diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index 51ee90bca2dedcc8b882f96130c3486fe3111ce5..00e6f0a1e7a38a701184dbe06b06f5bc21af99c1 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ remove_hrtimer(struct hrtimer *timer, struct hrtimer_clock_base *base)
 }
 
 /**
- * hrtimer_start_range_ns - (re)start an relative timer on the current CPU
+ * hrtimer_start_range_ns - (re)start an hrtimer on the current CPU
  * @timer:	the timer to be added
  * @tim:	expiry time
  * @delta_ns:	"slack" range for the timer
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ hrtimer_start_range_ns(struct hrtimer *timer, ktime_t tim, unsigned long delta_n
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hrtimer_start_range_ns);
 
 /**
- * hrtimer_start - (re)start an relative timer on the current CPU
+ * hrtimer_start - (re)start an hrtimer on the current CPU
  * @timer:	the timer to be added
  * @tim:	expiry time
  * @mode:	expiry mode: absolute (HRTIMER_ABS) or relative (HRTIMER_REL)