diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 38a71df48d48..7649ef4ed7d0 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1713,10 +1713,10 @@ static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, struct printf_spec spec)
  *
  * Right now we handle:
  *
- * - 'F' For symbolic function descriptor pointers with offset
- * - 'f' For simple symbolic function names without offset
- * - 'S' For symbolic direct pointers with offset
- * - 's' For symbolic direct pointers without offset
+ * - 'S' For symbolic direct pointers (or function descriptors) with offset
+ * - 's' For symbolic direct pointers (or function descriptors) without offset
+ * - 'F' Same as 'S'
+ * - 'f' Same as 's'
  * - '[FfSs]R' as above with __builtin_extract_return_addr() translation
  * - 'B' For backtraced symbolic direct pointers with offset
  * - 'R' For decoded struct resource, e.g., [mem 0x0-0x1f 64bit pref]
@@ -1813,10 +1813,6 @@ static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, struct printf_spec spec)
  * ** When making changes please also update:
  *	Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
  *
- * Note: The difference between 'S' and 'F' is that on ia64 and ppc64
- * function pointers are really function descriptors, which contain a
- * pointer to the real address.
- *
  * Note: The default behaviour (unadorned %p) is to hash the address,
  * rendering it useful as a unique identifier.
  */