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-rw-r--r--Documentation/power/states.txt2
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diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index abee7f58c1ed..73a8617f1861 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ udev
----
udev is a userspace application for populating /dev dynamically with
only entries for devices actually present. udev replaces the basic
-functionality of devfs, while allowing persistant device naming for
+functionality of devfs, while allowing persistent device naming for
devices.
FUSE
diff --git a/Documentation/power/states.txt b/Documentation/power/states.txt
index 3e5e5d3ff419..0931a330d362 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/states.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/states.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ setup via another operating system for it to use. Despite the
inconvenience, this method requires minimal work by the kernel, since
the firmware will also handle restoring memory contents on resume.
-If the kernel is responsible for persistantly saving state, a mechanism
+If the kernel is responsible for persistently saving state, a mechanism
called 'swsusp' (Swap Suspend) is used to write memory contents to
free swap space. swsusp has some restrictive requirements, but should
work in most cases. Some, albeit outdated, documentation can be found