diff --git a/libmisc/xgetXXbyYY.c b/libmisc/xgetXXbyYY.c
index a9d9290c..27ff2412 100644
--- a/libmisc/xgetXXbyYY.c
+++ b/libmisc/xgetXXbyYY.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *  Two important function classes that fall into this category are
  *  getpwnam(3) and syslog(3).
  *
- * This file provides wrapper to the getpwnam or getpwnam_r functions.
+ * This file provides wrapper to the name or name_r functions.
  */
 
 #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/libmisc/xgetgrgid.c b/libmisc/xgetgrgid.c
index b83f9aa1..64191966 100644
--- a/libmisc/xgetgrgid.c
+++ b/libmisc/xgetgrgid.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *  Two important function classes that fall into this category are
  *  getpwnam(3) and syslog(3).
  *
- * This file provides wrapper to the getpwnam or getpwnam_r functions.
+ * This file provides wrapper to the getgrgid or getgrgid_r functions.
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
diff --git a/libmisc/xgetgrnam.c b/libmisc/xgetgrnam.c
index c4dcbc88..35ad9ee9 100644
--- a/libmisc/xgetgrnam.c
+++ b/libmisc/xgetgrnam.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *  Two important function classes that fall into this category are
  *  getpwnam(3) and syslog(3).
  *
- * This file provides wrapper to the getpwnam or getpwnam_r functions.
+ * This file provides wrapper to the getgrnam or getgrnam_r functions.
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
diff --git a/libmisc/xgetpwuid.c b/libmisc/xgetpwuid.c
index 9f66e2fc..d663a429 100644
--- a/libmisc/xgetpwuid.c
+++ b/libmisc/xgetpwuid.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *  Two important function classes that fall into this category are
  *  getpwnam(3) and syslog(3).
  *
- * This file provides wrapper to the getpwnam or getpwnam_r functions.
+ * This file provides wrapper to the getpwuid or getpwuid_r functions.
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
diff --git a/libmisc/xgetspnam.c b/libmisc/xgetspnam.c
index cf848635..ebda94ba 100644
--- a/libmisc/xgetspnam.c
+++ b/libmisc/xgetspnam.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *  Two important function classes that fall into this category are
  *  getpwnam(3) and syslog(3).
  *
- * This file provides wrapper to the getpwnam or getpwnam_r functions.
+ * This file provides wrapper to the getspnam or getspnam_r functions.
  */
 
 #include <config.h>