diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index a2c819d3c96e..032560295fcb 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -272,6 +272,8 @@ static inline void cpumask_clear_cpu(int cpu, struct cpumask *dstp)
  * @cpu: cpu number (< nr_cpu_ids)
  * @cpumask: the cpumask pointer
  *
+ * Returns 1 if @cpu is set in @cpumask, else returns 0
+ *
  * No static inline type checking - see Subtlety (1) above.
  */
 #define cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cpumask) \
@@ -282,6 +284,8 @@ static inline void cpumask_clear_cpu(int cpu, struct cpumask *dstp)
  * @cpu: cpu number (< nr_cpu_ids)
  * @cpumask: the cpumask pointer
  *
+ * Returns 1 if @cpu is set in old bitmap of @cpumask, else returns 0
+ *
  * test_and_set_bit wrapper for cpumasks.
  */
 static inline int cpumask_test_and_set_cpu(int cpu, struct cpumask *cpumask)
@@ -294,6 +298,8 @@ static inline int cpumask_test_and_set_cpu(int cpu, struct cpumask *cpumask)
  * @cpu: cpu number (< nr_cpu_ids)
  * @cpumask: the cpumask pointer
  *
+ * Returns 1 if @cpu is set in old bitmap of @cpumask, else returns 0
+ *
  * test_and_clear_bit wrapper for cpumasks.
  */
 static inline int cpumask_test_and_clear_cpu(int cpu, struct cpumask *cpumask)
@@ -324,6 +330,8 @@ static inline void cpumask_clear(struct cpumask *dstp)
  * @dstp: the cpumask result
  * @src1p: the first input
  * @src2p: the second input
+ *
+ * If *@dstp is empty, returns 0, else returns 1
  */
 static inline int cpumask_and(struct cpumask *dstp,
 			       const struct cpumask *src1p,
@@ -365,6 +373,8 @@ static inline void cpumask_xor(struct cpumask *dstp,
  * @dstp: the cpumask result
  * @src1p: the first input
  * @src2p: the second input
+ *
+ * If *@dstp is empty, returns 0, else returns 1
  */
 static inline int cpumask_andnot(struct cpumask *dstp,
 				  const struct cpumask *src1p,
@@ -414,6 +424,8 @@ static inline bool cpumask_intersects(const struct cpumask *src1p,
  * cpumask_subset - (*src1p & ~*src2p) == 0
  * @src1p: the first input
  * @src2p: the second input
+ *
+ * Returns 1 if *@src1p is a subset of *@src2p, else returns 0
  */
 static inline int cpumask_subset(const struct cpumask *src1p,
 				 const struct cpumask *src2p)
@@ -579,9 +591,8 @@ static inline int cpulist_scnprintf(char *buf, int len,
 }
 
 /**
- * cpulist_parse_user - extract a cpumask from a user string of ranges
+ * cpulist_parse - extract a cpumask from a user string of ranges
  * @buf: the buffer to extract from
- * @len: the length of the buffer
  * @dstp: the cpumask to set.
  *
  * Returns -errno, or 0 for success.
diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h
index 6b951095a42f..5e664f671615 100644
--- a/include/linux/init.h
+++ b/include/linux/init.h
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ extern bool initcall_debug;
  * initializes variables that couldn't be statically initialized.
  *
  * This only exists for built-in code, not for modules.
+ * Keep main.c:initcall_level_names[] in sync.
  */
 #define pure_initcall(fn)		__define_initcall("0",fn,0)
 
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ void __init parse_early_options(char *cmdline);
 
 #else /* MODULE */
 
-/* Don't use these in modules, but some people do... */
+/* Don't use these in loadable modules, but some people do... */
 #define early_initcall(fn)		module_init(fn)
 #define core_initcall(fn)		module_init(fn)
 #define postcore_initcall(fn)		module_init(fn)
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index eb72a5c4c844..95316a1b4a76 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ static initcall_t *initcall_levels[] __initdata = {
 	__initcall_end,
 };
 
+/* Keep these in sync with initcalls in include/linux/init.h */
 static char *initcall_level_names[] __initdata = {
 	"early",
 	"core",