diff --git a/sys/amd64/amd64/trap.c b/sys/amd64/amd64/trap.c
index 2caa992ab7e6..40681bd14c33 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/amd64/trap.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/amd64/trap.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ trap_fatal(frame, eva)
         		frame->tf_eflags & PSL_VM ? "vm86" :
 			ISPL(frame->tf_cs) == SEL_UPL ? "user" : "kernel");
 #ifdef SMP
-	/* two seperate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
+	/* two separate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
 	printf("cpuid = %d; ", PCPU_GET(cpuid));
 	printf("lapic.id = %08x\n", lapic.id);
 #endif
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ dblfault_handler()
 	printf("esp = 0x%x\n", PCPU_GET(common_tss.tss_esp));
 	printf("ebp = 0x%x\n", PCPU_GET(common_tss.tss_ebp));
 #ifdef SMP
-	/* two seperate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
+	/* two separate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
 	printf("cpuid = %d; ", PCPU_GET(cpuid));
 	printf("lapic.id = %08x\n", lapic.id);
 #endif
diff --git a/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeldr.S b/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeldr.S
index cc8eb1648cb7..2c254429d0c3 100644
--- a/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeldr.S
+++ b/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeldr.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # boot[12] environment (protected mode, a bootinfo struct, etc.), and then jumps
 # to the start of btxldr to start the boot process.  This method allows a stock
 # /boot/loader to be booted over the network via PXE w/o having to write a
-# seperate PXE-aware client just to load the loader.
+# separate PXE-aware client just to load the loader.
 #
 
 #
diff --git a/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeldr.s b/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeldr.s
index cc8eb1648cb7..2c254429d0c3 100644
--- a/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeldr.s
+++ b/sys/boot/i386/pxeldr/pxeldr.s
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # boot[12] environment (protected mode, a bootinfo struct, etc.), and then jumps
 # to the start of btxldr to start the boot process.  This method allows a stock
 # /boot/loader to be booted over the network via PXE w/o having to write a
-# seperate PXE-aware client just to load the loader.
+# separate PXE-aware client just to load the loader.
 #
 
 #
diff --git a/sys/compat/linux/linux_util.c b/sys/compat/linux/linux_util.c
index 6399805a3037..6e140808d8f4 100644
--- a/sys/compat/linux/linux_util.c
+++ b/sys/compat/linux/linux_util.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const char      linux_emul_path[] = "/compat/linux";
 
 /*
  * Search an alternate path before passing pathname arguments on
- * to system calls. Useful for keeping a seperate 'emulation tree'.
+ * to system calls. Useful for keeping a separate 'emulation tree'.
  *
  * If cflag is set, we check if an attempt can be made to create
  * the named file, i.e. we check if the directory it should
diff --git a/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_sysvec.c b/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_sysvec.c
index f314d1d3cb63..05354d125e65 100644
--- a/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_sysvec.c
+++ b/sys/compat/svr4/svr4_sysvec.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ svr4_fixup(register_t **stack_base, struct image_params *imgp)
 
 /*
  * Search an alternate path before passing pathname arguments on
- * to system calls. Useful for keeping a seperate 'emulation tree'.
+ * to system calls. Useful for keeping a separate 'emulation tree'.
  *
  * If cflag is set, we check if an attempt can be made to create
  * the named file, i.e. we check if the directory it should
diff --git a/sys/conf/NOTES b/sys/conf/NOTES
index f0835e8b96b4..95f04fda31ad 100644
--- a/sys/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/conf/NOTES
@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ hint.midi.0.irq="3"
 
 device		seq
 
-# The bridge drivers for sound cards.  These can be seperately configured
+# The bridge drivers for sound cards.  These can be separately configured
 # for providing services to the likes of new-midi.
 # When used with 'device pcm' they also provide pcm sound services.
 #
diff --git a/sys/dev/hea/eni_transmit.c b/sys/dev/hea/eni_transmit.c
index 2fd5b24498bc..13ea8969c102 100644
--- a/sys/dev/hea/eni_transmit.c
+++ b/sys/dev/hea/eni_transmit.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ eni_output ( cup, cvp, m )
 		 * using TX channel 0. Also, round length up to a word
 		 * size which should only effect the last buffer in the
 		 * chain. This works because the PDU length is maintained
-		 * seperately and we're not really adjusting the buffer's
+		 * separately and we're not really adjusting the buffer's
 		 * idea of its length.
 		 */
 		KB_DATASTART ( m, buf_addr, u_long );
diff --git a/sys/dev/lmc/if_lmcioctl.h b/sys/dev/lmc/if_lmcioctl.h
index 113ba5e11f30..367ac44b8a40 100644
--- a/sys/dev/lmc/if_lmcioctl.h
+++ b/sys/dev/lmc/if_lmcioctl.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ struct lmc___ctl {
 
 /*
  * Some of the MII16 bits are mirrored in the MII17 register as well,
- * but let's keep thing seperate for now, and get only the cable from
+ * but let's keep thing separate for now, and get only the cable from
  * the MII17.
  */
 #define LMC_MII17_SSI_CABLE_MASK	0x0038	/* mask to extract the cable type */
diff --git a/sys/fs/cd9660/TODO.hibler b/sys/fs/cd9660/TODO.hibler
index 90c96f6332ba..e0842da82d5a 100644
--- a/sys/fs/cd9660/TODO.hibler
+++ b/sys/fs/cd9660/TODO.hibler
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ $FreeBSD$
 
 1. Investiate making ISOFS another UFS shared filesystem (ala FFS/MFS/LFS).
    Since it was modelled after the inode code, we might be able to merge
-   them back.  It looks like a seperate (but very similar) lookup routine
+   them back.  It looks like a separate (but very similar) lookup routine
    will be needed due to the associated file stuff.
 
 2. It would be nice to be able to use the vfs_cluster code.
diff --git a/sys/fs/msdosfs/bootsect.h b/sys/fs/msdosfs/bootsect.h
index 666c0f8f41b1..c3e3d68040c9 100644
--- a/sys/fs/msdosfs/bootsect.h
+++ b/sys/fs/msdosfs/bootsect.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct bootsector710 {
 #ifdef	atari
 /*
  * The boot sector on a gemdos fs is a little bit different from the msdos fs
- * format. Currently there is no need to declare a seperate structure, the
+ * format. Currently there is no need to declare a separate structure, the
  * bootsector33 struct will do.
  */
 #if 0
diff --git a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
index f0835e8b96b4..95f04fda31ad 100644
--- a/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
+++ b/sys/i386/conf/NOTES
@@ -1882,7 +1882,7 @@ hint.midi.0.irq="3"
 
 device		seq
 
-# The bridge drivers for sound cards.  These can be seperately configured
+# The bridge drivers for sound cards.  These can be separately configured
 # for providing services to the likes of new-midi.
 # When used with 'device pcm' they also provide pcm sound services.
 #
diff --git a/sys/i386/i386/trap.c b/sys/i386/i386/trap.c
index 2caa992ab7e6..40681bd14c33 100644
--- a/sys/i386/i386/trap.c
+++ b/sys/i386/i386/trap.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ trap_fatal(frame, eva)
         		frame->tf_eflags & PSL_VM ? "vm86" :
 			ISPL(frame->tf_cs) == SEL_UPL ? "user" : "kernel");
 #ifdef SMP
-	/* two seperate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
+	/* two separate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
 	printf("cpuid = %d; ", PCPU_GET(cpuid));
 	printf("lapic.id = %08x\n", lapic.id);
 #endif
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ dblfault_handler()
 	printf("esp = 0x%x\n", PCPU_GET(common_tss.tss_esp));
 	printf("ebp = 0x%x\n", PCPU_GET(common_tss.tss_ebp));
 #ifdef SMP
-	/* two seperate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
+	/* two separate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
 	printf("cpuid = %d; ", PCPU_GET(cpuid));
 	printf("lapic.id = %08x\n", lapic.id);
 #endif
diff --git a/sys/i386/ibcs2/ibcs2_util.c b/sys/i386/ibcs2/ibcs2_util.c
index 0a361fd39f30..bef94fd3d28f 100644
--- a/sys/i386/ibcs2/ibcs2_util.c
+++ b/sys/i386/ibcs2/ibcs2_util.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ const char      ibcs2_emul_path[] = "/compat/ibcs2";
 
 /*
  * Search an alternate path before passing pathname arguments on
- * to system calls. Useful for keeping a seperate 'emulation tree'.
+ * to system calls. Useful for keeping a separate 'emulation tree'.
  *
  * If cflag is set, we check if an attempt can be made to create
  * the named file, i.e. we check if the directory it should
diff --git a/sys/i4b/layer1/ihfc/i4b_ihfc_drv.c b/sys/i4b/layer1/ihfc/i4b_ihfc_drv.c
index 722e856ae253..68afeaafc40a 100644
--- a/sys/i4b/layer1/ihfc/i4b_ihfc_drv.c
+++ b/sys/i4b/layer1/ihfc/i4b_ihfc_drv.c
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ ihfc_fsm(ihfc_sc_t *sc, int flag)
 	 * NOTE: HFC-S/SP and ISAC transmitters are always active when 	      *
 	 * activated state is reached. The bytes sent to the S0-bus are all   *
 	 * high impedance, so they do not disturb.			      *
-	 * The HFC-1 has a seperate SIEMENS S0-device.			      */
+	 * The HFC-1 has a separate SIEMENS S0-device.			      */
 
 	if (S_HFC & HFC_1)
 	{
diff --git a/sys/i4b/layer1/ihfc/i4b_ihfc_l1if.c b/sys/i4b/layer1/ihfc/i4b_ihfc_l1if.c
index 7f40ace11526..10c639569ab8 100644
--- a/sys/i4b/layer1/ihfc/i4b_ihfc_l1if.c
+++ b/sys/i4b/layer1/ihfc/i4b_ihfc_l1if.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  *	i4b_ihfc_l1.c - hfc layer 1 handler
  *	-----------------------------------
  *
- *	The idea of this file is to seperate hfcs/sp/pci data/signal
+ *	The idea of this file is to separate hfcs/sp/pci data/signal
  *	handling and the I4B data/signal handling.
  *
  *	Everything which has got anything to do with I4B has been put here!
diff --git a/sys/isofs/cd9660/TODO.hibler b/sys/isofs/cd9660/TODO.hibler
index 90c96f6332ba..e0842da82d5a 100644
--- a/sys/isofs/cd9660/TODO.hibler
+++ b/sys/isofs/cd9660/TODO.hibler
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ $FreeBSD$
 
 1. Investiate making ISOFS another UFS shared filesystem (ala FFS/MFS/LFS).
    Since it was modelled after the inode code, we might be able to merge
-   them back.  It looks like a seperate (but very similar) lookup routine
+   them back.  It looks like a separate (but very similar) lookup routine
    will be needed due to the associated file stuff.
 
 2. It would be nice to be able to use the vfs_cluster code.
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
index ec1a4973482b..f6fc06be8d99 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_exec.c
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ exec_copyout_strings(imgp)
 		destp++;
 	}
 
-	/* a null vector table pointer seperates the argp's from the envp's */
+	/* a null vector table pointer separates the argp's from the envp's */
 	suword(vectp++, 0);
 
 	suword(&arginfo->ps_envstr, (long)(intptr_t)vectp);
diff --git a/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c b/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
index 560cd4b723f7..1b7426f98c01 100644
--- a/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
+++ b/sys/kern/kern_shutdown.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_end(ap);
 	printf("panic: %s\n", buf);
 #ifdef SMP
-	/* two seperate prints in case of an unmapped page and trap */
+	/* two separate prints in case of an unmapped page and trap */
 	printf("cpuid = %d; ", PCPU_GET(cpuid));
 #ifdef APIC_IO
 	printf("lapic.id = %08x\n", lapic.id);
diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_clist.c b/sys/kern/subr_clist.c
index a7d1daf79e8e..3389d367adb1 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_clist.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_clist.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ b_to_q(src, amount, clistp)
 
 		/*
 		 * Clear quote bits if they aren't known to be clear.
-		 * The following could probably be made into a seperate
+		 * The following could probably be made into a separate
 		 * "bitzero()" routine, but why bother?
 		 */
 		if (isset(cblockp->c_quote, CBQSIZE * NBBY - 1)) {
diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_trap.c b/sys/kern/subr_trap.c
index 2caa992ab7e6..40681bd14c33 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_trap.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_trap.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ trap_fatal(frame, eva)
         		frame->tf_eflags & PSL_VM ? "vm86" :
 			ISPL(frame->tf_cs) == SEL_UPL ? "user" : "kernel");
 #ifdef SMP
-	/* two seperate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
+	/* two separate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
 	printf("cpuid = %d; ", PCPU_GET(cpuid));
 	printf("lapic.id = %08x\n", lapic.id);
 #endif
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ dblfault_handler()
 	printf("esp = 0x%x\n", PCPU_GET(common_tss.tss_esp));
 	printf("ebp = 0x%x\n", PCPU_GET(common_tss.tss_ebp));
 #ifdef SMP
-	/* two seperate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
+	/* two separate prints in case of a trap on an unmapped page */
 	printf("cpuid = %d; ", PCPU_GET(cpuid));
 	printf("lapic.id = %08x\n", lapic.id);
 #endif
diff --git a/sys/kern/tty_subr.c b/sys/kern/tty_subr.c
index a7d1daf79e8e..3389d367adb1 100644
--- a/sys/kern/tty_subr.c
+++ b/sys/kern/tty_subr.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ b_to_q(src, amount, clistp)
 
 		/*
 		 * Clear quote bits if they aren't known to be clear.
-		 * The following could probably be made into a seperate
+		 * The following could probably be made into a separate
 		 * "bitzero()" routine, but why bother?
 		 */
 		if (isset(cblockp->c_quote, CBQSIZE * NBBY - 1)) {
diff --git a/sys/msdosfs/bootsect.h b/sys/msdosfs/bootsect.h
index 666c0f8f41b1..c3e3d68040c9 100644
--- a/sys/msdosfs/bootsect.h
+++ b/sys/msdosfs/bootsect.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct bootsector710 {
 #ifdef	atari
 /*
  * The boot sector on a gemdos fs is a little bit different from the msdos fs
- * format. Currently there is no need to declare a seperate structure, the
+ * format. Currently there is no need to declare a separate structure, the
  * bootsector33 struct will do.
  */
 #if 0
diff --git a/sys/netinet/ip_mroute.c b/sys/netinet/ip_mroute.c
index fb7a2b87c60c..b6a9fcafef39 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/ip_mroute.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/ip_mroute.c
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ ip_mdq(m, ifp, rt, xmt_vif)
 /*
  * Macro to send packet on vif.  Since RSVP packets don't get counted on
  * input, they shouldn't get counted on output, so statistics keeping is
- * seperate.
+ * separate.
  */
 #define MC_SEND(ip,vifp,m) {                             \
                 if ((vifp)->v_flags & VIFF_TUNNEL)  	 \
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/ip6_mroute.c b/sys/netinet6/ip6_mroute.c
index 9b879004621e..82b0d4b60da1 100644
--- a/sys/netinet6/ip6_mroute.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/ip6_mroute.c
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ ip6_mdq(m, ifp, rt)
 /*
  * Macro to send packet on mif.  Since RSVP packets don't get counted on
  * input, they shouldn't get counted on output, so statistics keeping is
- * seperate.
+ * separate.
  */
 
 #define MC6_SEND(ip6, mifp, m) do {				\
diff --git a/usr.bin/doscmd/dos.c b/usr.bin/doscmd/dos.c
index 67b4368798c0..36e11aeee6b8 100644
--- a/usr.bin/doscmd/dos.c
+++ b/usr.bin/doscmd/dos.c
@@ -2239,7 +2239,7 @@ int21_net(regcontext_t *REGS)
 	    return (ACCESS_DENIED);
 	case 0x08: /* Set redirected printer mode */
 	    debug(D_HALF, "Redirection is %s\n",
-		  R_DL ? "seperate jobs" : "combined");
+		  R_DL ? "separate jobs" : "combined");
 	    break;
 	case 0x09: /* Flush redirected printer output */
 	    break;
diff --git a/usr.bin/nm/nm.c b/usr.bin/nm/nm.c
index 59442c0d9f6f..c18830dc4c3d 100644
--- a/usr.bin/nm/nm.c
+++ b/usr.bin/nm/nm.c
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ print_symbol(objname, sym)
 		(void)printf("%s:", objname);
 
 	/*
-	 * handle undefined-only format seperately (no space is
+	 * handle undefined-only format separately (no space is
 	 * left for symbol values, no type field is printed)
 	 */
 	if (print_only_undefined_symbols) {
diff --git a/usr.bin/pr/pr.c b/usr.bin/pr/pr.c
index 850ecdadac7c..817cc2582fec 100644
--- a/usr.bin/pr/pr.c
+++ b/usr.bin/pr/pr.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ static char sccsid[] = "@(#)pr.c	8.2 (Berkeley) 4/16/94";
 /*
  * pr:	a printing and pagination filter. If multiple input files
  *	are specified, each is read, formatted, and written to standard
- *	output. By default, input is seperated into 66-line pages, each
+ *	output. By default, input is separated into 66-line pages, each
  *	with a header that includes the page number, date, time and the
  *	files pathname.
  *
diff --git a/usr.sbin/cron/doc/CONVERSION b/usr.sbin/cron/doc/CONVERSION
index 8821edd49857..f30df7d19750 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/cron/doc/CONVERSION
+++ b/usr.sbin/cron/doc/CONVERSION
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ can move 'news' and 'uucp' cron commands into files owned and maintainable
 by those two users.  You also get to rip all the fancy 'su' footwork out
 of the cron commands.  On 4.3, there's no need for the 'su' stuff since the
 user name appears on each command -- but I'd still rather have separate
-crontabs with seperate environments and so on.
+crontabs with separate environments and so on.
 
 Leave the original /usr/lib/crontab!  This cron doesn't use it, so you may
 as well keep it around for a while in case something goes wakko with this
diff --git a/usr.sbin/mrouted/mrouted.8 b/usr.sbin/mrouted/mrouted.8
index 15bd75c3a17d..963f9af142f7 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/mrouted/mrouted.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/mrouted/mrouted.8
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Regardless of the debug level,
 always writes warning and error messages to the system
 log demon.  The
 .Fl debug-level
-argument is a comma-seperated list of any of the following:
+argument is a comma-separated list of any of the following:
 .Bl -tag -width indent
 .It "packet"
 Display the type, source and destination of all packets sent or received.
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1
index f7c47aec33cd..65e2ef073b80 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ flag to
 The value of the
 .Ev PKG_PATH
 is used if a given package can't be found.  The environment variable
-should be a series of entries seperated by colons.  Each entry
+should be a series of entries separated by colons.  Each entry
 consists of a directory name.
 The current directory may be indicated
 implicitly by an empty directory name, or explicitly by a single
diff --git a/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8 b/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8
index cf684392da66..1eaf1ebfa7a8 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/rpc.yppasswdd/rpc.yppasswdd.8
@@ -226,14 +226,14 @@ The matched entry and corresponding domain are then
 used for the update.
 .Pp
 Note that in order for multi-domain mode to work, there have to be
-seperate template files for each domain.
+separate template files for each domain.
 For example, if a server
 supports three domains,
 .Pa foo ,
 .Pa bar ,
 and
 .Pa baz ,
-there should be three seperate master.passwd template files called
+there should be three separate master.passwd template files called
 .Pa /var/yp/foo/master.passwd ,
 .Pa /var/yp/bar/master.passwd ,
 and
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sa/main.c b/usr.sbin/sa/main.c
index 33bc1c18a8c9..3686c6223d7e 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sa/main.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sa/main.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ main(argc, argv)
 				Kflag = 1;
 				break;
 			case 'l':
-				/* seperate system and user time */
+				/* separate system and user time */
 				lflag = 1;
 				break;
 			case 'm':
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ypbind/ypbind.c b/usr.sbin/ypbind/ypbind.c
index 7e2fa2cd5d62..d6e5e2be1c3a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ypbind/ypbind.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/ypbind/ypbind.c
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ struct sockaddr_in *addr;
 /*
  * The right way to send RPC broadcasts.
  * Use the clnt_broadcast() RPC service. Unfortunately, clnt_broadcast()
- * blocks while waiting for replies, so we have to fork off seperate
+ * blocks while waiting for replies, so we have to fork off separate
  * broadcaster processes that do the waiting and then transmit their
  * results back to the parent for processing. We also have to remember
  * to save the name of the domain we're trying to bind in a global
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ypserv/Makefile.yp b/usr.sbin/ypserv/Makefile.yp
index 296395b54833..b818bbc51cf3 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ypserv/Makefile.yp
+++ b/usr.sbin/ypserv/Makefile.yp
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ YPMAPDIR = $(YPDIR)/$(DOMAIN)
 
 # These are the files from which the NIS databases are built. You may edit
 # these to taste in the event that you wish to keep your NIS source files
-# seperate from your NIS server's actual configuration files. Note that the
+# separate from your NIS server's actual configuration files. Note that the
 # NIS passwd and master.passwd files are stored in /var/yp: the server's
 # real password database is not used by default. However, you may use
 # the real /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd files by:
diff --git a/usr.sbin/ypserv/yp_access.c b/usr.sbin/ypserv/yp_access.c
index d6089fe10327..cdf3e501b90a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/ypserv/yp_access.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/ypserv/yp_access.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void load_securenets()
  *   package does not ship with FreeBSD, we use the built-in support
  *   by default. Users can recompile the server with the tcp-wrapper library
  *   if they already have it installed and want to use hosts.allow and
- *   hosts.deny to control access instead of having a seperate securenets
+ *   hosts.deny to control access instead of having a separate securenets
  *   file.)
  *
  *   If no /var/yp/securenets file is present, the host access checks