diff --git a/util/msrtool/k8.c b/util/msrtool/k8.c
index b85f66962f..59288b19df 100644
--- a/util/msrtool/k8.c
+++ b/util/msrtool/k8.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ const struct msrdef k8_msrs[] = {
 		}},
 		{ 13, 1, "LMSLE:", "Long Mode Segment Limit Enable", PRESENT_DEC, {
 			{ MSR1(0), "Long mode segment limit check disabled" },
-			{ MSR1(1), "Long mode segment limit check enalbed" },
+			{ MSR1(1), "Long mode segment limit check enabled" },
 			{ BITVAL_EOT }
 		}},
 		{ 12, 1, "SVME:", "SVM Enable", PRESENT_DEC, {
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ const struct msrdef k8_msrs[] = {
 		{ BITS_EOT }
 	}},
 
-	{ 0xC0010015, MSRTYPE_RDWR, MSR2(0, 0), "HWCR Register", "This register controls the harware configuration", {
+	{ 0xC0010015, MSRTYPE_RDWR, MSR2(0, 0), "HWCR Register", "This register controls the hardware configuration", {
 		{ 63, 32, RESERVED },
 		{ 31, 2, RESERVED },
 		{ 29, 6, "START_FID:", "Status of the startup FID", PRESENT_HEX, {
diff --git a/util/msrtool/msrtool.c b/util/msrtool/msrtool.c
index d19aebf2e3..2bb8ded8ba 100644
--- a/util/msrtool/msrtool.c
+++ b/util/msrtool/msrtool.c
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
 	if (sys && !sys->name) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to detect the current operating system!\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "On Linux, please do 'modprobe msr' and retry.\n");
 		fprintf(stderr, "Please send a report or patch to coreboot@coreboot.org. Thanks for your help!\n");
 		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 	}
diff --git a/util/msrtool/msrutils.c b/util/msrtool/msrutils.c
index e2306e83dd..dfb66178f6 100644
--- a/util/msrtool/msrutils.c
+++ b/util/msrtool/msrutils.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ int dumpmsrdefsvals(FILE *f, const struct targetdef *t, const uint8_t cpu) {
 
 /**
  * Parse a hexadecimal string into an MSR value.
- * 
+ *
  * Leading 0x or 0X is optional, the string is always parsed as hexadecimal.
  * Any non-hexadecimal character can be used to separate the high 32 bits and
  * the low 32 bits. If there is such a separator, high and low values do not