diff --git a/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst b/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst
index 7ff18f4f74..dd96527ee5 100644
--- a/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/contributing/abi_versioning.rst
@@ -417,8 +417,7 @@ versioning, in the ``meson.build`` file we add the following
    use_function_versioning = true
 
 at the start of the head of the file. This will indicate to the tool-chain to
-enable the function version macros when building. There is no corresponding
-directive required for the ``make`` build system.
+enable the function version macros when building.
 
 
 .. _aliasing_experimental_symbols:
diff --git a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
index 68b6405ae0..ad7c1afec0 100644
--- a/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.rst
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ DPDK Release 21.11
 
    Build the docs and view the output file to ensure the changes are correct::
 
-      make doc-guides-html
-      xdg-open build/doc/html/guides/rel_notes/release_21_11.html
+      ninja -C build doc
+      xdg-open build/doc/guides/html/rel_notes/release_21_11.html
 
 
 New Features
diff --git a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build
index 6abf27ce63..cbea58f557 100644
--- a/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/common/mlx5/linux/meson.build
@@ -55,8 +55,6 @@ endif
 
 deps += ['bus_auxiliary']
 
-# To maintain the compatibility with the make build system
-# mlx5_autoconf.h file is still generated.
 # input array for meson member search:
 # [ "MACRO to define if found", "header for the search",
 #   "symbol to search", "struct member to search" ]
diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/meson.build b/drivers/net/mlx4/meson.build
index 5ab6b7f16d..99a30eab8f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/meson.build
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ if get_option('buildtype').contains('debug')
 else
     cflags += [ '-UPEDANTIC' ]
 endif
-# To maintain the compatibility with the make build system
-# mlx4_autoconf.h file is still generated.
 # input array for meson member search:
 # [ "MACRO to define if found", "header for the search",
 #   "symbol to search", "struct member to search" ]
diff --git a/drivers/net/tap/meson.build b/drivers/net/tap/meson.build
index 43fd7775e6..c09713a67b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tap/meson.build
+++ b/drivers/net/tap/meson.build
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ deps = ['bus_vdev', 'gso', 'hash']
 
 cflags += '-DTAP_MAX_QUEUES=16'
 
-# To maintain the compatibility with the make build system
-# tap_autoconf.h file is still generated.
 # input array for meson symbol search:
 # [ "MACRO to define if found", "header for the search",
 #   "enum/define", "symbol to search" ]