diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/nitro_enclaves.h b/include/uapi/linux/nitro_enclaves.h
index b945073fe544db2044675d784a29c27cd2829dcb..e808f5ba124d41e0a4c1c0b83cbf57eede19809e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/nitro_enclaves.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/nitro_enclaves.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
 /*
- * Copyright 2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2020-2021 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
 #ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_NITRO_ENCLAVES_H_
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
  *
  * Context: Process context.
  * Return:
- * * 0					- Logic succesfully completed.
+ * * 0					- Logic successfully completed.
  * *  -1				- There was a failure in the ioctl logic.
  * On failure, errno is set to:
  * * EFAULT				- copy_from_user() / copy_to_user() failure.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
  *
  * Context: Process context.
  * Return:
- * * 0				- Logic succesfully completed.
+ * * 0				- Logic successfully completed.
  * *  -1			- There was a failure in the ioctl logic.
  * On failure, errno is set to:
  * * EFAULT			- copy_from_user() / copy_to_user() failure.
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
  *
  * Context: Process context.
  * Return:
- * * 0					- Logic succesfully completed.
+ * * 0					- Logic successfully completed.
  * *  -1				- There was a failure in the ioctl logic.
  * On failure, errno is set to:
  * * EFAULT				- copy_from_user() failure.
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
  *
  * Context: Process context.
  * Return:
- * * 0					- Logic succesfully completed.
+ * * 0					- Logic successfully completed.
  * *  -1				- There was a failure in the ioctl logic.
  * On failure, errno is set to:
  * * EFAULT				- copy_from_user() / copy_to_user() failure.
diff --git a/samples/nitro_enclaves/ne_ioctl_sample.c b/samples/nitro_enclaves/ne_ioctl_sample.c
index 480b763142b34e2fed716d9f31cac136b41720fc..6a60990b2e202688af8347532aa1c49c739ade93 100644
--- a/samples/nitro_enclaves/ne_ioctl_sample.c
+++ b/samples/nitro_enclaves/ne_ioctl_sample.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 /*
- * Copyright 2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright 2020-2021 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
  */
 
 /**
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ static int ne_start_enclave(int enclave_fd,  struct ne_enclave_start_info *encla
 }
 
 /**
- * ne_start_enclave_check_booted() - Start the enclave and wait for a hearbeat
+ * ne_start_enclave_check_booted() - Start the enclave and wait for a heartbeat
  *				     from it, on a newly created vsock channel,
  *				     to check it has booted.
  * @enclave_fd :	The file descriptor associated with the enclave.