diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index e99019057ba6..e74ee4f7fcdc 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1207,31 +1207,6 @@ typedef enum {
 	ide_end		/* insert rq at end of list, but don't wait for it */
 } ide_action_t;
 
-/*
- * This function issues a special IDE device request
- * onto the request queue.
- *
- * If action is ide_wait, then the rq is queued at the end of the
- * request queue, and the function sleeps until it has been processed.
- * This is for use when invoked from an ioctl handler.
- *
- * If action is ide_preempt, then the rq is queued at the head of
- * the request queue, displacing the currently-being-processed
- * request and this function returns immediately without waiting
- * for the new rq to be completed.  This is VERY DANGEROUS, and is
- * intended for careful use by the ATAPI tape/cdrom driver code.
- *
- * If action is ide_next, then the rq is queued immediately after
- * the currently-being-processed-request (if any), and the function
- * returns without waiting for the new rq to be completed.  As above,
- * This is VERY DANGEROUS, and is intended for careful use by the
- * ATAPI tape/cdrom driver code.
- *
- * If action is ide_end, then the rq is queued at the end of the
- * request queue, and the function returns immediately without waiting
- * for the new rq to be completed. This is again intended for careful
- * use by the ATAPI tape/cdrom driver code.
- */
 extern int ide_do_drive_cmd(ide_drive_t *, struct request *, ide_action_t);
 
 /*