diff --git a/include/linux/swapops.h b/include/linux/swapops.h
index 09945342bf76bf2a5d149b4620b254ee1597655d..fe220df499f1fbf82bc562b39fac5b5bd9fb1313 100644
--- a/include/linux/swapops.h
+++ b/include/linux/swapops.h
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@
  * get good packing density in that tree, so the index should be dense in
  * the low-order bits.
  *
- * We arrange the `type' and `offset' fields so that `type' is at the seven
+ * We arrange the `type' and `offset' fields so that `type' is at the six
  * high-order bits of the swp_entry_t and `offset' is right-aligned in the
  * remaining bits.  Although `type' itself needs only five bits, we allow for
- * shmem/tmpfs to shift it all up a further two bits: see swp_to_radix_entry().
+ * shmem/tmpfs to shift it all up a further one bit: see swp_to_radix_entry().
  *
  * swp_entry_t's are *never* stored anywhere in their arch-dependent format.
  */