diff --git a/include/linux/ptrace.h b/include/linux/ptrace.h
index 0d36750fc0f10954cad808cb863183cf5e0265cd..ee918bc6e18c6ddb0d09ca8b8bc0c9a14c4611e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ptrace.h
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 /*
  * Ptrace flags
+ *
+ * The owner ship rules for task->ptrace which holds the ptrace
+ * flags is simple.  When a task is running it owns it's task->ptrace
+ * flags.  When the a task is stopped the ptracer owns task->ptrace.
  */
 
 #define PT_PTRACED	0x00000001
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 267f1525704064422cffa4e85250a967f3bf8d92..a9d23c7d1b25d242ebd4b0c1cda7c8eab33639ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ static inline int thread_group_empty(task_t *p)
 		(thread_group_leader(p) && !thread_group_empty(p))
 
 /*
- * Protects ->fs, ->files, ->mm, ->ptrace, ->group_info, ->comm, keyring
+ * Protects ->fs, ->files, ->mm, ->group_info, ->comm, keyring
  * subscriptions and synchronises with wait4().  Also used in procfs.  Also
  * pins the final release of task.io_context.  Also protects ->cpuset.
  *