diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index 5d1eabcde5d5f273e6b3e9450c23e0861f69c84c..638165f571dacedf7455f0bc9d87e3390b8ee781 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@ static inline unsigned long hweight_long(unsigned long w)
 	return sizeof(w) == 4 ? hweight32(w) : hweight64(w);
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * rol32 - rotate a 32-bit value left
- *
  * @word: value to rotate
  * @shift: bits to roll
  */
@@ -42,9 +41,8 @@ static inline __u32 rol32(__u32 word, unsigned int shift)
 	return (word << shift) | (word >> (32 - shift));
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * ror32 - rotate a 32-bit value right
- *
  * @word: value to rotate
  * @shift: bits to roll
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/list.h b/include/linux/list.h
index a9c90287c0ffef0509a6ed74719a39a7dcee28ba..611059d633f4a9fcf2ec435309564b4b4bb0b126 100644
--- a/include/linux/list.h
+++ b/include/linux/list.h
@@ -227,13 +227,13 @@ static inline void list_replace_init(struct list_head *old,
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(old);
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * list_replace_rcu - replace old entry by new one
  * @old : the element to be replaced
  * @new : the new element to insert
  *
- * The old entry will be replaced with the new entry atomically.
- * Note: 'old' should not be empty.
+ * The @old entry will be replaced with the @new entry atomically.
+ * Note: @old should not be empty.
  */
 static inline void list_replace_rcu(struct list_head *old,
 				struct list_head *new)
@@ -680,12 +680,12 @@ static inline void hlist_del_init(struct hlist_node *n)
 	}
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * hlist_replace_rcu - replace old entry by new one
  * @old : the element to be replaced
  * @new : the new element to insert
  *
- * The old entry will be replaced with the new entry atomically.
+ * The @old entry will be replaced with the @new entry atomically.
  */
 static inline void hlist_replace_rcu(struct hlist_node *old,
 					struct hlist_node *new)
diff --git a/include/linux/mutex.h b/include/linux/mutex.h
index a7544afd7582cff85c1aa374f6073cb99a331f6e..b81bc2adaeff138095b0db333948f5c03db8d610 100644
--- a/include/linux/mutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/mutex.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ do {							\
 extern void __mutex_init(struct mutex *lock, const char *name,
 			 struct lock_class_key *key);
 
-/***
+/**
  * mutex_is_locked - is the mutex locked
  * @lock: the mutex to be queried
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/rtmutex.h b/include/linux/rtmutex.h
index b0090e9f788432f84a1d67b86d2879ad4a74e031..382bb7951166ec649e7113c4d2eac86194e7ad78 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtmutex.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtmutex.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/plist.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock_types.h>
 
-/*
+/**
  * The rt_mutex structure
  *
  * @wait_lock:	spinlock to protect the structure
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ struct hrtimer_sleeper;
 #define DEFINE_RT_MUTEX(mutexname) \
 	struct rt_mutex mutexname = __RT_MUTEX_INITIALIZER(mutexname)
 
-/***
+/**
  * rt_mutex_is_locked - is the mutex locked
  * @lock: the mutex to be queried
  *
diff --git a/include/linux/timer.h b/include/linux/timer.h
index eeef6643d4c6144df0fd7f54cf4388b22f4f316a..fb5edaaf0ebd11a05500ef64e1e56df5fa4f295b 100644
--- a/include/linux/timer.h
+++ b/include/linux/timer.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static inline void setup_timer(struct timer_list * timer,
 	init_timer(timer);
 }
 
-/***
+/**
  * timer_pending - is a timer pending?
  * @timer: the timer in question
  *
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ extern int mod_timer(struct timer_list *timer, unsigned long expires);
 
 extern unsigned long next_timer_interrupt(void);
 
-/***
+/**
  * add_timer - start a timer
  * @timer: the timer to be added
  *