diff --git a/compiler/aarch64/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp b/compiler/aarch64/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
index c704e580229..4d8fdb1e0b1 100644
--- a/compiler/aarch64/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
+++ b/compiler/aarch64/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ OMR::ARM64::Machine::Machine(TR::CodeGenerator *cg) :
    OMR::Machine(cg, NUM_ARM64_GPR, NUM_ARM64_FPR)
    {
    _registerFile = (TR::RealRegister **)cg->trMemory()->allocateMemory(sizeof(TR::RealRegister *)*TR::RealRegister::NumRegisters, heapAlloc);
-   self()->initialiseRegisterFile();
+   self()->initializeRegisterFile();
    }
 
 TR::RealRegister *OMR::ARM64::Machine::findBestFreeRegister(TR_RegisterKinds rk,
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void OMR::ARM64::Machine::coerceRegisterAssignment(TR::Instruction *currentInstr
    TR_ASSERT(false, "Not implemented yet.");
    }
 
-void OMR::ARM64::Machine::initialiseRegisterFile()
+void OMR::ARM64::Machine::initializeRegisterFile()
    {
    _registerFile[TR::RealRegister::NoReg] = NULL;
    _registerFile[TR::RealRegister::SpilledReg] = NULL;
diff --git a/compiler/aarch64/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp b/compiler/aarch64/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
index d45ee5b821c..eb26308e0b9 100644
--- a/compiler/aarch64/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
+++ b/compiler/aarch64/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class OMR_EXTENSIBLE Machine : public OMR::Machine
    TR::RealRegister::RegState _registerStatesSnapShot[TR::RealRegister::NumRegisters];
    TR::Register               *_assignedRegisterSnapShot[TR::RealRegister::NumRegisters];
 
-   void initialiseRegisterFile();
+   void initializeRegisterFile();
 
    };
 }
diff --git a/compiler/arm/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp b/compiler/arm/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
index 110564e65ad..3d9a6de8d86 100644
--- a/compiler/arm/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
+++ b/compiler/arm/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static void registerCopy(TR::Instruction     *precedingI,
 
 OMR::ARM::Machine::Machine(TR::CodeGenerator *cg): OMR::Machine(cg, NUM_ARM_GPR, NUM_ARM_FPR)
    {
-   self()->initialiseRegisterFile();
+   self()->initializeRegisterFile();
    }
 
 
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ void OMR::ARM::Machine::coerceRegisterAssignment(TR::Instruction
    }
 
 
-void OMR::ARM::Machine::initialiseRegisterFile()
+void OMR::ARM::Machine::initializeRegisterFile()
    {
    self()->cg()->_unlatchedRegisterList =
    (TR::RealRegister**)self()->cg()->trMemory()->allocateHeapMemory(sizeof(TR::RealRegister*)*(TR::RealRegister::NumRegisters + 1));
diff --git a/compiler/arm/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp b/compiler/arm/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
index b6776a3bb56..de36b50bd42 100644
--- a/compiler/arm/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
+++ b/compiler/arm/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class OMR_EXTENSIBLE Machine : public OMR::Machine
 
    static uint32_t       _globalRegisterNumberToRealRegisterMap[MAX_ARM_GLOBAL_GPRS + MAX_ARM_GLOBAL_FPRS];
 
-   void initialiseRegisterFile();
+   void initializeRegisterFile();
 
    // For register snap shot
    uint16_t                    _registerFlagsSnapShot[TR::RealRegister::NumRegisters];
diff --git a/compiler/codegen/OMRAheadOfTimeCompile.hpp b/compiler/codegen/OMRAheadOfTimeCompile.hpp
index dae74e5f19f..ebab99fbc88 100644
--- a/compiler/codegen/OMRAheadOfTimeCompile.hpp
+++ b/compiler/codegen/OMRAheadOfTimeCompile.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class OMR_EXTENSIBLE AheadOfTimeCompile
       }
 
    virtual void     processRelocations() = 0;
-   virtual uint8_t *initialiseAOTRelocationHeader(TR::IteratedExternalRelocation *relocation) = 0;
+   virtual uint8_t *initializeAOTRelocationHeader(TR::IteratedExternalRelocation *relocation) = 0;
 
    // virtual void dumpRelocationData() = 0;
    void dumpRelocationData() {}
diff --git a/compiler/codegen/Relocation.cpp b/compiler/codegen/Relocation.cpp
index f6d45c83d12..04bde1943c7 100644
--- a/compiler/codegen/Relocation.cpp
+++ b/compiler/codegen/Relocation.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -480,10 +480,10 @@ TR::IteratedExternalRelocation::IteratedExternalRelocation(uint8_t *target, uint
       AOTcgDiag0(TR::comp(), "TR::IteratedExternalRelocation::IteratedExternalRelocation\n");
       }
 
-void TR::IteratedExternalRelocation::initialiseRelocation(TR::CodeGenerator *codeGen)
+void TR::IteratedExternalRelocation::initializeRelocation(TR::CodeGenerator *codeGen)
    {
-   AOTcgDiag0(TR::comp(), "TR::IteratedExternalRelocation::initialiseRelocation\n");
-   _relocationDataCursor = codeGen->getAheadOfTimeCompile()->initialiseAOTRelocationHeader(this);
+   AOTcgDiag0(TR::comp(), "TR::IteratedExternalRelocation::initializeRelocation\n");
+   _relocationDataCursor = codeGen->getAheadOfTimeCompile()->initializeAOTRelocationHeader(this);
    }
 
 void TR::IteratedExternalRelocation::addRelocationEntry(uint32_t locationOffset)
diff --git a/compiler/codegen/Relocation.hpp b/compiler/codegen/Relocation.hpp
index 9aaf4dfa23e..b42c64862aa 100644
--- a/compiler/codegen/Relocation.hpp
+++ b/compiler/codegen/Relocation.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2000, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ class IteratedExternalRelocation : public TR_Link<TR::IteratedExternalRelocation
    uint8_t *getRelocationDataCursor()           {return _relocationDataCursor;}
    uint8_t *setRelocationDataCursor(uint8_t *p) {return (_relocationDataCursor = p);}
 
-   void initialiseRelocation(TR::CodeGenerator * codeGen);
+   void initializeRelocation(TR::CodeGenerator * codeGen);
    void addRelocationEntry(uint32_t locationOffset);
 
    uint16_t getSizeOfRelocationData()             {return _sizeOfRelocationData;}
diff --git a/compiler/env/TRMemory.hpp b/compiler/env/TRMemory.hpp
index 895be2a0c12..4090fc5edd0 100644
--- a/compiler/env/TRMemory.hpp
+++ b/compiler/env/TRMemory.hpp
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ namespace TR
          return offset;
          }
    private:
-      Metric _reading;     // meter reading while metering, uninitialised on construction
+      Metric _reading;     // meter reading while metering, uninitialized on construction
    };
 
    typedef CS2::RunnableMeter<AllocatedMemoryMeter> MemoryMeter;
diff --git a/compiler/il/OMRILOpCodesEnum.hpp b/compiler/il/OMRILOpCodesEnum.hpp
index 3ca0e39d0c7..d73d5f0a974 100644
--- a/compiler/il/OMRILOpCodesEnum.hpp
+++ b/compiler/il/OMRILOpCodesEnum.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 
    FirstOMROp,
-   BadILOp = 0,  // illegal op hopefully help with uninitialised nodes
+   BadILOp = 0,  // illegal op hopefully help with uninitialized nodes
    aconst,   // load address constant (zero value means NULL)
    iconst,   // load integer constant (32-bit signed 2's complement)
    lconst,   // load long integer constant (64-bit signed 2's complement)
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@
    Case,     // case nodes that are children of TR_switch.  Uses the branchdestination and the int const field
    table,    // tableswitch (child1 is the selector, child2 the default destination, subsequent children are the branch targets
              // (the last child may be a branch table address, use getCaseIndexUpperBound() when iterating over branch targets)
-   exceptionRangeFence,    // (J9) SymbolReference is the aliasing effect, initialiser is where the code address gets put when binary is generated
+   exceptionRangeFence,    // (J9) SymbolReference is the aliasing effect, initializer is where the code address gets put when binary is generated
                            // used for delimiting function, try blocks, catch clauses, finally clauses, etc.
    dbgFence, // used to delimit code (stmts) for debug info.  Has no symbol reference.
    NULLCHK,  // Null check a pointer.  child 1 is indirect reference. Symbolref indicates failure action/destination
diff --git a/compiler/p/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp b/compiler/p/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
index 7c6bb1a9bba..1530585d817 100644
--- a/compiler/p/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
+++ b/compiler/p/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ numLockedFPRs(-1),
 numLockedVRFs(-1)
    {
    _registerFile = (TR::RealRegister **)cg->trMemory()->allocateMemory(sizeof(TR::RealRegister *)*TR::RealRegister::NumRegisters, heapAlloc);
-   self()->initialiseRegisterFile();
+   self()->initializeRegisterFile();
    memset( _registerAssociations, 0, sizeof(TR::Register*)*TR::RealRegister::NumRegisters );
    }
 
@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ void OMR::Power::Machine::coerceRegisterAssignment(TR::Instruction
    }
 
 
-void OMR::Power::Machine::initialiseRegisterFile()
+void OMR::Power::Machine::initializeRegisterFile()
    {
 
    _registerFile[TR::RealRegister::NoReg] = NULL;
diff --git a/compiler/p/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp b/compiler/p/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
index 542c8ed4b03..d15548be065 100644
--- a/compiler/p/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
+++ b/compiler/p/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class OMR_EXTENSIBLE Machine : public OMR::Machine
    TR::RealRegister   **_registerFile;
    TR::Register          *_registerAssociations[TR::RealRegister::NumRegisters];
 
-   void initialiseRegisterFile();
+   void initializeRegisterFile();
 
    int _4thLastGPRAssigned;
    int _3rdLastGPRAssigned;
diff --git a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRCodeGenerator.cpp b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRCodeGenerator.cpp
index 9b01724badb..544df0cf18e 100644
--- a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRCodeGenerator.cpp
+++ b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRCodeGenerator.cpp
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ OMR::X86::CodeGenerator::initialize(TR::Compilation *comp)
 
    self()->setGlobalRegisterTable(self()->machine()->getGlobalRegisterTable(*_linkageProperties));
 
-   self()->machine()->initialiseRegisterFile(*_linkageProperties);
+   self()->machine()->initializeRegisterFile(*_linkageProperties);
 
    self()->getLinkage()->copyLinkageInfoToParameterSymbols();
 
diff --git a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
index f68f568fa87..34afdb13467 100644
--- a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
+++ b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ OMR::X86::Machine::Machine
    _globalRegisterNumberToRealRegisterMap(globalRegisterNumberToRealRegisterMap),
    _spilledRegistersList(NULL)
    {
-   self()->initialiseFPStackRegisterFile();
+   self()->initializeFPStackRegisterFile();
    _fpTopOfStack = TR_X86FPStackRegister::fpStackEmpty;
    self()->resetFPStackRegisters();
    self()->resetXMMGlobalRegisters();
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ OMR::X86::Machine::createRegisterAssociationDirective(TR::Instruction *cursor)
 #define UNUSED_WEIGHT       0xFFFF
 
 void
-OMR::X86::Machine::initialiseRegisterFile(const struct TR::X86LinkageProperties &properties)
+OMR::X86::Machine::initializeRegisterFile(const struct TR::X86LinkageProperties &properties)
    {
    int reg;
 
@@ -2372,7 +2372,7 @@ void OMR::X86::Machine::resetFPStackRegisters()
    }
 
 
-void OMR::X86::Machine::initialiseFPStackRegisterFile()
+void OMR::X86::Machine::initializeFPStackRegisterFile()
    {
    _fpStack[TR_X86FPStackRegister::fp0] = new (self()->cg()->trHeapMemory()) TR_X86FPStackRegister(TR_X86FPStackRegister::Free,
                                                                     TR_X86FPStackRegister::fp0,
diff --git a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
index 8bf210087c8..d7fdc2f3629 100644
--- a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
+++ b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class OMR_EXTENSIBLE Machine : public OMR::Machine
    int32_t                 _fpStackShape[TR_X86FPStackRegister::NumRegisters];
    int32_t                 _fpTopOfStack;
 
-   void initialiseFPStackRegisterFile();
+   void initializeFPStackRegisterFile();
 
    protected:
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class OMR_EXTENSIBLE Machine : public OMR::Machine
 
 
    public:
-   void initialiseRegisterFile(const struct TR::X86LinkageProperties&);
+   void initializeRegisterFile(const struct TR::X86LinkageProperties&);
    uint32_t* getGlobalRegisterTable(const struct TR::X86LinkageProperties&);
    int32_t getGlobalReg(TR::RealRegister::RegNum reg);
 
diff --git a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp
index 3804efd7d37..68aec54b51c 100644
--- a/compiler/x/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp
+++ b/compiler/x/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp
@@ -3448,7 +3448,7 @@ TR::Register *OMR::X86::TreeEvaluator::BBEndEvaluator(TR::Node *node, TR::CodeGe
       {
       // We need to record the final state of the register associations at the end
       // of each extended basic block so that the register states and weights
-      // are initialised properly at the bottom of the block by the GP register
+      // are initialized properly at the bottom of the block by the GP register
       // assigner.
       //
       TR::Machine *machine = cg->machine();
diff --git a/compiler/z/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp b/compiler/z/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
index 5d998def85f..641be65ac15 100644
--- a/compiler/z/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
+++ b/compiler/z/codegen/OMRMachine.cpp
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ OMR::Z::Machine::Machine(TR::CodeGenerator * cg)
     _globalReturnAddressRegisterNumber(-1),_globalEntryPointRegisterNumber(-1)
    ,_lastGlobalHPRRegisterNumber(-1), _firstGlobalHPRRegisterNumber(-1)
    {
-   self()->initialiseRegisterFile();
+   self()->initializeRegisterFile();
    self()->initializeFPRegPairTable();
    self()->clearRegisterAssociations();
    }
@@ -6027,10 +6027,10 @@ uint64_t OMR::Z::Machine::filterColouredRegisterConflicts(TR::Register *targetRe
 
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// OMR::Z::Machine::initialiseRegisterFile
+// OMR::Z::Machine::initializeRegisterFile
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void
-OMR::Z::Machine::initialiseRegisterFile()
+OMR::Z::Machine::initializeRegisterFile()
    {
 
    // Initialize GPRs
diff --git a/compiler/z/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp b/compiler/z/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
index 85dc3af8d92..cdc99f87628 100644
--- a/compiler/z/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
+++ b/compiler/z/codegen/OMRMachine.hpp
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class OMR_EXTENSIBLE Machine : public OMR::Machine
    TR_GlobalRegisterNumber  _globalEntryPointRegisterNumber;
    TR_GlobalRegisterNumber  _globalReturnAddressRegisterNumber;
 
-   void initialiseRegisterFile();
+   void initializeRegisterFile();
    void initializeFPRegPairTable();
 
    public:
diff --git a/compiler/z/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp b/compiler/z/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp
index fc60f3b9d46..90de500e61c 100644
--- a/compiler/z/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp
+++ b/compiler/z/codegen/OMRTreeEvaluator.cpp
@@ -11558,7 +11558,7 @@ OMR::Z::TreeEvaluator::fenceEvaluator(TR::Node * node, TR::CodeGenerator *cg)
    }
 
 /**
- * exceptionRangeFenceEvaluator - SymbolReference is the aliasing effect, initialiser is where the
+ * exceptionRangeFenceEvaluator - SymbolReference is the aliasing effect, initializer is where the
  *   code address gets put when binary is generated
  */
 TR::Register *
diff --git a/doc/ValgrindMemcheckAPI.md b/doc/ValgrindMemcheckAPI.md
index c7e37469b6f..e1552d385d0 100644
--- a/doc/ValgrindMemcheckAPI.md
+++ b/doc/ValgrindMemcheckAPI.md
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-Copyright (c) 2017, 2017 IBM Corp. and others
+Copyright (c) 2017, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
 
 This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
 the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ All api requests are made using a wrapper file `MemcheckWrapper.cpp`. Refer `Mem
 ## Running Valgrind
 
 1. **Preparing Makefiles** - To compile with valgrind API enabled, use build option  `--enable-OMR_VALGRIND_MEMCHECK` while generating makefiles. Valgrind documentation also recommends turning off optimizations. Their docs say:
-    > If you are planning to use Memcheck: On rare occasions, compiler optimisations (at -O2 and above, and sometimes -O1) have been observed to generate code which fools Memcheck into wrongly reporting uninitialised value errors.
+    > If you are planning to use Memcheck: On rare occasions, compiler optimisations (at -O2 and above, and sometimes -O1) have been observed to generate code which fools Memcheck into wrongly reporting uninitialized value errors.
 
     So for given example, makefiles are generated by: 
     
diff --git a/fvtest/rastest/subscriberForkTest.cpp b/fvtest/rastest/subscriberForkTest.cpp
index 71f22c7a5f0..da47fc9b13a 100644
--- a/fvtest/rastest/subscriberForkTest.cpp
+++ b/fvtest/rastest/subscriberForkTest.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ preforkSetup(OMR_VMThread **vmthread, struct OMR_Agent **agent, OMRTestVM *testV
 	OMRTEST_ASSERT_ERROR_NONE(omr_agent_openLibrary(*agent));
 	OMRTEST_ASSERT_ERROR_NONE(omr_agent_callOnLoad(*agent));
 
-	/*  Initialise the omr_test module for tracing */
+	/*  Initialize the omr_test module for tracing */
 	UT_OMR_TEST_MODULE_LOADED(testVM->omrVM._trcEngine->utIntf);
 
 	/* Initialize pipe before fork. */
diff --git a/fvtest/rastest/subscriberTest.cpp b/fvtest/rastest/subscriberTest.cpp
index 9b86a24951e..fd84ec722c2 100644
--- a/fvtest/rastest/subscriberTest.cpp
+++ b/fvtest/rastest/subscriberTest.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ TEST(RASSubscriberTest, SubscriberAgent)
 
 	OMRTEST_ASSERT_ERROR_NONE(omr_agent_callOnLoad(agent));
 
-	/*  Initialise the omr_test module for tracing */
+	/*  Initialize the omr_test module for tracing */
 	UT_OMR_TEST_MODULE_LOADED(testVM.omrVM._trcEngine->utIntf);
 
 	/*  Fire some trace points! */
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ TEST(RASSubscriberTest, SubscriberAgent)
 
 	OMRTEST_ASSERT_ERROR_NONE(omr_agent_callOnLoad(agent));
 
-	/*  Initialise the omr_test module for tracing */
+	/*  Initialize the omr_test module for tracing */
 	UT_OMR_TEST_MODULE_LOADED(testVM.omrVM._trcEngine->utIntf);
 
 	/*  Fire some trace points! */
diff --git a/fvtest/rastest/traceLifecycleTest.cpp b/fvtest/rastest/traceLifecycleTest.cpp
index 54c92da2fd6..6b3ea31900d 100644
--- a/fvtest/rastest/traceLifecycleTest.cpp
+++ b/fvtest/rastest/traceLifecycleTest.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ TEST(TraceLifecycleTest, traceAndModuleUnloadAfterTraceShutdown)
 	OMRTEST_ASSERT_ERROR_NONE(
 		ti->RegisterRecordSubscriber(vmthread, "traceAndModuleUnloadAfterTraceShutdown", countTracepointsMT, NULL, (void *)&tpCountsMT, &subscriptionID));
 
-	/* Initialise the omr_test module for tracing */
+	/* Initialize the omr_test module for tracing */
 	UT_OMR_TEST_MODULE_LOADED(testVM.omrVM._trcEngine->utIntf);
 
 	/* Shut down the trace engine */
diff --git a/fvtest/rastest/traceLogTest.cpp b/fvtest/rastest/traceLogTest.cpp
index d4b9986cdeb..41e5b0e2f0b 100644
--- a/fvtest/rastest/traceLogTest.cpp
+++ b/fvtest/rastest/traceLogTest.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2015, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ TEST(TraceLogTest, stressTraceBufferManagement)
 	OMRTEST_ASSERT_ERROR_NONE(omr_agent_openLibrary(agent));
 	OMRTEST_ASSERT_ERROR_NONE(omr_agent_callOnLoad(agent));
 
-	/* Initialise the omr_test module for tracing */
+	/* Initialize the omr_test module for tracing */
 	UT_OMR_TEST_MODULE_LOADED(testVM.omrVM._trcEngine->utIntf);
 
 	OMRTEST_ASSERT_ERROR_NONE(
diff --git a/fvtest/rastest/traceOptionTest.cpp b/fvtest/rastest/traceOptionTest.cpp
index 5fd01c1e299..6e98b957472 100644
--- a/fvtest/rastest/traceOptionTest.cpp
+++ b/fvtest/rastest/traceOptionTest.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ TEST(RASTraceOptionTest, TraceOptionAgent)
 
 	OMRTEST_ASSERT_ERROR_NONE(omr_agent_callOnLoad(agent));
 
-	/* Initialise the omr_test module for tracing */
+	/* Initialize the omr_test module for tracing */
 	UT_OMR_TEST_MODULE_LOADED(testVM.omrVM._trcEngine->utIntf);
 
 	/* Fire some trace points! */
diff --git a/fvtest/rastest/traceTest.cpp b/fvtest/rastest/traceTest.cpp
index 2b768f81794..ef0c0fe693c 100644
--- a/fvtest/rastest/traceTest.cpp
+++ b/fvtest/rastest/traceTest.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ TEST(RASTraceTest, TraceAgent)
 	}
 #endif /* TEST_TRACEAGENT */
 
-	/* Initialise the omr_test module for tracing */
+	/* Initialize the omr_test module for tracing */
 	UT_OMR_TEST_MODULE_LOADED(testVM.omrVM._trcEngine->utIntf);
 
 	/* Fire some trace points! */
diff --git a/include_core/omrtraceformat.h b/include_core/omrtraceformat.h
index aaca550c723..1794e86fe16 100644
--- a/include_core/omrtraceformat.h
+++ b/include_core/omrtraceformat.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -73,9 +73,9 @@ typedef struct UtTracePointIterator UtTracePointIterator;
  * This iterator can then be used to obtain trace point iterators over each
  * buffer in the file via calls to omr_trc_getTracePointIteratorForNextBuffer
  *
- * @param[in] portLib An initialised OMRPortLibraryStructure.
+ * @param[in] portLib An initialized OMRPortLibraryStructure.
  * @param[in] fileName The name of the trace file to open.
- * @param[in,out] iteratorPtr A pointer to a location where the initialised UtTraceFileIterator pointer can be stored.
+ * @param[in,out] iteratorPtr A pointer to a location where the initialized UtTraceFileIterator pointer can be stored.
  * @param[in] getFormatString A callback the formatter can use to obtain a format string for a trace point id in a named module.
  *
  * @return OMR_ERROR_NONE on success
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ omr_error_t omr_trc_freeTraceFileIterator(UtTraceFileIterator *iter);
  * If there are no more trace buffers in the file *bufferIteratorPtr will point to NULL.
  *
  * @param[in] fileIter A pointer to the UtTraceFileIterator that will return an iterator over it's next buffer.
- * @param[in,out] bufferIteratorPtr A pointer to a location where the initialised UtTracePointIterator pointer can be stored.
+ * @param[in,out] bufferIteratorPtr A pointer to a location where the initialized UtTracePointIterator pointer can be stored.
  * @return OMR_ERROR_NONE on success, including if there are no more buffers in the file at EOF.
  * @return OMR_ERROR_OUT_OF_NATIVE_MEMORY if memory for the iterator structure cannot be allocated.
  * @return OMR_ERROR_INTERNAL if the file ends unexpectedly.
diff --git a/omr/startup/omrrasinit.c b/omr/startup/omrrasinit.c
index 62803d3396a..4d13d4684a7 100644
--- a/omr/startup/omrrasinit.c
+++ b/omr/startup/omrrasinit.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ omr_ras_initTI(OMR_VM *vm)
 	omr_error_t rc = OMR_ERROR_NONE;
 	OMRPORT_ACCESS_FROM_OMRVM(vm);
 
-	/* Initialise this mutex if it hasn't already been initialised. */
+	/* Initialize this mutex if it hasn't already been initialized. */
 	if (NULL == vm->_omrTIAccessMutex) {
 		if (0 != omrthread_monitor_init_with_name(&vm->_omrTIAccessMutex, 0, "OMRTI access mutex")) {
 			rc = OMR_ERROR_FAILED_TO_ALLOCATE_MONITOR;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ omr_ras_cleanupTI(OMR_VM *vm)
 		vm->sysInfo = NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* Free the mutex if it has been initialised. */
+	/* Free the mutex if it has been initialized. */
 	if (NULL != vm->_omrTIAccessMutex) {
 		if (0 != omrthread_monitor_destroy(vm->_omrTIAccessMutex)) {
 			rc = OMR_ERROR_INTERNAL;
diff --git a/omrtrace/omrtrace_internal.h b/omrtrace/omrtrace_internal.h
index d92c5f30de9..e52347eacb5 100644
--- a/omrtrace/omrtrace_internal.h
+++ b/omrtrace/omrtrace_internal.h
@@ -259,9 +259,9 @@ struct OMR_TraceGlobal {
  * =============================================================================
  */
 
-omr_error_t initialiseComponentData(UtComponentData **componentDataPtr, UtModuleInfo *moduleInfo, const char *componentName);
+omr_error_t initializeComponentData(UtComponentData **componentDataPtr, UtModuleInfo *moduleInfo, const char *componentName);
 void freeComponentData(OMR_TraceGlobal *global, UtComponentData *componentDataPtr);
-omr_error_t initialiseComponentList(UtComponentList **componentListPtr);
+omr_error_t initializeComponentList(UtComponentList **componentListPtr);
 omr_error_t freeComponentList(OMR_TraceGlobal *global, UtComponentList *componentList);
 omr_error_t addComponentToList(UtComponentData *componentData, UtComponentList *componentList);
 omr_error_t removeModuleFromList(UtModuleInfo *module, UtComponentList *componentList);
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ omr_error_t addTraceConfigKeyValuePair(OMR_TraceThread *thr, const char *cmdKey,
 /*
  * =============================================================================
  *  Functions called by users of the trace library at initialisation/shutdown time.
- *  (Runtime functions are called vi OMR_TraceInterface once initialised)
+ *  (Runtime functions are called vi OMR_TraceInterface once initialized)
  * =============================================================================
  */
 
diff --git a/omrtrace/omrtraceapi.cpp b/omrtrace/omrtraceapi.cpp
index a99a28dad6d..9b4bc5e4a23 100644
--- a/omrtrace/omrtraceapi.cpp
+++ b/omrtrace/omrtraceapi.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2014, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern const char *UT_NO_THREAD_NAME;
  * 						- Trace should be notified about about threads beginning and ending via calls to threadStart and
  * 						  threadStop when they start and end.
  * [6] - setOptions 	- set any additional default options or process any options specified on the command line.
- * 8 - Initialise port, thread and any other modules that may have loaded before trace was ready.
+ * 8 - Initialize port, thread and any other modules that may have loaded before trace was ready.
  * 9 - The real work happens here, hopefully for a long time.
  * 10 - utTerminateTrace - Tell the trace engine to shutdown.
  * 11 - freeTrace - Tell the trace engine to free its internal data structures.
diff --git a/omrtrace/omrtracecomponent.cpp b/omrtrace/omrtracecomponent.cpp
index a001119081d..5d2478e6881 100644
--- a/omrtrace/omrtracecomponent.cpp
+++ b/omrtrace/omrtracecomponent.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2015 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ static const char *UT_MISSING_TRACE_FORMAT = "  Tracepoint format not in dat fil
 #define MAX_QUALIFIED_NAME_LENGTH 16
 
 omr_error_t
-initialiseComponentData(UtComponentData **componentDataPtr, UtModuleInfo *moduleInfo, const char *componentName)
+initializeComponentData(UtComponentData **componentDataPtr, UtModuleInfo *moduleInfo, const char *componentName)
 {
 	OMRPORT_ACCESS_FROM_OMRPORT(OMR_TRACEGLOBAL(portLibrary));
 
 	UtComponentData *componentData = (UtComponentData *)omrmem_allocate_memory(sizeof(UtComponentData), OMRMEM_CATEGORY_TRACE);
 
-	UT_DBGOUT(2, ("<UT> initialiseComponentData: %s\n", componentName));
+	UT_DBGOUT(2, ("<UT> initializeComponentData: %s\n", componentName));
 	if (componentData == NULL) {
 		UT_DBGOUT(1, ("<UT> Unable to allocate componentData for %s\n", componentName));
 		return OMR_ERROR_OUT_OF_NATIVE_MEMORY;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ initialiseComponentData(UtComponentData **componentDataPtr, UtModuleInfo *module
 	componentData->prev = NULL;
 
 	*componentDataPtr = componentData;
-	UT_DBGOUT(2, ("<UT> initialiseComponentData complete: %s\n", componentName));
+	UT_DBGOUT(2, ("<UT> initializeComponentData complete: %s\n", componentName));
 
 	return OMR_ERROR_NONE;
 }
@@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ freeComponentData(OMR_TraceGlobal *global, UtComponentData *componentDataPtr)
 }
 
 omr_error_t
-initialiseComponentList(UtComponentList **componentListPtr)
+initializeComponentList(UtComponentList **componentListPtr)
 {
 	OMRPORT_ACCESS_FROM_OMRPORT(OMR_TRACEGLOBAL(portLibrary));
 
 	UtComponentList *componentList = (UtComponentList *)omrmem_allocate_memory(sizeof(UtComponentList), OMRMEM_CATEGORY_TRACE);
-	UT_DBGOUT(2, ("<UT> initialiseComponentList: %p\n", componentListPtr));
+	UT_DBGOUT(2, ("<UT> initializeComponentList: %p\n", componentListPtr));
 	if (componentList == NULL) {
 		UT_DBGOUT(1, ("<UT> Unable to allocate component list\n"));
 		return OMR_ERROR_OUT_OF_NATIVE_MEMORY;
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ initialiseComponentList(UtComponentList **componentListPtr)
 	componentList->deferredConfigInfoHead = NULL;
 
 	*componentListPtr = componentList;
-	UT_DBGOUT(2, ("<UT> initialiseComponentList: %p completed\n", componentListPtr));
+	UT_DBGOUT(2, ("<UT> initializeComponentList: %p completed\n", componentListPtr));
 	return OMR_ERROR_NONE;
 }
 
diff --git a/omrtrace/omrtracemain.cpp b/omrtrace/omrtracemain.cpp
index 94d8d6363ae..137d727e39c 100644
--- a/omrtrace/omrtracemain.cpp
+++ b/omrtrace/omrtracemain.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ moduleLoaded(OMR_TraceThread *thr, UtModuleInfo *modInfo)
 	if (modInfo->intf == NULL) {
 		modInfo->intf = internalUtIntfS.module;
 
-		rc = initialiseComponentData(&compData, modInfo, modInfo->name);
+		rc = initializeComponentData(&compData, modInfo, modInfo->name);
 		if (OMR_ERROR_NONE == rc) {
 			rc = addComponentToList(compData, OMR_TRACEGLOBAL(componentList));
 		}
@@ -523,13 +523,13 @@ initializeTrace(OMR_VM *vm, const char *datDir, const OMR_TraceLanguageInterface
 		}
 	}
 
-	rc = initialiseComponentList(&OMR_TRACEGLOBAL(componentList));
+	rc = initializeComponentList(&OMR_TRACEGLOBAL(componentList));
 	if (OMR_ERROR_NONE != rc) {
 		UT_DBGOUT(1, ("<UT> Error initializing component list\n"));
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	rc = initialiseComponentList(&OMR_TRACEGLOBAL(unloadedComponentList));
+	rc = initializeComponentList(&OMR_TRACEGLOBAL(unloadedComponentList));
 	if (OMR_ERROR_NONE != rc) {
 		UT_DBGOUT(1, ("<UT> Error initializing unloaded component list\n"));
 		goto fail;
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ trcGetTraceMetadata(void **data, int32_t *length)
 {
 	UtTraceFileHdr *traceHeader;
 
-	/* Ensure we have initialised the trace header */
+	/* Ensure we have initialized the trace header */
 	if (initTraceHeader() != OMR_ERROR_NONE) {
 		return OMR_ERROR_INTERNAL;
 	}
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ fillInUTInterfaces(UtInterface **utIntf, OMR_TraceInterface *omrTraceIntf, UtMod
 		omrTraceIntf->SetOptions					= trcSetOptions;
 
 		/*
-		 * Initialise the direct module interface, these are
+		 * Initialize the direct module interface, these are
 		 * wrappers to calls within trace that obtain a OMR_TraceThread
 		 * before calling the real function.
 		 */
diff --git a/omrtrace/omrtracemisc.cpp b/omrtrace/omrtracemisc.cpp
index fe559083e19..fa171005872 100644
--- a/omrtrace/omrtracemisc.cpp
+++ b/omrtrace/omrtracemisc.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1998, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ addTraceConfig(OMR_TraceThread *thr, const char *cmd)
 			tmp->next = cfg;
 		}
 
-		/* We should update the trace header here (if it has already been initialised) to
+		/* We should update the trace header here (if it has already been initialized) to
 		 * reflect the change in trace settings.
 		 * Unfortunately it may be in use by a snap dump or we may have returned a pointer to
 		 * it via trcGetTraceMetadata so freeing it or nulling it is unsafe.
diff --git a/port/common/omrintrospect.c b/port/common/omrintrospect.c
index 92d80522f97..c3b89226eaa 100644
--- a/port/common/omrintrospect.c
+++ b/port/common/omrintrospect.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ omrintrospect_threads_startDo(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, J9Heap *heap,
 /* This function is called repeatedly to get subsequent threads in the iteration. The only way to
  * resume suspended threads is to continue calling this function until it returns NULL.
  *
- * @param state state structure initialised by a call to one of the startDo functions.
+ * @param state state structure initialized by a call to one of the startDo functions.
  *
  * @return NULL if there is an error or if no more threads are available. Sets the error fields as
  * listed detailed for omrintrospect_threads_startDo_with_signal.
diff --git a/port/osx/omrintrospect.c b/port/osx/omrintrospect.c
index de8a69e8284..36469a728b7 100644
--- a/port/osx/omrintrospect.c
+++ b/port/osx/omrintrospect.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ omrintrospect_threads_startDo(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, J9Heap *heap,
 /* This function is called repeatedly to get subsequent threads in the iteration. The only way to
  * resume suspended threads is to continue calling this function until it returns NULL.
  *
- * @param state state structure initialised by a call to one of the startDo functions.
+ * @param state state structure initialized by a call to one of the startDo functions.
  *
  * @return NULL if there is an error or if no more threads are available. Sets the error fields as
  * listed detailed for j9introspect_threads_startDo_with_signal.
diff --git a/port/unix/omrintrospect.c b/port/unix/omrintrospect.c
index 46874662fca..f7841e95853 100644
--- a/port/unix/omrintrospect.c
+++ b/port/unix/omrintrospect.c
@@ -1565,13 +1565,13 @@ omrintrospect_threads_startDo_with_signal(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, J9
 		RECORD_ERROR(state, INITIALIZATION_ERROR, errno);
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
-	/* initialise client semaphore pipe to be non-blocking */
+	/* initialize client semaphore pipe to be non-blocking */
 	flag = fcntl(data->client_sem.descriptor_pair[0], F_GETFL);
 	fcntl(data->client_sem.descriptor_pair[0], F_SETFL, flag | O_NONBLOCK);
 
 	barrier_init_r(&data->release_barrier, 0);
 #ifdef AIXPPC
-	/* On AIX, initialise semaphore pipes to be sync-on-write (O_DSYNC flag). Previously we used the fdatasync()
+	/* On AIX, initialize semaphore pipes to be sync-on-write (O_DSYNC flag). Previously we used the fdatasync()
 	 * call after writing to the pipe, but on AIX it is not legal to call fdatasync() inside a signal handler.
 	 */
 	flag = fcntl(data->client_sem.descriptor_pair[1], F_GETFL);
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ omrintrospect_threads_startDo(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, J9Heap *heap,
 /* This function is called repeatedly to get subsequent threads in the iteration. The only way to
  * resume suspended threads is to continue calling this function until it returns NULL.
  *
- * @param state state structure initialised by a call to one of the startDo functions.
+ * @param state state structure initialized by a call to one of the startDo functions.
  *
  * @return NULL if there is an error or if no more threads are available. Sets the error fields as
  * listed detailed for omrintrospect_threads_startDo_with_signal.
diff --git a/port/unix/omrsysinfo.c b/port/unix/omrsysinfo.c
index 73e3a71cb9b..077c4a7a240 100644
--- a/port/unix/omrsysinfo.c
+++ b/port/unix/omrsysinfo.c
@@ -2426,7 +2426,7 @@ convertWithMBTOWC(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, char *inputBuffer, char *o
 
 
 /**
- * Initialises the supplied buffer such that it can be used by the @ref omrsysinfo_env_iteraror_next() and @ref omrsysinfo_env_iterator_hasNext() APIs.
+ * Initializes the supplied buffer such that it can be used by the @ref omrsysinfo_env_iteraror_next() and @ref omrsysinfo_env_iterator_hasNext() APIs.
  *
  * If the caller supplies a non-NULL buffer that is not big enough to store all the name=value entries of the environment,
  * 	copyEnvToBuffer will store as many entries as possible, until the buffer is used up.
diff --git a/port/win32/omrintrospect.c b/port/win32/omrintrospect.c
index 60c644b15fb..742f500efa3 100644
--- a/port/win32/omrintrospect.c
+++ b/port/win32/omrintrospect.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ omrintrospect_threads_startDo(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, J9Heap *heap,
 /* This function is called repeatedly to get subsequent threads in the iteration. The only way to
  * resume suspended threads is to continue calling this function until it returns NULL.
  *
- * @param state state structure initialised by a call to one of the startDo functions.
+ * @param state state structure initialized by a call to one of the startDo functions.
  *
  * @return NULL if there is an error or if no more threads are available. Sets the error fields as
  * listed detailed for omrintrospect_threads_startDo_with_signal.
diff --git a/port/win32/omrosbacktrace_impl.c b/port/win32/omrosbacktrace_impl.c
index a5fb9e81626..97b5c8a4a20 100644
--- a/port/win32/omrosbacktrace_impl.c
+++ b/port/win32/omrosbacktrace_impl.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2015 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ load_dbg_functions(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary)
 }
 
 /* This function sets symbol options and initializes the debug PDB path and symbol handler, if not already
- * initialised. We reset the symbol options and free loaded symbols on completion of the native stack walk
+ * initialized. We reset the symbol options and free loaded symbols on completion of the native stack walk
  * for javacores. PPG_pdbData.numberOfModules indicates whether we have currently initialized symbols.
  *
  * Note - this is called single threaded, e.g. under PPG_osBacktrace_Mutex
diff --git a/port/zos390/omrosbacktrace_impl.c b/port/zos390/omrosbacktrace_impl.c
index 38a5b3477f9..c120fc64331 100644
--- a/port/zos390/omrosbacktrace_impl.c
+++ b/port/zos390/omrosbacktrace_impl.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2015 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ omrintrospect_backtrace_thread_raw(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, J9Platfor
 
 	struct _FEEDBACK fc;
 
-	/* initialise the return code and loop control prior to making the calls */
+	/* initialize the return code and loop control prior to making the calls */
 	fc.tok_sev = 0;
 
 #else
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ omrintrospect_backtrace_symbols_raw(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, J9Platfo
 
 	struct _FEEDBACK fc;
 
-	/* initialise the return code and loop control prior to making the calls */
+	/* initialize the return code and loop control prior to making the calls */
 	fc.tok_sev = 0;
 
 #else
diff --git a/port/ztpf/omrintrospect.c b/port/ztpf/omrintrospect.c
index 4dfec86f9dd..076bd28968d 100644
--- a/port/ztpf/omrintrospect.c
+++ b/port/ztpf/omrintrospect.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2017 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ omrintrospect_threads_startDo(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, J9Heap *heap,
 /* This function is called repeatedly to get subsequent threads in the iteration. The only way to
  * resume suspended threads is to continue calling this function until it returns NULL.
  *
- * @param state state structure initialised by a call to one of the startDo functions.
+ * @param state state structure initialized by a call to one of the startDo functions.
  *
  * @return NULL if there is an error or if no more threads are available. Sets the error fields as
  * listed detailed for omrintrospect_threads_startDo_with_signal.
diff --git a/thread/common/omrthreadinspect.c b/thread/common/omrthreadinspect.c
index 677ca722b6c..8009b2e137b 100644
--- a/thread/common/omrthreadinspect.c
+++ b/thread/common/omrthreadinspect.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2017 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ static omrthread_library_t get_default_library(void);
 
 
 /**
- * Initialise a omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t structure used to walk the monitor pools.
+ * Initialize a omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t structure used to walk the monitor pools.
  *
  * @param[in] walkState This is a pointer to a omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t. When this call returns it
  * will be ready to use on the first call to omrthread_monitor_walk
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ omrthread_monitor_init_walk(omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t *walkState)
  * these GLOBAL_* macros become nops, so no call is made to MACRO_SELF(),
  * and therefore there's no required reference to 'default_library'.
  *
- * @param[in] walkState This is a pointer to a omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t. It should be initialised using omrthread_monitor_init_walk
+ * @param[in] walkState This is a pointer to a omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t. It should be initialized using omrthread_monitor_init_walk
  * before calling omrthread_monitor_walk to start a new walk. (thread lib will be globally locked on the first call)
  * @return a pointer to a monitor, or NULL if all monitors walked (thread lib will be globally unlocked when NULL is returned).
  *
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ omrthread_monitor_walk(omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t *walkState)
  *
  * The caller MUST own the global lock.
  *
- * @param[in] walkState This is a pointer to a omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t. It should be initialised
+ * @param[in] walkState This is a pointer to a omrthread_monitor_walk_state_t. It should be initialized
  * using omrthread_monitor_init_walk before calling omrthread_monitor_walk_no_locking to start a new walk.
  * @return a pointer to a monitor, or NULL if all monitors walked
  *
diff --git a/util/a2e/atoe.c b/util/a2e/atoe.c
index 982628e0787..74070b6c822 100644
--- a/util/a2e/atoe.c
+++ b/util/a2e/atoe.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2001, 2015 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2001, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -2142,7 +2142,7 @@ atoe_getnameinfo(const struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t salen, char *host, socklen
 #define _XLOWER_ASCII   0x20                                        /*ibm@4345*/
 
 /* Check for iconv_init() already done   */
-int iconv_initialised = 0;
+int iconv_initialized = 0;
 
 /* Table for integer test macros      */
 int _ascii_is_tab[CONV_TABLE_SIZE];
@@ -2179,7 +2179,7 @@ iconv_init(void)
 	dllhandle *libwrappersDll;
 	int (*piconv_init)();
 
-	if (iconv_initialised) {
+	if (iconv_initialized) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
@@ -2401,8 +2401,8 @@ iconv_init(void)
 	/* initialize the mutex used by putEnv and getEnv */
 	pthread_mutex_init(&env_mutex, NULL);
 
-	/* If we get here, then we are initialised.                    /*ibm@54240*/
-	iconv_initialised = 1;                                         /*ibm@54240*/
+	/* If we get here, then we are initialized.                    /*ibm@54240*/
+	iconv_initialized = 1;                                         /*ibm@54240*/
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/util/pool/pool.c b/util/pool/pool.c
index a251f06045d..0fd755955ae 100644
--- a/util/pool/pool.c
+++ b/util/pool/pool.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1991, 2016 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 1991, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ pool_getElementPuddleSlot(J9Pool *pool, J9PoolPuddle *puddle, void *element)
 }
 
 /**
- * Common code to initialise a puddle header. Used when creating
+ * Common code to initialize a puddle header. Used when creating
  * a new puddle, and when clearing the pool.
  *
  * The puddle's user data and its next, previous, next available,
  * and previous available SRP's are left unaltered.
  *
  * @param[in] pool    The pool containing the parameters to use for the puddle.
- * @param[in] puddle  The puddle that will be initialised.
+ * @param[in] puddle  The puddle that will be initialized.
  *
  * @return none
  */