diff --git a/servers/slapd/attr.c b/servers/slapd/attr.c
index 8eaed0fc7b..f46be1f472 100644
--- a/servers/slapd/attr.c
+++ b/servers/slapd/attr.c
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ Attribute *attrs_dup( Attribute *a )
  * attr_merge - merge the given type and value with the list of
  * attributes in attrs.
  *
- * For SLAP_NVALUES: nvals must be NULL if the attribute has no
- * normalizer. In this case, a->a_nvals will be set equal to a->a_vals.
+ * nvals must be NULL if the attribute has no normalizer.
+ * In this case, a->a_nvals will be set equal to a->a_vals.
  *
  * returns	0	everything went ok
  *		-1	trouble