diff --git a/include/linux/crc-itu-t.h b/include/linux/crc-itu-t.h
index a4367051e192..2f991a427ade 100644
--- a/include/linux/crc-itu-t.h
+++ b/include/linux/crc-itu-t.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Implements the standard CRC ITU-T V.41:
  *   Width 16
- *   Poly  0x1021 (x^16 + x^12 + x^15 + 1)
+ *   Poly  0x1021 (x^16 + x^12 + x^5 + 1)
  *   Init  0
  */
 
diff --git a/lib/crc-itu-t.c b/lib/crc-itu-t.c
index 1974b355c148..1d26a1647da5 100644
--- a/lib/crc-itu-t.c
+++ b/lib/crc-itu-t.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/crc-itu-t.h>
 
-/** CRC table for the CRC ITU-T V.41 0x1021 (x^16 + x^12 + x^15 + 1) */
+/* CRC table for the CRC ITU-T V.41 0x1021 (x^16 + x^12 + x^5 + 1) */
 const u16 crc_itu_t_table[256] = {
 	0x0000, 0x1021, 0x2042, 0x3063, 0x4084, 0x50a5, 0x60c6, 0x70e7,
 	0x8108, 0x9129, 0xa14a, 0xb16b, 0xc18c, 0xd1ad, 0xe1ce, 0xf1ef,