diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod-index.c b/libkmod/libkmod-index.c
index bbe28a5..4f19f48 100644
--- a/libkmod/libkmod-index.c
+++ b/libkmod/libkmod-index.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@
  * They help build wildcard key strings to pass to fnmatch(),
  * as well as building values of matching keys.
  */
-
 struct buffer {
 	char *bytes;
 	unsigned size;
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@
 	buf->used++;
 }
 
-/* like buf_pushchars(), but the string comes from a file */
 static unsigned buf_freadchars(struct buffer *buf, FILE *in)
 {
 	unsigned i = 0;
@@ -186,9 +184,8 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * Index file searching (used only by modprobe)
+ * Index file searching
  */
-
 struct index_node_f {
 	FILE *file;
 	char *prefix;		/* path compression */
@@ -305,7 +302,6 @@
 	free(idx);
 }
 
-
 static struct index_node_f *index_readroot(struct index_file *in)
 {
 	return index_read(in->file, in->root_offset);
diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod-index.h b/libkmod/libkmod-index.h
index b4700f7..8a8fd31 100644
--- a/libkmod/libkmod-index.h
+++ b/libkmod/libkmod-index.h
@@ -157,15 +157,7 @@
 struct index_file;
 struct index_file *index_file_open(const char *filename);
 void index_file_close(struct index_file *index);
-
-/* Return value for first matching key.
-   Keys must be exactly equal to match - i.e. there are no wildcard patterns
-*/
 char *index_search(struct index_file *index, const char *key);
-
-/* Return values for all matching keys.
-   The keys in the index are treated as wildcard patterns using fnmatch()
-*/
 struct index_value *index_searchwild(struct index_file *index, const char *key);
 
 void index_values_free(struct index_value *values);