diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/include/rte_os.h b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/include/rte_os.h
index eeb750cd81..c16f2a30e9 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/include/rte_os.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/freebsd/include/rte_os.h
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 #define _RTE_OS_H_
 
 /**
- * This is header should contain any function/macro definition
- * which are not supported natively or named differently in the
- * freebsd OS. Functions will be added in future releases.
+ * This header should contain any definition
+ * which is not supported natively or named differently in FreeBSD.
  */
 
 #include <pthread_np.h>
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/linux/include/rte_os.h b/lib/librte_eal/linux/include/rte_os.h
index 218d4fa86e..390b87b3a1 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/linux/include/rte_os.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/linux/include/rte_os.h
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 #define _RTE_OS_H_
 
 /**
- * This is header should contain any function/macro definition
- * which are not supported natively or named differently in the
- * linux OS. Functions will be added in future releases.
+ * This header should contain any definition
+ * which is not supported natively or named differently in Linux.
  */
 
 #include <sched.h>
diff --git a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
index 7ef38ff06c..f0512f20a6 100644
--- a/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
+++ b/lib/librte_eal/windows/include/rte_os.h
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 #define _RTE_OS_H_
 
 /**
- * This is header should contain any function/macro definition
- * which are not supported natively or named differently in the
- * Windows OS. It must not include Windows-specific headers.
+ * This header should contain any definition
+ * which is not supported natively or named differently in Windows.
  */
 
 #include <stdarg.h>