diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
index 21592bed2e89..cb866c3141af 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_trigger.c
@@ -738,15 +738,15 @@ bool event_trigger_empty_param(const char *param)
 
 /**
  * event_trigger_separate_filter - separate an event trigger from a filter
- * @param: The param string containing trigger and possibly filter
- * @trigger: outparam, will be filled with a pointer to the trigger
+ * @param_and_filter: String containing trigger and possibly filter
+ * @param: outparam, will be filled with a pointer to the trigger
  * @filter: outparam, will be filled with a pointer to the filter
  * @param_required: Specifies whether or not the param string is required
  *
  * Given a param string of the form '[trigger] [if filter]', this
  * function separates the filter from the trigger and returns the
- * trigger in *trigger and the filter in *filter.  Either the *trigger
- * or the *filter may be set to NULL by this function - if not set to
+ * trigger in @param and the filter in @filter.  Either the @param
+ * or the @filter may be set to NULL by this function - if not set to
  * NULL, they will contain strings corresponding to the trigger and
  * filter.
  *