--- old/src/share/vm/runtime/mutexLocker.hpp	2014-01-15 01:42:35.000000000 +0100
+++ new/src/share/vm/runtime/mutexLocker.hpp	2014-01-15 01:42:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 // Mutexes used in the VM.
 
 extern Mutex*   Patching_lock;                   // a lock used to guard code patching of compiled code
-extern Monitor* SystemDictionary_lock;           // a lock on the system dictonary
+extern Monitor* SystemDictionary_lock;           // a lock on the system dictionary
 extern Mutex*   PackageTable_lock;               // a lock on the class loader package table
 extern Mutex*   CompiledIC_lock;                 // a lock used to guard compiled IC patching and access
 extern Mutex*   InlineCacheBuffer_lock;          // a lock used to guard the InlineCacheBuffer
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@
 //   - reentrant locking
 //   - locking out of order
 //
-// Only too be used for verify code, where we can relaxe out dead-lock
-// dection code a bit (unsafe, but probably ok). This code is NEVER to
+// Only to be used for verify code, where we can relax out dead-lock
+// detection code a bit (unsafe, but probably ok). This code is NEVER to
 // be included in a product version.
 //
 class VerifyMutexLocker: StackObj {
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
     _mutex     = mutex;
     _reentrant = mutex->owned_by_self();
     if (!_reentrant) {
-      // We temp. diable strict safepoint checking, while we require the lock
+      // We temp. disable strict safepoint checking, while we require the lock
       FlagSetting fs(StrictSafepointChecks, false);
       _mutex->lock();
     }