diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index afce96af3afd..9f75b4ec50b8 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnchr);
 #endif
 
 /**
- * skip_spaces - Removes leading whitespace from @s.
- * @s: The string to be stripped.
+ * skip_spaces - Removes leading whitespace from @str.
+ * @str: The string to be stripped.
  *
- * Returns a pointer to the first non-whitespace character in @s.
+ * Returns a pointer to the first non-whitespace character in @str.
  */
 char *skip_spaces(const char *str)
 {