2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index c37653b6843f..b414be387180 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
 #define __GFP_FS        ((__force gfp_t)0x80u)  /* Can call down to low-level FS? */
 #define __GFP_COLD      ((__force gfp_t)0x100u) /* Cache-cold page required */
 #define __GFP_NOWARN    ((__force gfp_t)0x200u) /* Suppress page allocation failure warning */
-#define __GFP_REPEAT    ((__force gfp_t)0x400u) /* Retry the allocation.  Might fail */
-#define __GFP_NOFAIL    ((__force gfp_t)0x800u) /* Retry for ever.  Cannot fail */
-#define __GFP_NORETRY   ((__force gfp_t)0x1000u)/* Do not retry.  Might fail */
+#define __GFP_REPEAT    ((__force gfp_t)0x400u) /* See above */
+#define __GFP_NOFAIL    ((__force gfp_t)0x800u) /* See above */
+#define __GFP_NORETRY   ((__force gfp_t)0x1000u)/* See above */
 #define __GFP_COMP      ((__force gfp_t)0x4000u)/* Add compound page metadata */
 #define __GFP_ZERO      ((__force gfp_t)0x8000u)/* Return zeroed page on success */
 #define __GFP_NOMEMALLOC ((__force gfp_t)0x10000u) /* Don't use emergency reserves */
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 88eb59dd7ac6..6965be064a31 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1611,8 +1611,9 @@ nofail_alloc:
          * Don't let big-order allocations loop unless the caller explicitly
          * requests that.  Wait for some write requests to complete then retry.
          *
-         * In this implementation, __GFP_REPEAT means __GFP_NOFAIL for order
-         * <= 3, but that may not be true in other implementations.
+         * In this implementation, either order <= PAGE_ALLOC_COSTLY_ORDER or
+         * __GFP_REPEAT mean __GFP_NOFAIL, but that may not be true in other
+         * implementations.
          */
         do_retry = 0;
         if (!(gfp_mask & __GFP_NORETRY)) {