diff -r 63325e5b0a9d -r 6f316b8980ea src/base/statistics.hh
--- a/src/base/statistics.hh	Fri Jan 27 15:07:20 2017 -0600
+++ b/src/base/statistics.hh	Mon Feb 06 14:42:31 2017 +0100
@@ -1359,7 +1359,7 @@
 };
 
 /**
- * Templatized storage and interface for a distrbution stat.
+ * Templatized storage and interface for a distribution stat.
  */
 class DistStor
 {
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     *  Add the argument distribution to the this distibution.
+     *  Add the argument distribution to the this distribution.
      */
     void add(DistBase &d) { data()->add(d.data()); }
 
diff -r 63325e5b0a9d -r 6f316b8980ea src/mem/comm_monitor.hh
--- a/src/mem/comm_monitor.hh	Fri Jan 27 15:07:20 2017 -0600
+++ b/src/mem/comm_monitor.hh	Mon Feb 06 14:42:31 2017 +0100
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
     struct MonitorStats
     {
 
-        /** Disable flag for burst length historgrams **/
+        /** Disable flag for burst length histograms **/
         bool disableBurstLengthHists;
 
         /** Histogram of read burst lengths */
diff -r 63325e5b0a9d -r 6f316b8980ea src/mem/comm_monitor.cc
--- a/src/mem/comm_monitor.cc	Fri Jan 27 15:07:20 2017 -0600
+++ b/src/mem/comm_monitor.cc	Mon Feb 06 14:42:31 2017 +0100
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@
     stats.writeTransHist
         .init(params()->transaction_bins)
         .name(name() + ".writeTransHist")
-        .desc("Histogram of read transactions per sample period")
+        .desc("Histogram of write transactions per sample period")
         .flags(stats.disableTransactionHists ? nozero : pdf);
 
     stats.readAddrDist