diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index b46dbb908669fa7c0b8713558c8557d0dffd8b01..a27a5f64443dc5c9a27d04679171cf15dfc1eabf 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ char modprobe_path[KMOD_PATH_LEN] = "/sbin/modprobe";
 
 /**
  * request_module - try to load a kernel module
- * @fmt:     printf style format string for the name of the module
- * @varargs: arguements as specified in the format string
+ * @fmt: printf style format string for the name of the module
+ * @...: arguments as specified in the format string
  *
  * Load a module using the user mode module loader. The function returns
  * zero on success or a negative errno code on failure. Note that a