diff --git a/src/lxc/cgroups/cgfsng.c b/src/lxc/cgroups/cgfsng.c
index 0723ce6b3..aefce12b3 100644
--- a/src/lxc/cgroups/cgfsng.c
+++ b/src/lxc/cgroups/cgfsng.c
@@ -1012,10 +1012,8 @@ static char *copy_to_eol(char *p)
 	return sret;
 }
 
-/*
- * cgline: pointer to character after the first ':' in a line in a
- * \n-terminated /proc/self/cgroup file. Check whether * controller c is
- * present.
+/* cgline: pointer to character after the first ':' in a line in a \n-terminated
+ * /proc/self/cgroup file. Check whether controller c is present.
  */
 static bool controller_in_clist(char *cgline, char *c)
 {