diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/errno.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
index e5f29ca28180..17f92aa76b2f 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 #define	EUSERS		68	/* Too many users */
 #define	EDQUOT		69	/* Quota exceeded */
-#define	ESTALE		70	/* Stale NFS file handle */
+#define	ESTALE		70	/* Stale file handle */
 #define	EREMOTE		71	/* Object is remote */
 
 #define	ENOLCK		77	/* No record locks available */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/errno.h b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
index 31575e2fd1bd..02d645d7aa9a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 #define EWOULDBLOCK	EAGAIN	/* Operation would block */
 #define EALREADY	149	/* Operation already in progress */
 #define EINPROGRESS	150	/* Operation now in progress */
-#define ESTALE		151	/* Stale NFS file handle */
+#define ESTALE		151	/* Stale file handle */
 #define ECANCELED	158	/* AIO operation canceled */
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/errno.h b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
index 135ad6047e51..f3a8aa554841 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #define	EBADMSG		67	/* Not a data message */
 #define	EUSERS		68	/* Too many users */
 #define	EDQUOT		69	/* Quota exceeded */
-#define	ESTALE		70	/* Stale NFS file handle */
+#define	ESTALE		70	/* Stale file handle */
 #define	EREMOTE		71	/* Object is remote */
 #define	EOVERFLOW	72	/* Value too large for defined data type */
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/errno.h b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
index c351aba997b7..20423e172853 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/uapi/asm/errno.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define EPROCLIM        67      /* SUNOS: Too many processes */
 #define	EUSERS		68	/* Too many users */
 #define	EDQUOT		69	/* Quota exceeded */
-#define	ESTALE		70	/* Stale NFS file handle */
+#define	ESTALE		70	/* Stale file handle */
 #define	EREMOTE		71	/* Object is remote */
 #define	ENOSTR		72	/* Device not a stream */
 #define	ETIME		73	/* Timer expired */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_errno.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_errno.h
index 2870487dd286..35aefa2cdad1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_errno.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_errno.h
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 #define LUSTRE_EHOSTUNREACH	113	/* No route to host */
 #define LUSTRE_EALREADY		114	/* Operation already in progress */
 #define LUSTRE_EINPROGRESS	115	/* Operation now in progress */
-#define LUSTRE_ESTALE		116	/* Stale NFS file handle */
+#define LUSTRE_ESTALE		116	/* Stale file handle */
 #define LUSTRE_EUCLEAN		117	/* Structure needs cleaning */
 #define LUSTRE_ENOTNAM		118	/* Not a XENIX named type file */
 #define LUSTRE_ENAVAIL		119	/* No XENIX semaphores available */
diff --git a/include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h b/include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h
index a1331ce50445..1e1ea6e6e7a5 100644
--- a/include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h
+++ b/include/uapi/asm-generic/errno.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 #define	EHOSTUNREACH	113	/* No route to host */
 #define	EALREADY	114	/* Operation already in progress */
 #define	EINPROGRESS	115	/* Operation now in progress */
-#define	ESTALE		116	/* Stale NFS file handle */
+#define	ESTALE		116	/* Stale file handle */
 #define	EUCLEAN		117	/* Structure needs cleaning */
 #define	ENOTNAM		118	/* Not a XENIX named type file */
 #define	ENAVAIL		119	/* No XENIX semaphores available */