diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 6d6d5fce2120..c63fd18cea50 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@ static bool shmem_confirm_swap(struct address_space *mapping,
  *	enables huge pages for the mount;
  * SHMEM_HUGE_WITHIN_SIZE:
  *	only allocate huge pages if the page will be fully within i_size,
- *	also respect fadvise()/madvise() hints;
+ *	also respect madvise() hints;
  * SHMEM_HUGE_ADVISE:
- *	only allocate huge pages if requested with fadvise()/madvise();
+ *	only allocate huge pages if requested with madvise();
  */
 
 #define SHMEM_HUGE_NEVER	0