diff --git a/Documentation/Changes b/Documentation/Changes
index 74bdda9272a438..646cdaa6e9d133 100644
--- a/Documentation/Changes
+++ b/Documentation/Changes
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ running a Linux kernel.  Also, not all tools are necessary on all
 systems; obviously, if you don't have any ISDN hardware, for example,
 you probably needn't concern yourself with isdn4k-utils.
 
-o  Gnu C                  3.2                     # gcc --version
-o  Gnu make               3.80                    # make --version
+o  GNU C                  3.2                     # gcc --version
+o  GNU make               3.80                    # make --version
 o  binutils               2.12                    # ld -v
 o  util-linux             2.10o                   # fdformat --version
 o  module-init-tools      0.9.10                  # depmod -V
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ computer.
 Make
 ----
 
-You will need Gnu make 3.80 or later to build the kernel.
+You will need GNU make 3.80 or later to build the kernel.
 
 Binutils
 --------
diff --git a/arch/arm/nwfpe/ARM-gcc.h b/arch/arm/nwfpe/ARM-gcc.h
index 436e54aa02ec95..af24b70f94c26b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/nwfpe/ARM-gcc.h
+++ b/arch/arm/nwfpe/ARM-gcc.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ typedef signed long long int int64;
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 The `LIT64' macro takes as its argument a textual integer literal and if
 necessary ``marks'' the literal as having a 64-bit integer type.  For
-example, the Gnu C Compiler (`gcc') requires that 64-bit literals be
+example, the GNU C Compiler (`gcc') requires that 64-bit literals be
 appended with the letters `LL' standing for `long long', which is `gcc's
 name for the 64-bit integer type.  Some compilers may allow `LIT64' to be
 defined as the identity macro:  `#define LIT64( a ) a'.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c
index 353f57f675d021..8db2defad84692 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * net-3-driver for the NI5210 card (i82586 Ethernet chip)
  *
  * This is an extension to the Linux operating system, and is covered by the
- * same Gnu Public License that covers that work.
+ * same GNU Public License that covers that work.
  *
  * Alphacode 0.82 (96/09/29) for Linux 2.0.0 (or later)
  * Copyrights (c) 1994,1995,1996 by M.Hipp (hippm@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.h
index 79aef681ac85db..ddc2be549c4f51 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/i825xx/sun3_82586.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * Intel i82586 Ethernet definitions
  *
  * This is an extension to the Linux operating system, and is covered by the
- * same Gnu Public License that covers that work.
+ * same GNU Public License that covers that work.
  *
  * copyrights (c) 1994 by Michael Hipp (hippm@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de)
  *
diff --git a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
index f11ad1d95e0e6e..a63824e68f3413 100644
--- a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  *	in my own time even though it was in some ways related to commercial
  *	work I am currently employed to do there.
  *
- *	All the material in this file is subject to the Gnu license version 2.
+ *	All the material in this file is subject to the GNU license version 2.
  *	Neither Alan Cox nor the Swansea University Computer Society admit
  *	liability nor provide warranty for any of this software. This material
  *	is provided as is and at no charge.
diff --git a/scripts/ver_linux b/scripts/ver_linux
index 7de36df4eaa587..4e493cca452d2e 100755
--- a/scripts/ver_linux
+++ b/scripts/ver_linux
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ uname -a
 echo ' '
 
 gcc -dumpversion 2>&1| awk \
-'NR==1{print "Gnu C                 ", $1}'
+'NR==1{print "GNU C                 ", $1}'
 
 make --version 2>&1 | awk -F, '{print $1}' | awk \
-      '/GNU Make/{print "Gnu make              ",$NF}'
+      '/GNU Make/{print "GNU make              ",$NF}'
 
 echo "binutils               $(ld -v | egrep -o '[0-9]+\.[0-9\.]+')"