diff -r ec59443af135 -r 98cb887364d3 src/share/vm/adlc/filebuff.hpp
--- a/src/share/vm/adlc/filebuff.hpp	Fri Feb 27 08:34:19 2009 -0800
+++ b/src/share/vm/adlc/filebuff.hpp	Fri Feb 27 13:27:09 2009 -0800
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
 //------------------------------FileBuff--------------------------------------
 // This class defines a nicely behaved buffer of text.  Entire file of text
-// is read into buffer at creation, with sentinals at start and end.
+// is read into buffer at creation, with sentinels at start and end.
 class FileBuff {
   friend class FileBuffRegion;
  private:
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
   long  _bufoff;                // Start of buffer file offset
 
   char *_buf;                   // The buffer itself.
-  char *_bigbuf;                // The buffer plus sentinals; actual heap area
-  char *_bufmax;                // A pointer to the buffer end sentinal
+  char *_bigbuf;                // The buffer plus sentinels; actual heap area
+  char *_bufmax;                // A pointer to the buffer end sentinel
   char *_bufeol;                // A pointer to the last complete line end
 
   int   _err;                   // Error flag for file seek/read operations