diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.c b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.c
index 98ad0cfd92..c663be595c 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.c
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.c
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ struct rte_comp_op_pool_private {
  * @param nb_ops
  *   Number of operations to allocate
  * @return
- *   - 0: Success
- *   - -ENOENT: Not enough entries in the mempool; no ops are retrieved.
+ *   - nb_ops: Success, the nb_ops requested was allocated
+ *   - 0: Not enough entries in the mempool; no ops are retrieved.
  */
 static inline int
 rte_comp_op_raw_bulk_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mempool,
diff --git a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
index ee9056ea37..395ce29f84 100644
--- a/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
+++ b/lib/librte_compressdev/rte_comp.h
@@ -448,8 +448,8 @@ rte_comp_op_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mempool);
  * @param nb_ops
  *   Number of operations to allocate
  * @return
- *   - 0: Success
- *   - -ENOENT: Not enough entries in the mempool; no ops are retrieved.
+ *   - nb_ops: Success, the nb_ops requested was allocated
+ *   - 0: Not enough entries in the mempool; no ops are retrieved.
  */
 int __rte_experimental
 rte_comp_op_bulk_alloc(struct rte_mempool *mempool,