diff --git a/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/README b/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/README
index 386eb4801..0834aa94b 100644
--- a/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/README
+++ b/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/README
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ particular port. Setting this attribute to 1 will reverse current status
 of the initiator mode from enabled to disabled and vice versa.
 
 
-Explicit conformation
+Explicit confirmation
 ---------------------
 
 This option should (actually, almost always must) be enabled by echoing
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ Each target subdirectory contains the following entries:
    of this FC port. It allows to finish configuring it before it starts
    accepting new connections. 0 by default.
 
- - explicit_confirmation - allows to enable explicit conformations, see
+ - explicit_confirmation - allows to enable explicit confirmations, see
    above.
 
  - rel_tgt_id - allows to read or write SCSI Relative Target Port
diff --git a/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/qla2x00t.c b/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/qla2x00t.c
index 346d6df25..cb8e75056 100644
--- a/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/qla2x00t.c
+++ b/qla2x00t/qla2x00-target/qla2x00t.c
@@ -4956,7 +4956,7 @@ static void q2x_send_busy(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, atio_entry_t *atio)
 	ctio->flags |= cpu_to_le16(OF_INC_RC);
 	/*
 	 * CTIO from fw w/o scst_cmd doesn't provide enough info to retry it,
-	 * if the explicit conformation is used.
+	 * if the explicit confirmation is used.
 	 */
 
 	TRACE_BUFFER("CTIO BUSY packet data", ctio, REQUEST_ENTRY_SIZE);
@@ -5017,7 +5017,7 @@ static void q24_send_busy(scsi_qla_host_t *ha, atio7_entry_t *atio,
 		CTIO7_FLAGS_DONT_RET_CTIO);
 	/*
 	 * CTIO from fw w/o scst_cmd doesn't provide enough info to retry it,
-	 * if the explicit conformation is used.
+	 * if the explicit confirmation is used.
 	 */
 	ctio->ox_id = swab16(atio->fcp_hdr.ox_id);
 	ctio->scsi_status = cpu_to_le16(status);
@@ -6355,12 +6355,12 @@ static ssize_t q2t_store_expl_conf_enabled(struct kobject *kobj,
 	switch (buffer[0]) {
 	case '0':
 		ha->enable_explicit_conf = 0;
-		PRINT_INFO("qla2x00t(%ld): explicit conformations disabled",
+		PRINT_INFO("qla2x00t(%ld): explicit confirmations disabled",
 			ha->instance);
 		break;
 	case '1':
 		ha->enable_explicit_conf = 1;
-		PRINT_INFO("qla2x00t(%ld): explicit conformations enabled",
+		PRINT_INFO("qla2x00t(%ld): explicit confirmations enabled",
 			ha->instance);
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/qla2x00t/qla_attr.c b/qla2x00t/qla_attr.c
index 993c404e3..1df02d8ee 100644
--- a/qla2x00t/qla_attr.c
+++ b/qla2x00t/qla_attr.c
@@ -192,12 +192,12 @@ qla2x00_store_expl_conf_enabled(struct device *dev,
 	switch (buffer[0]) {
 	case '0':
 		ha->enable_explicit_conf = 0;
-		qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha, "qla2xxx(%ld): explicit conformation "
+		qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha, "qla2xxx(%ld): explicit confirmation "
 			"disabled\n", ha->instance);
 		break;
 	case '1':
 		ha->enable_explicit_conf = 1;
-		qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha, "qla2xxx(%ld): explicit conformation "
+		qla_printk(KERN_INFO, ha, "qla2xxx(%ld): explicit confirmation "
 			"enabled\n", ha->instance);
 		break;
 	default: