diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 3372bc579e896f474ef24cffa929b69228ff9445..f514dd392cd93570e108ba5a489a28975d85034a 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -244,9 +244,8 @@ static void shmem_free_inode(struct super_block *sb)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * shmem_recalc_inode - recalculate the size of an inode
- *
  * @inode: inode to recalc
  *
  * We have to calculate the free blocks since the mm can drop
@@ -270,9 +269,8 @@ static void shmem_recalc_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * shmem_swp_entry - find the swap vector position in the info structure
- *
  * @info:  info structure for the inode
  * @index: index of the page to find
  * @page:  optional page to add to the structure. Has to be preset to
@@ -374,13 +372,13 @@ static void shmem_swp_set(struct shmem_inode_info *info, swp_entry_t *entry, uns
 	}
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * shmem_swp_alloc - get the position of the swap entry for the page.
- *                   If it does not exist allocate the entry.
- *
  * @info:	info structure for the inode
  * @index:	index of the page to find
  * @sgp:	check and recheck i_size? skip allocation?
+ *
+ * If the entry does not exist, allocate it.
  */
 static swp_entry_t *shmem_swp_alloc(struct shmem_inode_info *info, unsigned long index, enum sgp_type sgp)
 {
@@ -440,9 +438,8 @@ static swp_entry_t *shmem_swp_alloc(struct shmem_inode_info *info, unsigned long
 	return entry;
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * shmem_free_swp - free some swap entries in a directory
- *
  * @dir:        pointer to the directory
  * @edir:       pointer after last entry of the directory
  * @punch_lock: pointer to spinlock when needed for the holepunch case
@@ -2022,7 +2019,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations shmem_symlink_inode_operations = {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL
-/**
+/*
  * Superblocks without xattr inode operations will get security.* xattr
  * support from the VFS "for free". As soon as we have any other xattrs
  * like ACLs, we also need to implement the security.* handlers at
@@ -2561,12 +2558,11 @@ static int __init init_tmpfs(void)
 }
 module_init(init_tmpfs)
 
-/*
+/**
  * shmem_file_setup - get an unlinked file living in tmpfs
- *
  * @name: name for dentry (to be seen in /proc/<pid>/maps
  * @size: size to be set for the file
- *
+ * @flags: vm_flags
  */
 struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -2621,9 +2617,8 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * shmem_zero_setup - setup a shared anonymous mapping
- *
  * @vma: the vma to be mmapped is prepared by do_mmap_pgoff
  */
 int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
diff --git a/mm/tiny-shmem.c b/mm/tiny-shmem.c
index 702083638c16d9a4a6878048f999f58c889fdd92..f0f55875dd6acc34d3c9ee05298cd43dcea02650 100644
--- a/mm/tiny-shmem.c
+++ b/mm/tiny-shmem.c
@@ -39,12 +39,11 @@ static int __init init_tmpfs(void)
 }
 module_init(init_tmpfs)
 
-/*
+/**
  * shmem_file_setup - get an unlinked file living in tmpfs
- *
  * @name: name for dentry (to be seen in /proc/<pid>/maps
  * @size: size to be set for the file
- *
+ * @flags: vm_flags
  */
 struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -95,9 +94,8 @@ struct file *shmem_file_setup(char *name, loff_t size, unsigned long flags)
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * shmem_zero_setup - setup a shared anonymous mapping
- *
  * @vma: the vma to be mmapped is prepared by do_mmap_pgoff
  */
 int shmem_zero_setup(struct vm_area_struct *vma)