diff --git a/stand/common/isapnp.c b/stand/common/isapnp.c
index 16eb0b9ea6b2..8a0cdfda2ace 100644
--- a/stand/common/isapnp.c
+++ b/stand/common/isapnp.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 
 /*
- * Machine-independant ISA PnP enumerator implementing a subset of the
+ * Machine-independent ISA PnP enumerator implementing a subset of the
  * ISA PnP specification.
  */
 #include <stand.h>
diff --git a/stand/libsa/zalloc.c b/stand/libsa/zalloc.c
index e914b7ffb40b..851cdfbd563d 100644
--- a/stand/libsa/zalloc.c
+++ b/stand/libsa/zalloc.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ zfree(MemPool *mp, void *ptr, uintptr_t bytes)
 			}
 
 			/*
-			 * merge against next area or create independant area
+			 * merge against next area or create independent area
 			 */
 
 			if ((char *)ptr + bytes == (char *)mn) {
diff --git a/stand/loader.mk b/stand/loader.mk
index 3eb70cde8b7a..aa88122cb7a1 100644
--- a/stand/loader.mk
+++ b/stand/loader.mk
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SRCS+=	md.c
 CLEANFILES+=	md.o
 .endif
 
-# Machine-independant ISA PnP
+# Machine-independent ISA PnP
 .if defined(HAVE_ISABUS)
 SRCS+=	isapnp.c
 .endif