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diff --git a/Documentation/kobject.txt b/Documentation/kobject.txt
index 51a8021..c79ab99 100644
--- a/Documentation/kobject.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kobject.txt
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ the name of the kobject, call kobject_rename():
 
     int kobject_rename(struct kobject *kobj, const char *new_name);
 
+kobject_rename does not perform any locking or have a solid notion of
+what names are valid so the caller must provide their own sanity checking
+and serialization.
+
 There is a function called kobject_set_name() but that is legacy cruft and
 is being removed.  If your code needs to call this function, it is
 incorrect and needs to be fixed.
@@ -128,7 +132,7 @@ kobject_name():
     const char *kobject_name(const struct kobject * kobj);
 
 There is a helper function to both initialize and add the kobject to the
-kernel at the same time, called supprisingly enough kobject_init_and_add():
+kernel at the same time, called surprisingly enough kobject_init_and_add():
 
     int kobject_init_and_add(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_type *ktype,
                              struct kobject *parent, const char *fmt, ...);