diff --git a/vmbase/src/console.rs b/vmbase/src/console.rs
index 7c8ddf6..e9298cc 100644
--- a/vmbase/src/console.rs
+++ b/vmbase/src/console.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     write(CONSOLE.lock().as_mut().unwrap(), format_args).unwrap();
 }
 
-/// Reinitialises the UART driver and writes a string to it.
+/// Reinitializes the UART driver and writes a string to it.
 ///
 /// This is intended for use in situations where the UART may be in an unknown state or the global
 /// instance may be locked, such as in an exception handler or panic handler.
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     let _ = uart.write_str(s);
 }
 
-/// Reinitialises the UART driver and writes a formatted string to it.
+/// Reinitializes the UART driver and writes a formatted string to it.
 ///
 /// This is intended for use in situations where the UART may be in an unknown state or the global
 /// instance may be locked, such as in an exception handler or panic handler.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
 /// Prints the given formatted string to the console, followed by a newline.
 ///
-/// Panics if the console has not yet been initialised. May hang if used in an exception context;
+/// Panics if the console has not yet been initialized. May hang if used in an exception context;
 /// use `eprintln!` instead.
 macro_rules! println {
     () => ($crate::console::write_str("\n"));
diff --git a/vmbase/src/layout/mod.rs b/vmbase/src/layout/mod.rs
index 21c113a..f67e518 100644
--- a/vmbase/src/layout/mod.rs
+++ b/vmbase/src/layout/mod.rs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     linker_region!(data_begin, data_end)
 }
 
-/// Zero-initialised writable data.
+/// Zero-initialized writable data.
 pub fn bss_range() -> Range<usize> {
     linker_region!(bss_begin, bss_end)
 }
diff --git a/vmbase/src/virtio/hal.rs b/vmbase/src/virtio/hal.rs
index 36f9e56..c84ca5e 100644
--- a/vmbase/src/virtio/hal.rs
+++ b/vmbase/src/virtio/hal.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     /// range. It can't alias any other allocations because we previously validated in
     /// `map_mmio_range` that the PCI MMIO range didn't overlap with any other memory ranges.
     unsafe fn mmio_phys_to_virt(paddr: PhysAddr, size: usize) -> NonNull<u8> {
-        let pci_info = PCI_INFO.get().expect("VirtIO HAL used before PCI_INFO was initialised");
+        let pci_info = PCI_INFO.get().expect("VirtIO HAL used before PCI_INFO was initialized");
         let bar_range = {
             let start = pci_info.bar_range.start.try_into().unwrap();
             let end = pci_info.bar_range.end.try_into().unwrap();
diff --git a/vmbase/src/virtio/pci.rs b/vmbase/src/virtio/pci.rs
index cbb4d26..534d91a 100644
--- a/vmbase/src/virtio/pci.rs
+++ b/vmbase/src/virtio/pci.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 /// 3. Creates and returns a `PciRoot`.
 ///
 /// This must only be called once; it will panic if it is called a second time.
-pub fn initialise(pci_info: PciInfo, memory: &mut MemoryTracker) -> Result<PciRoot, PciError> {
+pub fn initialize(pci_info: PciInfo, memory: &mut MemoryTracker) -> Result<PciRoot, PciError> {
     PCI_INFO.set(Box::new(pci_info.clone())).map_err(|_| PciError::DuplicateInitialization)?;
 
     memory.map_mmio_range(pci_info.cam_range.clone()).map_err(PciError::CamMapFailed)?;