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-rw-r--r--lib/vsprintf.c8
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index eb0cb11d0d12..e49f350ee549 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -3054,8 +3054,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scnprintf);
* @fmt: The format string to use
* @args: Arguments for the format string
*
- * The function returns the number of characters written
- * into @buf. Use vsnprintf() or vscnprintf() in order to avoid
+ * The return value is the number of characters written into @buf not including
+ * the trailing '\0'. Use vsnprintf() or vscnprintf() in order to avoid
* buffer overflows.
*
* If you're not already dealing with a va_list consider using sprintf().
@@ -3074,8 +3074,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(vsprintf);
* @fmt: The format string to use
* @...: Arguments for the format string
*
- * The function returns the number of characters written
- * into @buf. Use snprintf() or scnprintf() in order to avoid
+ * The return value is the number of characters written into @buf not including
+ * the trailing '\0'. Use snprintf() or scnprintf() in order to avoid
* buffer overflows.
*
* See the vsnprintf() documentation for format string extensions over C99.