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diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 461fb620f85f..f7bc10da4259 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -173,8 +173,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strlcpy);
* doesn't unnecessarily force the tail of the destination buffer to be
* zeroed. If zeroing is desired please use strscpy_pad().
*
- * Return: The number of characters copied (not including the trailing
- * %NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough.
+ * Returns:
+ * * The number of characters copied (not including the trailing %NUL)
+ * * -E2BIG if count is 0 or @src was truncated.
*/
ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
{
@@ -253,8 +254,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strscpy);
* For full explanation of why you may want to consider using the
* 'strscpy' functions please see the function docstring for strscpy().
*
- * Return: The number of characters copied (not including the trailing
- * %NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough.
+ * Returns:
+ * * The number of characters copied (not including the trailing %NUL)
+ * * -E2BIG if count is 0 or @src was truncated.
*/
ssize_t strscpy_pad(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
{