diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_irq.c b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_irq.c
index 7a2eaf8410a3b36297b2bc1192fb2249a1859cb5..7ca7b99413f0d98bc5cb9f48bb68dc4a77b78f6f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_irq.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/sdio_irq.c
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ static void sdio_single_irq_set(struct mmc_card *card)
  *
  *	Claim and activate the IRQ for the given SDIO function. The provided
  *	handler will be called when that IRQ is asserted.  The host is always
- *	claimed already when the handler is called so the handler must not
- *	call sdio_claim_host() nor sdio_release_host().
+ *	claimed already when the handler is called so the handler should not
+ *	call sdio_claim_host() or sdio_release_host().
  */
 int sdio_claim_irq(struct sdio_func *func, sdio_irq_handler_t *handler)
 {