diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index a18c87b633768a2931c08c176c9db381594941d9..89bdc92e75c339f93a97e87352da0e1f2f193f46 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 
 /*
- * Simple doubly linked list implementation.
+ * Circular doubly linked list implementation.
  *
  * Some of the internal functions ("__xxx") are useful when
  * manipulating whole lists rather than single entries, as