diff --git a/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst b/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst
index a1911f94031..57ee2bd94fc 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The QEMU Aspeed machines model BMCs of various OpenPOWER systems and
 Aspeed evaluation boards. They are based on different releases of the
 Aspeed SoC : the AST2400 integrating an ARM926EJ-S CPU (400MHz), the
 AST2500 with an ARM1176JZS CPU (800MHz) and more recently the AST2600
-with dual cores ARM Cortex A7 CPUs (1.2GHz).
+with dual cores ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs (1.2GHz).
 
 The SoC comes with RAM, Gigabit ethernet, USB, SD/MMC, USB, SPI, I2C,
 etc.
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ AST2500 SoC based machines :
 
 AST2600 SoC based machines :
 
-- ``ast2600-evb``          Aspeed AST2600 Evaluation board (Cortex A7)
+- ``ast2600-evb``          Aspeed AST2600 Evaluation board (Cortex-A7)
 - ``tacoma-bmc``           OpenPOWER Witherspoon POWER9 AST2600 BMC
 
 Supported devices
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/nuvoton.rst b/docs/system/arm/nuvoton.rst
index d3cf2d9cd7e..ca011bd4797 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/nuvoton.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/nuvoton.rst
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@ Nuvoton iBMC boards (``npcm750-evb``, ``quanta-gsj``)
 
 The `Nuvoton iBMC`_ chips (NPCM7xx) are a family of ARM-based SoCs that are
 designed to be used as Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) in various
-servers. They all feature one or two ARM Cortex A9 CPU cores, as well as an
+servers. They all feature one or two ARM Cortex-A9 CPU cores, as well as an
 assortment of peripherals targeted for either Enterprise or Data Center /
 Hyperscale applications. The former is a superset of the latter, so NPCM750 has
 all the peripherals of NPCM730 and more.
 
 .. _Nuvoton iBMC: https://www.nuvoton.com/products/cloud-computing/ibmc/
 
-The NPCM750 SoC has two Cortex A9 cores and is targeted for the Enterprise
+The NPCM750 SoC has two Cortex-A9 cores and is targeted for the Enterprise
 segment. The following machines are based on this chip :
 
 - ``npcm750-evb``       Nuvoton NPCM750 Evaluation board
 
-The NPCM730 SoC has two Cortex A9 cores and is targeted for Data Center and
+The NPCM730 SoC has two Cortex-A9 cores and is targeted for Data Center and
 Hyperscale applications. The following machines are based on this chip :
 
 - ``quanta-gsj``        Quanta GSJ server BMC
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/sabrelite.rst b/docs/system/arm/sabrelite.rst
index 71713310e3a..4ccb0560afe 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/sabrelite.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/sabrelite.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Supported devices
 
 The SABRE Lite machine supports the following devices:
 
- * Up to 4 Cortex A9 cores
+ * Up to 4 Cortex-A9 cores
  * Generic Interrupt Controller
  * 1 Clock Controller Module
  * 1 System Reset Controller
diff --git a/include/hw/arm/allwinner-h3.h b/include/hw/arm/allwinner-h3.h
index cc308a5d2c9..63025fb27c8 100644
--- a/include/hw/arm/allwinner-h3.h
+++ b/include/hw/arm/allwinner-h3.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * The Allwinner H3 is a System on Chip containing four ARM Cortex A7
+ * The Allwinner H3 is a System on Chip containing four ARM Cortex-A7
  * processor cores. Features and specifications include DDR2/DDR3 memory,
  * SD/MMC storage cards, 10/100/1000Mbit Ethernet, USB 2.0, HDMI and
  * various I/O modules.
diff --git a/hw/arm/aspeed.c b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
index 3fe6c55744f..0eafc791540 100644
--- a/hw/arm/aspeed.c
+++ b/hw/arm/aspeed.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static void aspeed_machine_ast2600_evb_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
     AspeedMachineClass *amc = ASPEED_MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
 
-    mc->desc       = "Aspeed AST2600 EVB (Cortex A7)";
+    mc->desc       = "Aspeed AST2600 EVB (Cortex-A7)";
     amc->soc_name  = "ast2600-a1";
     amc->hw_strap1 = AST2600_EVB_HW_STRAP1;
     amc->hw_strap2 = AST2600_EVB_HW_STRAP2;
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ static void aspeed_machine_tacoma_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
     AspeedMachineClass *amc = ASPEED_MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
 
-    mc->desc       = "OpenPOWER Tacoma BMC (Cortex A7)";
+    mc->desc       = "OpenPOWER Tacoma BMC (Cortex-A7)";
     amc->soc_name  = "ast2600-a1";
     amc->hw_strap1 = TACOMA_BMC_HW_STRAP1;
     amc->hw_strap2 = TACOMA_BMC_HW_STRAP2;
@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ static void aspeed_machine_rainier_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
     AspeedMachineClass *amc = ASPEED_MACHINE_CLASS(oc);
 
-    mc->desc       = "IBM Rainier BMC (Cortex A7)";
+    mc->desc       = "IBM Rainier BMC (Cortex-A7)";
     amc->soc_name  = "ast2600-a1";
     amc->hw_strap1 = RAINIER_BMC_HW_STRAP1;
     amc->hw_strap2 = RAINIER_BMC_HW_STRAP2;
diff --git a/hw/arm/mcimx6ul-evk.c b/hw/arm/mcimx6ul-evk.c
index ce16b6b3174..77fae874b16 100644
--- a/hw/arm/mcimx6ul-evk.c
+++ b/hw/arm/mcimx6ul-evk.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void mcimx6ul_evk_init(MachineState *machine)
 
 static void mcimx6ul_evk_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
 {
-    mc->desc = "Freescale i.MX6UL Evaluation Kit (Cortex A7)";
+    mc->desc = "Freescale i.MX6UL Evaluation Kit (Cortex-A7)";
     mc->init = mcimx6ul_evk_init;
     mc->max_cpus = FSL_IMX6UL_NUM_CPUS;
     mc->default_ram_id = "mcimx6ul-evk.ram";
diff --git a/hw/arm/mcimx7d-sabre.c b/hw/arm/mcimx7d-sabre.c
index e896222c34c..935d4b0f1cd 100644
--- a/hw/arm/mcimx7d-sabre.c
+++ b/hw/arm/mcimx7d-sabre.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ static void mcimx7d_sabre_init(MachineState *machine)
 
 static void mcimx7d_sabre_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
 {
-    mc->desc = "Freescale i.MX7 DUAL SABRE (Cortex A7)";
+    mc->desc = "Freescale i.MX7 DUAL SABRE (Cortex-A7)";
     mc->init = mcimx7d_sabre_init;
     mc->max_cpus = FSL_IMX7_NUM_CPUS;
     mc->default_ram_id = "mcimx7d-sabre.ram";
diff --git a/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c b/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c
index d4553e37865..698be46d303 100644
--- a/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c
+++ b/hw/arm/npcm7xx_boards.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ static void npcm750_evb_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 
     npcm7xx_set_soc_type(nmc, TYPE_NPCM750);
 
-    mc->desc = "Nuvoton NPCM750 Evaluation Board (Cortex A9)";
+    mc->desc = "Nuvoton NPCM750 Evaluation Board (Cortex-A9)";
     mc->init = npcm750_evb_init;
     mc->default_ram_size = 512 * MiB;
 };
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static void gsj_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 
     npcm7xx_set_soc_type(nmc, TYPE_NPCM730);
 
-    mc->desc = "Quanta GSJ (Cortex A9)";
+    mc->desc = "Quanta GSJ (Cortex-A9)";
     mc->init = quanta_gsj_init;
     mc->default_ram_size = 512 * MiB;
 };
diff --git a/hw/arm/sabrelite.c b/hw/arm/sabrelite.c
index 42348e5cb15..29fc777b613 100644
--- a/hw/arm/sabrelite.c
+++ b/hw/arm/sabrelite.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static void sabrelite_init(MachineState *machine)
 
 static void sabrelite_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
 {
-    mc->desc = "Freescale i.MX6 Quad SABRE Lite Board (Cortex A9)";
+    mc->desc = "Freescale i.MX6 Quad SABRE Lite Board (Cortex-A9)";
     mc->init = sabrelite_init;
     mc->max_cpus = FSL_IMX6_NUM_CPUS;
     mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
diff --git a/hw/misc/npcm7xx_clk.c b/hw/misc/npcm7xx_clk.c
index a1ee67dc9a1..0b61070c52f 100644
--- a/hw/misc/npcm7xx_clk.c
+++ b/hw/misc/npcm7xx_clk.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 #define NPCM7XX_CLOCK_REF_HZ            (25000000)
 
 /* Register Field Definitions */
-#define NPCM7XX_CLK_WDRCR_CA9C  BIT(0) /* Cortex A9 Cores */
+#define NPCM7XX_CLK_WDRCR_CA9C  BIT(0) /* Cortex-A9 Cores */
 
 #define PLLCON_LOKI     BIT(31)
 #define PLLCON_LOKS     BIT(30)
