diff --git a/commands/usb.c b/commands/usb.c
index d02ea4b..729a402 100644
--- a/commands/usb.c
+++ b/commands/usb.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_START(usb)
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_USAGE("usb [-f]\n")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_SHORT("Scan for USB devices.\n")
-BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-f", "force. Rescan if if if have scanned once\n")
+BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT("-f", "force. Rescan although scanned already\n")
 BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
 
 BAREBOX_CMD_START(usb)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
index a5075d5..81ae9f1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/usb.c
@@ -528,10 +528,10 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * submits a control message and waits for comletion (at least timeout * 1ms)
+ * submits a control message and waits for completion (at least timeout * 1ms)
  * If timeout is 0, we don't wait for completion (used as example to set and
  * clear keyboards LEDs). For data transfers, (storage transfers) we don't
- * allow control messages with 0 timeout, by previousely resetting the flag
+ * allow control messages with 0 timeout, by previously resetting the flag
  * asynch_allowed (usb_disable_asynch(1)).
  * returns the transfered length if OK or -1 if error. The transfered length
  * and the current status are stored in the dev->act_len and dev->status.