diff --git a/src/backends/meta-remote-access-controller.c b/src/backends/meta-remote-access-controller.c
index a3b0c9fb0..e84e82edc 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-remote-access-controller.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-remote-access-controller.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ meta_remote_access_controller_inhibit_remote_access (MetaRemoteAccessController
  * @controller: a #MetaRemoteAccessController
  *
  * Uninhibits remote access sessions from being created and running. If this was
- * the last inhibitation that was inhibited, new remote access sessions can now
+ * the last inhibition that was inhibited, new remote access sessions can now
  * be created.
  */
 void
diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-idle-inhibit.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-idle-inhibit.c
index 49f09b8c2..03df1fd16 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-idle-inhibit.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-idle-inhibit.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ struct _MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor
 
 typedef struct _MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor;
 
-static void update_inhibitation (MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor *inhibitor);
+static void update_inhibition (MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor *inhibitor);
 
 static void
 meta_wayland_inhibitor_free (MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor *inhibitor)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ inhibit_completed (GObject      *source,
   g_variant_get (ret, "(u)", &inhibitor->cookie);
   inhibitor->state = IDLE_STATE_INHIBITED;
 
-  update_inhibitation (inhibitor);
+  update_inhibition (inhibitor);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -123,11 +123,11 @@ uninhibit_completed (GObject      *source,
   g_warn_if_fail (inhibitor->state == IDLE_STATE_UNINHIBITING);
   inhibitor->state = IDLE_STATE_UNINHIBITED;
 
-  update_inhibitation (inhibitor);
+  update_inhibition (inhibitor);
 }
 
 static void
-update_inhibitation (MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor *inhibitor)
+update_inhibition (MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor *inhibitor)
 {
   gboolean should_inhibit;
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ update_inhibitation (MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor *inhibitor)
       break;
     case IDLE_STATE_INHIBITING:
     case IDLE_STATE_UNINHIBITING:
-      /* Update inhibitation after current asynchronous call completes. */
+      /* Update inhibition after current asynchronous call completes. */
       return;
     }
 
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ is_obscured_changed (MetaSurfaceActor         *actor,
                      GParamSpec               *pspec,
                      MetaWaylandIdleInhibitor *inhibitor)
 {
-  update_inhibitation (inhibitor);
+  update_inhibition (inhibitor);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ inhibitor_proxy_completed (GObject      *source,
   inhibitor->session_proxy = proxy;
   inhibitor->state = IDLE_STATE_UNINHIBITED;
 
-  update_inhibitation (inhibitor);
+  update_inhibition (inhibitor);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ idle_inhibitor_destructor (struct wl_resource *resource)
       break;
     }
 
-  update_inhibitation (inhibitor);
+  update_inhibition (inhibitor);
 }
 
 static void