diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index c37653b6843fb81bdd60f4e07fd54ec3d9e8c3f3..b414be387180f1db79c90977921296640e15f5e9 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 88eb59dd7ac63b5a37829081406aa64a2d067a79..6965be064a31f2977a64c60a6e8ca59fd0e01912 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1611,8 +1611,9 @@ __alloc_pages_internal(gfp_t gfp_mask, unsigned int order,
 	 * 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)) {