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diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
index 4a4c0834f965..a9a8027a6c0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ return_from_SYSCALL_64:
* If width of "canonical tail" ever becomes variable, this will need
* to be updated to remain correct on both old and new CPUs.
*
- * Change top 16 bits to be the sign-extension of 47th bit
+ * Change top bits to match most significant bit (47th or 56th bit
+ * depending on paging mode) in the address.
*/
shl $(64 - (__VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT+1)), %rcx
sar $(64 - (__VIRTUAL_MASK_SHIFT+1)), %rcx