diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/caam_jr.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/caam_jr.rst
index 5ef33ae78e..d7b0f14234 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/caam_jr.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/caam_jr.rst
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ accelerators. This provides significant improvement to system level performance.
 
 SEC HW accelerator above 4.x+ version are also known as CAAM.
 
-caam_jr PMD is one of DPAA drivers which uses uio interface to interact with
+caam_jr PMD is one of DPAA drivers which uses UIO interface to interact with
 Linux kernel for configure and destroy the device instance (ring).
 
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
index cf16f03503..ea5c03b8fa 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/qat.rst
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ Binding the available VFs to the vfio-pci driver
 
 Note:
 
-* Please note that due to security issues, the usage of older DPDK igb-uio
+* Please note that due to security issues, the usage of older DPDK igb_uio
   driver is not recommended. This document shows how to use the more secure
   vfio-pci driver.
 * If QAT fails to bind to vfio-pci on Linux kernel 5.9+, please see the
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/virtio.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/virtio.rst
index 83d8e32397..8b96446ff2 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/virtio.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/virtio.rst
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ QEMU can then be started using the following parameters:
         -device virtio-crypto-pci,id=crypto0,cryptodev=cryptodev0
     [...]
 
-Secondly bind the uio_generic driver for the virtio-crypto device.
+Secondly bind the uio_pci_generic driver for the virtio-crypto device.
 For example, 0000:00:04.0 is the domain, bus, device and function
 number of the virtio-crypto device:
 
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst b/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
index 19f9940fe6..c0e218c743 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/netvsc.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ store it in a shell variable:
 
 .. _`UUID`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally_unique_identifier
 
-There are several possible ways to assign the uio device driver for a device.
+There are several possible ways to assign the UIO device driver for a device.
 The easiest way (but only on 4.18 or later)
 is to use the `driverctl Device Driver control utility`_ to override
 the normal kernel device.
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
index 02e74a6e77..ac07d4d1e5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/virtio.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ In this release, the virtio PMD driver provides the basic functionality of packe
 
 *   Virtio supports software vlan stripping and inserting.
 
-*   Virtio supports using port IO to get PCI resource when uio/igb_uio module is not available.
+*   Virtio supports using port IO to get PCI resource when UIO module is not available.
 
 Prerequisites
 -------------
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ Host2VM communication example
 
         insmod rte_kni.ko
 
-    Other basic DPDK preparations like hugepage enabling, uio port binding are not listed here.
+    Other basic DPDK preparations like hugepage enabling,
+    UIO port binding are not listed here.
     Please refer to the *DPDK Getting Started Guide* for detailed instructions.
 
 #.  Launch the kni user application:
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst b/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst
index ae146f0d55..190cf91a47 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/vmxnet3.rst
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ This section describes an example setup for Phy-vSwitch-VM-Phy communication.
 
 .. note::
 
-    Other instructions on preparing to use DPDK such as, hugepage enabling, uio port binding are not listed here.
+    Other instructions on preparing to use DPDK such as,
+    hugepage enabling, UIO port binding are not listed here.
     Please refer to *DPDK Getting Started Guide and DPDK Sample Application's User Guide* for detailed instructions.
 
 The packet reception and transmission flow path is::
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
index ee3ed1e658..e8f9fe6023 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/known_issues.rst
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ Binding PCI devices to igb_uio fails on Linux kernel 3.9 when more than one devi
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 **Description**:
-   A known bug in the uio driver included in Linux kernel version 3.9 prevents more than one PCI device to be
+   A known bug in the UIO driver included in Linux kernel version 3.9 prevents more than one PCI device to be
    bound to the igb_uio driver.
 
 **Implication**:
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ I40e VF may not receive packets in the promiscuous mode
    Poll Mode Driver (PMD).
 
 
-uio pci generic module bind failed in X710/XL710/XXV710
+uio_pci_generic module bind failed in X710/XL710/XXV710
 -------------------------------------------------------
 
 **Description**:
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ virtio tx_burst() function cannot do TSO on shared packets
    Poll Mode Driver (PMD).
 
 
-igb uio legacy mode can not be used in X710/XL710/XXV710
+igb_uio legacy mode can not be used in X710/XL710/XXV710
 --------------------------------------------------------
 
 **Description**:
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ Netvsc driver and application restart
    handshake sequence with the host.
 
 **Resolution/Workaround**:
-   Either reboot the guest or remove and reinsert the hv_uio_generic module.
+   Either reboot the guest or remove and reinsert the uio_hv_generic module.
 
 **Affected Environment/Platform**:
    Linux Hyper-V.
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ Kernel crash when hot-unplug igb_uio device while DPDK application is running
 
 **Reason**:
    When device is hot-unplugged, igb_uio driver will be removed which will destroy UIO resources.
-   Later trying to access any uio resource will cause kernel crash.
+   Later trying to access any UIO resource will cause kernel crash.
 
 **Resolution/Workaround**:
    If using DPDK for PCI HW hot-unplug, prefer to bind device with VFIO instead of IGB_UIO.
diff --git a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst
index 09b1b6c57d..9afde9c7f5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/sample_app_ug/vhost.rst
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Run testpmd inside guest
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Make sure you have DPDK built inside the guest. Also make sure the
-corresponding virtio-net PCI device is bond to a uio driver, which
+corresponding virtio-net PCI device is bond to a UIO driver, which
 could be done by:
 
 .. code-block:: console
