcf802 100644
--- a/hw/exynos4210_mct.c
+++ b/hw/exynos4210_mct.c
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ static void exynos4210_ltick_event(void *opaque)
     static uint64_t time2[2] = {0};
 #endif
 
-    /* Call tick_timer event handler, it will update it's tcntb and icntb */
+    /* Call tick_timer event handler, it will update its tcntb and icntb. */
     exynos4210_ltick_timer_event(&s->tick_timer);
 
     /* get tick_timer cnt */
diff --git a/hw/usb-ccid.c b/hw/usb-ccid.c
index ce01e343c6..ced687f288 100644
--- a/hw/usb-ccid.c
+++ b/hw/usb-ccid.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * Written by Alon Levy, with contributions from Robert Relyea.
  *
- * Based on usb-serial.c, see it's copyright and attributions below.
+ * Based on usb-serial.c, see its copyright and attributions below.
  *
  * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.1 or later.
  * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
diff --git a/include/qemu/object.h b/include/qemu/object.h
index dd7f3c06c8..ec2d2943c2 100644
--- a/include/qemu/object.h
+++ b/include/qemu/object.h
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ typedef struct InterfaceInfo InterfaceInfo;
  *
  * Once all of the parent classes have been initialized, #TypeInfo::class_init
  * is called to let the class being instantiated provide default initialize for
- * it's virtual functions.  Here is how the above example might be modified
+ * its virtual functions.  Here is how the above example might be modified
  * to introduce an overridden virtual function:
  *
  * <example>
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ Type type_register_static(const TypeInfo *info);
  * type_register:
  * @info: The #TypeInfo of the new type
  *
- * Unlike type_register_static(), this call does not require @info or it's
+ * Unlike type_register_static(), this call does not require @info or its
  * string members to continue to exist after the call returns.
  *
  * Returns: 0 on failure, the new #Type on success.
diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
index 77eadf608f..549828ae54 100644
--- a/kvm-all.c
+++ b/kvm-all.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #include <sys/eventfd.h>
 #endif
 
-/* KVM uses PAGE_SIZE in it's definition of COALESCED_MMIO_MAX */
+/* KVM uses PAGE_SIZE in its definition of COALESCED_MMIO_MAX */
 #define PAGE_SIZE TARGET_PAGE_SIZE
 
 //#define DEBUG_KVM
diff --git a/libcacard/vscclient.c b/libcacard/vscclient.c
index 0adae132f8..b64c93dd69 100644
--- a/libcacard/vscclient.c
+++ b/libcacard/vscclient.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ event_thread(void *arg)
                 vevent_delete(event);
                 continue;
             }
-            /* this reader hasn't been told it's status from qemu yet, wait for
+            /* this reader hasn't been told its status from qemu yet, wait for
              * that status */
             while (pending_reader != NULL) {
                 qemu_cond_wait(&pending_reader_condition, &pending_reader_lock);
diff --git a/linux-user/signal.c b/linux-user/signal.c
index 79a39dcd7f..cefd2ff3ce 100644
--- a/linux-user/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/signal.c
@@ -2700,7 +2700,7 @@ get_sigframe(struct target_sigaction *ka, CPUState *regs, size_t frame_size)
     sp = regs->active_tc.gpr[29];
 
     /*
-     * FPU emulator may have it's own trampoline active just
+     * FPU emulator may have its own trampoline active just
      * above the user stack, 16-bytes before the next lowest
      * 16 byte boundary.  Try to avoid trashing it.
      */
diff --git a/qemu-file.h b/qemu-file.h
index 8da10213d9..31b83f6bb3 100644
--- a/qemu-file.h
+++ b/qemu-file.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ typedef int (QEMUFileGetBufferFunc)(void *opaque, uint8_t *buf,
  */
 typedef int (QEMUFileCloseFunc)(void *opaque);
 
-/* Called to determine if the file has exceeded it's bandwidth allocation.  The
+/* Called to determine if the file has exceeded its bandwidth allocation.  The
  * bandwidth capping is a soft limit, not a hard limit.
  */
 typedef int (QEMUFileRateLimit)(void *opaque);
diff --git a/target-mips/op_helper.c b/target-mips/op_helper.c
index c51b9cb6f0..87e9799ba3 100644
--- a/target-mips/op_helper.c
+++ b/target-mips/op_helper.c
@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ target_ulong helper_evpe(void)
 
     do {
         if (other_cpu != env
-           /* If the VPE is WFI, dont distrub it's sleep.  */
+           /* If the VPE is WFI, don't disturb its sleep.  */
            && !mips_vpe_is_wfi(other_cpu)) {
             /* Enable the VPE.  */
             other_cpu->mvp->CP0_MVPControl |= (1 << CP0MVPCo_EVP);