diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index c5b1a8c..3fcdd73 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1299,8 +1299,7 @@
  *	< min_nr if the timeout specified by timeout has elapsed
  *	before sufficient events are available, where timeout == NULL
  *	specifies an infinite timeout. Note that the timeout pointed to by
- *	timeout is relative and will be updated if not NULL and the
- *	operation blocks. Will fail with -ENOSYS if not implemented.
+ *	timeout is relative.  Will fail with -ENOSYS if not implemented.
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(io_getevents, aio_context_t, ctx_id,
 		long, min_nr,