diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
index 18bb44d18e89266b57814388682c9020e12ea3d2..62afc63708a5c85dec58aae278b2f2047c476e3e 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/it87.c
@@ -214,10 +214,8 @@ static const unsigned int pwm_freq[8] = {
 };
 
 
-/* For each registered IT87, we need to keep some data in memory. That
-   data is pointed to by it87_list[NR]->data. The structure itself is
-   dynamically allocated, at the same time when a new it87 client is
-   allocated. */
+/* For each registered chip, we need to keep some data in memory.
+   The structure is dynamically allocated. */
 struct it87_data {
 	struct i2c_client client;
 	struct class_device *class_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
index 73bc2ffc598d2cabf66664f34b43b9f9dbb2d9ce..886786c33916d8960757251d4bdf5fd662a5d6dd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm78.c
@@ -125,10 +125,8 @@ static inline int TEMP_FROM_REG(s8 val)
    bad. Quite a lot of bookkeeping is done. A real driver can often cut
    some corners. */
 
-/* For each registered LM78, we need to keep some data in memory. That
-   data is pointed to by lm78_list[NR]->data. The structure itself is
-   dynamically allocated, at the same time when a new lm78 client is
-   allocated. */
+/* For each registered chip, we need to keep some data in memory.
+   The structure is dynamically allocated. */
 struct lm78_data {
 	struct i2c_client client;
 	struct class_device *class_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c b/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c
index bb7a13669e83486a71a1ba19625c94e30cd12197..20a8c648280d5c64cfe94da9f4de860053ff183d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/lm85.c
@@ -298,11 +298,6 @@ static int ZONE_TO_REG( int zone )
 #define LM85_DATA_INTERVAL  (HZ + HZ / 2)
 #define LM85_CONFIG_INTERVAL  (1 * 60 * HZ)
 
-/* For each registered LM85, we need to keep some data in memory. That
-   data is pointed to by lm85_list[NR]->data. The structure itself is
-   dynamically allocated, at the same time when a new lm85 client is
-   allocated. */
-
 /* LM85 can automatically adjust fan speeds based on temperature
  * This structure encapsulates an entire Zone config.  There are
  * three zones (one for each temperature input) on the lm85
@@ -329,6 +324,8 @@ struct lm85_autofan {
 	u8 min_off;	/* Min PWM or OFF below "limit", flag */
 };
 
+/* For each registered chip, we need to keep some data in memory.
+   The structure is dynamically allocated. */
 struct lm85_data {
 	struct i2c_client client;
 	struct class_device *class_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
index 95a4b5d9eaf29820cdba79472de2f97ea482f269..3f400263fc0f2e861b88614634e86b23264a898c 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/sis5595.c
@@ -162,10 +162,8 @@ static inline u8 DIV_TO_REG(int val)
 }
 #define DIV_FROM_REG(val) (1 << (val))
 
-/* For the SIS5595, we need to keep some data in memory. That
-   data is pointed to by sis5595_list[NR]->data. The structure itself is
-   dynamically allocated, at the time when the new sis5595 client is
-   allocated. */
+/* For each registered chip, we need to keep some data in memory.
+   The structure is dynamically allocated. */
 struct sis5595_data {
 	struct i2c_client client;
 	struct class_device *class_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c b/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
index f8acada0537a7894d6dd318558e3bc71ca1dd546..9a440c8cc5203c3fc4b6ac5646d0d980230284a5 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/via686a.c
@@ -292,9 +292,8 @@ static inline long TEMP_FROM_REG10(u16 val)
 #define DIV_FROM_REG(val) (1 << (val))
 #define DIV_TO_REG(val) ((val)==8?3:(val)==4?2:(val)==1?0:1)
 
-/* For the VIA686A, we need to keep some data in memory.
-   The structure is dynamically allocated, at the same time when a new
-   via686a client is allocated. */
+/* For each registered chip, we need to keep some data in memory.
+   The structure is dynamically allocated. */
 struct via686a_data {
 	struct i2c_client client;
 	struct class_device *class_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
index dfdc29c77123a7e0530984f5251f229f000a9f89..d7e240635b3b7b3d370d81db423e48e90b3249a8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83627hf.c
@@ -286,9 +286,8 @@ static inline u8 DIV_TO_REG(long val)
 	return ((u8) i);
 }
 
-/* For each registered chip, we need to keep some data in memory. That
-   data is pointed to by w83627hf_list[NR]->data. The structure itself is
-   dynamically allocated, at the same time when a new client is allocated. */
+/* For each registered chip, we need to keep some data in memory.
+   The structure is dynamically allocated. */
 struct w83627hf_data {
 	struct i2c_client client;
 	struct class_device *class_dev;
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c
index 1232171c3aad804a97320e0a909bd1fa6ee3d362..a47da3ec5472e61eaab91f5c837df97f708502e0 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83781d.c
@@ -221,14 +221,8 @@ DIV_TO_REG(long val, enum chips type)
    a bit - except if there could be more than one SMBus. Groan. No solution
    for this yet. */
 
-/* This module may seem overly long and complicated. In fact, it is not so
-   bad. Quite a lot of bookkeeping is done. A real driver can often cut
-   some corners. */
-
-/* For each registered W83781D, we need to keep some data in memory. That
-   data is pointed to by w83781d_list[NR]->data. The structure itself is
-   dynamically allocated, at the same time when a new w83781d client is
-   allocated. */
+/* For each registered chip, we need to keep some data in memory.
+   The structure is dynamically allocated. */
 struct w83781d_data {
 	struct i2c_client client;
 	struct class_device *class_dev;