diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
index a96536988ca1..accdb314a64a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c
@@ -1251,10 +1251,9 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_link_down(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  * function field. The lpfc_issue_fabric_iocb routine is invoked to send
  * out FLOGI ELS command with one outstanding fabric IOCB at a time.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the FLOGI ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the FLOGI ELS command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - successfully issued flogi iocb for @vport
@@ -2281,10 +2280,9 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_prli(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  * is put to the IOCB completion callback func field before invoking the
  * routine lpfc_sli_issue_iocb() to send out PRLI command.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the PRLI ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the PRLI ELS command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - successfully issued prli iocb command for @vport
@@ -2710,10 +2708,9 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_adisc(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  * and states of the ndlp, and invokes the lpfc_sli_issue_iocb() routine
  * to issue the ADISC ELS command.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the ADISC ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the ADISC ELS command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - successfully issued adisc
@@ -2788,8 +2785,7 @@ lpfc_issue_els_adisc(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp,
  * This routine is the completion function for issuing the ELS Logout (LOGO)
  * command. If no error status was reported from the LOGO response, the
  * state machine of the associated ndlp shall be invoked for transition with
- * respect to NLP_EVT_CMPL_LOGO event. Otherwise, if error status was reported,
- * the lpfc_els_retry() routine will be invoked to retry the LOGO command.
+ * respect to NLP_EVT_CMPL_LOGO event.
  **/
 static void
 lpfc_cmpl_els_logo(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
@@ -2926,10 +2922,9 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_logo(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  * payload of the IOCB, properly sets up the @ndlp state, and invokes the
  * lpfc_sli_issue_iocb() routine to send out the LOGO ELS command.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the LOGO ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the LOGO ELS command.
  *
  * Callers of this routine are expected to unregister the RPI first
  *
@@ -3165,10 +3160,9 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_disc_cmd(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  * IOCB is allocated, payload prepared, and the lpfc_sli_issue_iocb()
  * routine is invoked to send the SCR IOCB.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the SCR ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the SCR ELS command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued scr command
@@ -3247,10 +3241,9 @@ lpfc_issue_els_scr(struct lpfc_vport *vport, uint8_t retry)
  *  in point-to-point mode. When sent to the Fabric Controller, it will
  *  replay the RSCN to registered recipients.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the RSCN ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the RSCN ELS command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued RSCN command
@@ -3352,10 +3345,9 @@ lpfc_issue_els_rscn(struct lpfc_vport *vport, uint8_t retry)
  * for this (FARPR) purpose. An IOCB is allocated, payload prepared, and the
  * lpfc_sli_issue_iocb() routine is invoked to send the FARPR ELS command.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the PARPR ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the FARPR ELS command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued farpr command
@@ -3450,10 +3442,9 @@ lpfc_issue_els_farpr(struct lpfc_vport *vport, uint32_t nportid, uint8_t retry)
  * This routine issues an ELS RDF to the Fabric Controller to register
  * for diagnostic functions.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the RDF ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the RDF ELS command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued rdf command
@@ -3764,7 +3755,7 @@ lpfc_link_reset(struct lpfc_vport *vport)
  * This routine makes a retry decision on an ELS command IOCB, which has
  * failed. The following ELS IOCBs use this function for retrying the command
  * when previously issued command responsed with error status: FLOGI, PLOGI,
- * PRLI, ADISC, LOGO, and FDISC. Based on the ELS command type and the
+ * PRLI, ADISC and FDISC. Based on the ELS command type and the
  * returned error status, it makes the decision whether a retry shall be
  * issued for the command, and whether a retry shall be made immediately or
  * delayed. In the former case, the corresponding ELS command issuing-function
@@ -4664,10 +4655,10 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_rsp(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  * field of the IOCB for the completion callback function to issue the
  * mailbox command to the HBA later when callback is invoked.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the corresponding response ELS IOCB command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the corresponding
+ * response ELS IOCB command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued acc response
@@ -4850,10 +4841,10 @@ lpfc_els_rsp_acc(struct lpfc_vport *vport, uint32_t flag,
  * context_un.mbox field of the IOCB for the completion callback function
  * to issue to the HBA later.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the reject response ELS IOCB command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the reject response
+ * ELS IOCB command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued reject response
@@ -4931,10 +4922,10 @@ lpfc_els_rsp_reject(struct lpfc_vport *vport, uint32_t rejectError,
  * Discover (ADISC) ELS command. It simply prepares the payload of the IOCB
  * and invokes the lpfc_sli_issue_iocb() routine to send out the command.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the ADISC Accept response ELS IOCB command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the ADISC Accept response
+ * ELS IOCB command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued acc adisc response
@@ -5021,10 +5012,10 @@ lpfc_els_rsp_adisc_acc(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_iocbq *oldiocb,
  * Login (PRLI) ELS command. It simply prepares the payload of the IOCB
  * and invokes the lpfc_sli_issue_iocb() routine to send out the command.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the PRLI Accept response ELS IOCB command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the PRLI Accept response
+ * ELS IOCB command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued acc prli response
@@ -5187,17 +5178,11 @@ lpfc_els_rsp_prli_acc(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_iocbq *oldiocb,
  * This routine issues a Request Node Identification Data (RNID) Accept
  * (ACC) response. It constructs the RNID ACC response command according to
  * the proper @format and then calls the lpfc_sli_issue_iocb() routine to
- * issue the response. Note that this command does not need to hold the ndlp
- * reference count for the callback. So, the ndlp reference count taken by
- * the lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine is put back and the context1 field of
- * IOCB is set to NULL to indicate to the lpfc_els_free_iocb() routine that
- * there is no ndlp reference available.
- *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function. However, for the RNID Accept Response ELS command,
- * this is undone later by this routine after the IOCB is allocated.
+ * issue the response.
+ *
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued acc rnid response
@@ -7318,16 +7303,16 @@ lpfc_els_rcv_rrq(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  *
  * This routine is the completion callback function for the MBX_READ_LNK_STAT
  * mailbox command. This callback function is to actually send the Accept
- * (ACC) response to a Read Port Status (RPS) unsolicited IOCB event. It
+ * (ACC) response to a Read Link Status (RLS) unsolicited IOCB event. It
  * collects the link statistics from the completion of the MBX_READ_LNK_STAT
- * mailbox command, constructs the RPS response with the link statistics
+ * mailbox command, constructs the RLS response with the link statistics
  * collected, and then invokes the lpfc_sli_issue_iocb() routine to send ACC
- * response to the RPS.
+ * response to the RLS.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the RPS Accept Response ELS IOCB command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the RLS Accept Response
+ * ELS IOCB command.
  *
  **/
 static void
@@ -7485,10 +7470,10 @@ lpfc_els_rcv_rls(struct lpfc_vport *vport, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  * response. Otherwise, it sends the Accept(ACC) response to a Read Timeout
  * Value (RTV) unsolicited IOCB event.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the RTV Accept Response ELS IOCB command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the RTV Accept Response
+ * ELS IOCB command.
  *
  * Return codes
  *   0 - Successfully processed rtv iocb (currently always return 0)
@@ -7675,10 +7660,10 @@ lpfc_send_rrq(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_node_rrq *rrq)
  * This routine issuees an Accept (ACC) Read Port List (RPL) ELS command.
  * It is to be called by the lpfc_els_rcv_rpl() routine to accept the RPL.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the RPL Accept Response ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the RPL Accept Response
+ * ELS command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued ACC RPL ELS command
@@ -9569,10 +9554,9 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_fdisc(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  * routine to issue the IOCB, which makes sure only one outstanding fabric
  * IOCB will be sent off HBA at any given time.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the FDISC ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the FDISC ELS command.
  *
  * Return code
  *   0 - Successfully issued fdisc iocb command
@@ -9730,10 +9714,9 @@ lpfc_cmpl_els_npiv_logo(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *cmdiocb,
  *
  * This routine issues a LOGO ELS command to an @ndlp off a @vport.
  *
- * Note that, in lpfc_prep_els_iocb() routine, the reference count of ndlp
- * will be incremented by 1 for holding the ndlp and the reference to ndlp
- * will be stored into the context1 field of the IOCB for the completion
- * callback function to the LOGO ELS command.
+ * Note that the ndlp reference count will be incremented by 1 for holding the
+ * ndlp and the reference to ndlp will be stored into the context1 field of
+ * the IOCB for the completion callback function to the LOGO ELS command.
  *
  * Return codes
  *   0 - Successfully issued logo off the @vport
@@ -10050,7 +10033,7 @@ lpfc_issue_fabric_iocb(struct lpfc_hba *phba, struct lpfc_iocbq *iocb)
  * driver internal fabric IOCB list. The list contains fabric IOCBs to be
  * issued to the ELS IOCB ring. This abort function walks the fabric IOCB
  * list, removes each IOCB associated with the @vport off the list, set the
- * status feild to IOSTAT_LOCAL_REJECT, and invokes the callback function
+ * status field to IOSTAT_LOCAL_REJECT, and invokes the callback function
  * associated with the IOCB.
  **/
 static void lpfc_fabric_abort_vport(struct lpfc_vport *vport)
@@ -10083,7 +10066,7 @@ static void lpfc_fabric_abort_vport(struct lpfc_vport *vport)
  * driver internal fabric IOCB list. The list contains fabric IOCBs to be
  * issued to the ELS IOCB ring. This abort function walks the fabric IOCB
  * list, removes each IOCB associated with the @ndlp off the list, set the
- * status feild to IOSTAT_LOCAL_REJECT, and invokes the callback function
+ * status field to IOSTAT_LOCAL_REJECT, and invokes the callback function
  * associated with the IOCB.
  **/
 void lpfc_fabric_abort_nport(struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp)
@@ -10120,7 +10103,7 @@ void lpfc_fabric_abort_nport(struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp)
  * This routine aborts all the IOCBs currently on the driver internal
  * fabric IOCB list. The list contains fabric IOCBs to be issued to the ELS
  * IOCB ring. This function takes the entire IOCB list off the fabric IOCB
- * list, removes IOCBs off the list, set the status feild to
+ * list, removes IOCBs off the list, set the status field to
  * IOSTAT_LOCAL_REJECT, and invokes the callback function associated with
  * the IOCB.
  **/
