diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
index 57fc3c31712e..018a27d879b8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
@@ -737,7 +737,8 @@ static void sierra_close(struct usb_serial_port *port)
 
 	/*
 	 * Need to take susp_lock to make sure port is not already being
-	 * resumed, but no need to hold it due to initialized
+	 * resumed, but no need to hold it due to the tty-port initialized
+	 * flag.
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(&intfdata->susp_lock);
 	if (--intfdata->open_ports == 0)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
index 27e3bb58c872..e8dd4603b201 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ static int serial_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
  *
  * Shut down a USB serial port. Serialized against activate by the
  * tport mutex and kept to matching open/close pairs
- * of calls by the initialized flag.
+ * of calls by the tty-port initialized flag.
  *
  * Not called if tty is console.
  */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c b/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c
index b2285d5a869d..628a75d1232a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c
@@ -435,7 +435,8 @@ void usb_wwan_close(struct usb_serial_port *port)
 
 	/*
 	 * Need to take susp_lock to make sure port is not already being
-	 * resumed, but no need to hold it due to initialized
+	 * resumed, but no need to hold it due to the tty-port initialized
+	 * flag.
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(&intfdata->susp_lock);
 	if (--intfdata->open_ports == 0)