diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
index 525c7f888c90..353b2549eaa8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
@@ -735,7 +735,8 @@ 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 24101bd7fcad..e35bea2235c1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ 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 dab38b63eaf7..cc81ab7ef4da 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/usb_wwan.c
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ 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)