diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index f896cdb41383..98d473f5c701 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -5120,12 +5120,15 @@ void kmem_cache_return_sheaf(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t gfp,
 }
 
 /*
- * refill a sheaf previously returned by kmem_cache_prefill_sheaf to at least
- * the given size
+ * Refill a sheaf previously returned by kmem_cache_prefill_sheaf to at least
+ * the given size.
  *
- * the sheaf might be replaced by a new one when requesting more than
- * s->sheaf_capacity objects if such replacement is necessary, but the refill
- * fails (returning -ENOMEM), the existing sheaf is left intact
+ * Return: 0 on success. The sheaf will contain at least @size objects.
+ * The sheaf might have been replaced with a new one if more than
+ * sheaf->capacity objects are requested.
+ *
+ * Return: -ENOMEM on failure. Some objects might have been added to the sheaf
+ * but the sheaf will not be replaced.
  *
  * In practice we always refill to full sheaf's capacity.
  */