diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 1e5606185b4f..e9c18939eda7 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -1386,8 +1386,10 @@ int i2c_master_send(const struct i2c_client *client, const char *buf, int count)
 
 	ret = i2c_transfer(adap, &msg, 1);
 
-	/* If everything went ok (i.e. 1 msg transmitted), return #bytes
-	   transmitted, else error code. */
+	/*
+	 * If everything went ok (i.e. 1 msg transmitted), return #bytes
+	 * transmitted, else error code.
+	 */
 	return (ret == 1) ? count : ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_master_send);
@@ -1414,8 +1416,10 @@ int i2c_master_recv(const struct i2c_client *client, char *buf, int count)
 
 	ret = i2c_transfer(adap, &msg, 1);
 
-	/* If everything went ok (i.e. 1 msg transmitted), return #bytes
-	   transmitted, else error code. */
+	/*
+	 * If everything went ok (i.e. 1 msg received), return #bytes received,
+	 * else error code.
+	 */
 	return (ret == 1) ? count : ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_master_recv);