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diff --git a/block/bdev.c b/block/bdev.c
index cff0bb3a4578..7e6156203a71 100644
--- a/block/bdev.c
+++ b/block/bdev.c
@@ -964,9 +964,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_put);
* @pathname: special file representing the block device
* @dev: return value of the block device's dev_t
*
- * Get a reference to the blockdevice at @pathname in the current
- * namespace if possible and return it. Return ERR_PTR(error)
- * otherwise.
+ * Lookup the block device's dev_t at @pathname in the current
+ * namespace if possible and return it by @dev.
+ *
+ * RETURNS:
+ * 0 if succeeded, errno otherwise.
*/
int lookup_bdev(const char *pathname, dev_t *dev)
{