diff --git a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
index 657e6a7d1c03..7ddb29cc7dba 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/srcutree.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2006
  * Copyright (C) Fujitsu, 2012
  *
- * Author: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
+ * Authors: Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
  *	   Lai Jiangshan <laijs@cn.fujitsu.com>
  *
  * For detailed explanation of Read-Copy Update mechanism see -
diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 53946b169699..a70f56bb56a7 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
 /*
- * Read-Copy Update mechanism for mutual exclusion
+ * Read-Copy Update mechanism for mutual exclusion (tree-based version)
  *
  * Copyright IBM Corporation, 2008
  *
  * Authors: Dipankar Sarma <dipankar@in.ibm.com>
  *	    Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
- *	    Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Hierarchical version
+ *	    Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
  *
  * Based on the original work by Paul McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
  * and inputs from Rusty Russell, Andrea Arcangeli and Andi Kleen.