diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index 5787802c2d6a4..faa2303dbf0a4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -341,9 +341,6 @@ static int ocfs2_commit_cache(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	return status;
 }
 
-/* pass it NULL and it will allocate a new handle object for you.  If
- * you pass it a handle however, it may still return error, in which
- * case it has free'd the passed handle for you. */
 handle_t *ocfs2_start_trans(struct ocfs2_super *osb, int max_buffs)
 {
 	journal_t *journal = osb->journal->j_journal;