diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
index fe7f4a373436..38e1dcabbaca 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c
@@ -1066,10 +1066,10 @@ out:
  * @handle: transaction to add buffer modifications to
  * @bh:     bh to be used for metadata writes
  *
- * Returns an error code or 0 on success.
+ * Returns: error code or 0 on success.
  *
  * In full data journalling mode the buffer may be of type BJ_AsyncData,
- * because we're write()ing a buffer which is also part of a shared mapping.
+ * because we're ``write()ing`` a buffer which is also part of a shared mapping.
  */
 
 int jbd2_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh)