diff --git a/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c
index 44ad90c03c2ecaa615f9e6aa6f5366cc994e1399..d3d0886d637f4f6e33e7a0f0ed54fe00560d2615 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/asus_acpi.c
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 static uid_t asus_uid;
 static gid_t asus_gid;
 module_param(asus_uid, uint, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(asus_uid, "UID for entries in /proc/acpi/asus.\n");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(asus_uid, "UID for entries in /proc/acpi/asus");
 module_param(asus_gid, uint, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(asus_gid, "GID for entries in /proc/acpi/asus.\n");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(asus_gid, "GID for entries in /proc/acpi/asus");
 
 /* For each model, all features implemented, 
  * those marked with R are relative to HOTK, A for absolute */
diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
index d625169c8e48a99951cbb3f833755f77ee0eca1f..0c81ca7312878a05b1bc96cbc47d2722ee6b8c37 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoenet.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ enum {
 
 static char aoe_iflist[IFLISTSZ];
 module_param_string(aoe_iflist, aoe_iflist, IFLISTSZ, 0600);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(aoe_iflist, "aoe_iflist=\"dev1 [dev2 ...]\"\n");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(aoe_iflist, "aoe_iflist=\"dev1 [dev2 ...]\"");
 
 #ifndef MODULE
 static int __init aoe_iflist_setup(char *str)
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c
index 349ac3d3b8480c13d91c850f917819774f92edbf..637bd7faf132093764351e938c24198cd50424ee 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_drv.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 int radeon_no_wb;
 
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_wb, "Disable AGP writeback for scratch registers\n");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(no_wb, "Disable AGP writeback for scratch registers");
 module_param_named(no_wb, radeon_no_wb, int, 0444);
 
 static int dri_library_name(struct drm_device *dev, char *buf)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba7220.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba7220.c
index fb70712ac85c6d261fcf88bc7af63fef8dbfcdc3..fadbfbf55a6aee2199fa124807da51bf8e8940a8 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba7220.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_iba7220.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ static const struct ipath_cregs ipath_7220_cregs = {
 
 static char int_type[16] = "auto";
 module_param_string(interrupt_type, int_type, sizeof(int_type), 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(int_type, " interrupt_type=auto|force_msi|force_intx\n");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(int_type, " interrupt_type=auto|force_msi|force_intx");
 
 /* packet rate matching delay; chip has support */
 static u8 rate_to_delay[2][2] = {
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cs5345.c b/drivers/media/video/cs5345.c
index 61d14d26686fdc05dffa7f1baf8185a861115d27..a662b15d5b90b27db329e446528eb01510a28b97 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cs5345.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cs5345.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int debug;
 
 module_param(debug, bool, 0644);
 
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debugging messages\n\t\t\t0=Off (default), 1=On");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debugging messages, 0=Off (default), 1=On");
 
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cs53l32a.c b/drivers/media/video/cs53l32a.c
index e30a589c0e18187b095e6a23ee418c505b8f31ed..c4444500b330ec711c0365c17cc6a093fdd61d9b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cs53l32a.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cs53l32a.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int debug;
 
 module_param(debug, bool, 0644);
 
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debugging messages\n\t\t\t0=Off (default), 1=On");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "Debugging messages, 0=Off (default), 1=On");
 
 static unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { 0x22 >> 1, I2C_CLIENT_END };
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/mt9v022.c b/drivers/media/video/mt9v022.c
index b31ba4e093270e6ab3fc3238637638cf85e1ec97..56808cd2f8a96ac1079db1dbb2d33782194feaf9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/mt9v022.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/mt9v022.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 static char *sensor_type;
 module_param(sensor_type, charp, S_IRUGO);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(sensor_type, "Sensor type: \"colour\" or \"monochrome\"\n");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(sensor_type, "Sensor type: \"colour\" or \"monochrome\"");
 
 /* mt9v022 selected register addresses */
 #define MT9V022_CHIP_VERSION		0x00
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index e13966bb5f7749d8462e76fb3d9aa802b80eab46..9681618c32321912c522e9953cd71eac4db06443 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
 static char config[MAX_PARAM_LENGTH];
 module_param_string(netconsole, config, MAX_PARAM_LENGTH, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(netconsole, " netconsole=[src-port]@[src-ip]/[dev],[tgt-port]@<tgt-ip>/[tgt-macaddr]\n");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(netconsole, " netconsole=[src-port]@[src-ip]/[dev],[tgt-port]@<tgt-ip>/[tgt-macaddr]");
 
 #ifndef	MODULE
 static int __init option_setup(char *opt)
diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c
index 7766cde0d63d99edb91da8b13e5dee6633efd6f5..bf621328b6019e3a89bc21406ecaf4f8370218d9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/3c359.c
@@ -95,20 +95,20 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("3Com 3C359 Velocity XL Token Ring Adapter Driver \n") ;
 static int ringspeed[XL_MAX_ADAPTERS] = {0,} ;
 
 module_param_array(ringspeed, int, NULL, 0);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ringspeed,"3c359: Ringspeed selection - 4,16 or 0") ; 
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ringspeed,"3c359: Ringspeed selection - 4,16 or 0") ;
 
 /* Packet buffer size */
 
 static int pkt_buf_sz[XL_MAX_ADAPTERS] = {0,} ;
  
 module_param_array(pkt_buf_sz, int, NULL, 0) ;
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(pkt_buf_sz,"3c359: Initial buffer size") ; 
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(pkt_buf_sz,"3c359: Initial buffer size") ;
 /* Message Level */
 
-static int message_level[XL_MAX_ADAPTERS] = {0,} ; 
+static int message_level[XL_MAX_ADAPTERS] = {0,} ;
 
 module_param_array(message_level, int, NULL, 0) ;
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(message_level, "3c359: Level of reported messages \n") ; 
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(message_level, "3c359: Level of reported messages") ;
 /* 
  *	This is a real nasty way of doing this, but otherwise you
  *	will be stuck with 1555 lines of hex #'s in the code.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
index 1acfbcd3703c229da68be2ee1f58fc97afcc566e..846a7d05185133ac67dfd6f900c614b9c9172b77 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.c
@@ -11946,7 +11946,7 @@ module_param(auto_create, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(auto_create, "auto create adhoc network (default on)");
 
 module_param(led, int, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(led, "enable led control on some systems (default 0 off)\n");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(led, "enable led control on some systems (default 0 off)");
 
 module_param(debug, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug output mask");
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
index 9afecb813716d90817bf180bef80008253dcf7d9..ba2df1ba32d28833681f4f06e1aa644375cad445 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-4965.c
@@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(antenna, "select antenna (1=Main, 2=Aux, default 0 [both])");
 module_param_named(disable, iwl4965_mod_params.disable, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(disable, "manually disable the radio (default 0 [radio on])");
 module_param_named(swcrypto, iwl4965_mod_params.sw_crypto, int, 0444);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(swcrypto, "using crypto in software (default 0 [hardware])\n");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(swcrypto, "using crypto in software (default 0 [hardware])");
 module_param_named(debug, iwl4965_mod_params.debug, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "debug output mask");
 module_param_named(
diff --git a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
index 54e82f35353dec0e843e56dfed47c163a410b9dd..c02136202792fab1b97c8d9a6d3938db69c241cb 100644
--- a/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
+++ b/drivers/video/matrox/matroxfb_base.c
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ module_param(fh, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fh, "Startup horizontal frequency, 0-999kHz, 1000-INF Hz");
 module_param(fv, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(fv, "Startup vertical frequency, 0-INF Hz\n"
-"You should specify \"fv:max_monitor_vsync,fh:max_monitor_hsync,maxclk:max_monitor_dotclock\"\n");
+"You should specify \"fv:max_monitor_vsync,fh:max_monitor_hsync,maxclk:max_monitor_dotclock\"");
 module_param(grayscale, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(grayscale, "Sets display into grayscale. Works perfectly with paletized videomode (4, 8bpp), some limitations apply to 16, 24 and 32bpp videomodes (default=nograyscale)");
 module_param(cross4MB, int, 0);