diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index a19cc271e794..230f0bac06b6 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -451,9 +451,8 @@ static void vma_link(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 }
 
 /*
- * Helper for vma_adjust in the split_vma insert case:
- * insert vm structure into list and rbtree and anon_vma,
- * but it has already been inserted into prio_tree earlier.
+ * Helper for vma_adjust() in the split_vma insert case: insert a vma into the
+ * mm's list and rbtree.  It has already been inserted into the prio_tree.
  */
 static void __insert_vm_struct(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {