diff --git a/scripts/switch-timer-api b/scripts/switch-timer-api
index a369a083d1..b0e230b9f1 100755
--- a/scripts/switch-timer-api
+++ b/scripts/switch-timer-api
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ sub Syntax
     print STDERR <<STOP;
 Usage: $FindBin::Script [options] FILE ...
 
-Translate each FILE to the new Qemu timer API. If no files
+Translate each FILE to the new QEMU timer API. If no files
 are passed, a reasonable guess is taken.
 
 Options:
diff --git a/tests/i440fx-test.c b/tests/i440fx-test.c
index fa3e3d6b87..bcd2181aca 100644
--- a/tests/i440fx-test.c
+++ b/tests/i440fx-test.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static void test_i440fx_firmware(FirmwareTestFixture *fixture,
     qtest_start(cmdline);
     g_free(cmdline);
 
-    /* Qemu has loaded the firmware (because qtest_start() only returns after
+    /* QEMU has loaded the firmware (because qtest_start() only returns after
      * the QMP handshake completes). We must unlink the firmware blob right
      * here, because any assertion firing below would leak it in the
      * filesystem. This is also the reason why we recreate the blob every time