diff --git a/include/llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h b/include/llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h
index 29833921097..253178ebb57 100644
--- a/include/llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h
+++ b/include/llvm/Support/MemoryBuffer.h
@@ -106,10 +106,9 @@ public:
   static MemoryBuffer *getMemBufferCopy(StringRef InputData,
                                         StringRef BufferName = "");
 
-  /// getNewMemBuffer - Allocate a new MemoryBuffer of the specified size that
-  /// is completely initialized to zeros.  Note that the caller need not
-  /// initialize the memory allocated by this method.  The memory is owned by
-  /// the MemoryBuffer object.
+  /// getNewMemBuffer - Allocate a new zero-initialized MemoryBuffer of the
+  /// specified size. Note that the caller need not initializethe memory
+  /// allocated by this method.  The memory is owned by the MemoryBuffer object.
   static MemoryBuffer *getNewMemBuffer(size_t Size, StringRef BufferName = "");
 
   /// getNewUninitMemBuffer - Allocate a new MemoryBuffer of the specified size
diff --git a/lib/Support/MemoryBuffer.cpp b/lib/Support/MemoryBuffer.cpp
index 75f25beda82..03d2d7d2b88 100644
--- a/lib/Support/MemoryBuffer.cpp
+++ b/lib/Support/MemoryBuffer.cpp
@@ -141,10 +141,9 @@ MemoryBuffer *MemoryBuffer::getNewUninitMemBuffer(size_t Size,
   return new (Mem) MemoryBufferMem(StringRef(Buf, Size), true);
 }
 
-/// getNewMemBuffer - Allocate a new MemoryBuffer of the specified size that
-/// is completely initialized to zeros.  Note that the caller need not
-/// initialize the memory allocated by this method.  The memory is owned by
-/// the MemoryBuffer object.
+/// getNewMemBuffer - Allocate a new zero-initialized MemoryBuffer of the
+/// specified size. Note that the caller need not initializethe memory
+/// allocated by this method.  The memory is owned by the MemoryBuffer object.
 MemoryBuffer *MemoryBuffer::getNewMemBuffer(size_t Size, StringRef BufferName) {
   MemoryBuffer *SB = getNewUninitMemBuffer(Size, BufferName);
   if (!SB) return nullptr;