diff --git a/src/pkg/net/tcpsock_plan9.go b/src/pkg/net/tcpsock_plan9.go
index d155d0736a1..cf9c0f89047 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/tcpsock_plan9.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/tcpsock_plan9.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ type TCPListener struct {
 }
 
 // AcceptTCP accepts the next incoming call and returns the new
-// connection and the remote address.
+// connection.
 func (l *TCPListener) AcceptTCP() (*TCPConn, error) {
 	if l == nil || l.fd == nil || l.fd.ctl == nil {
 		return nil, syscall.EINVAL
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/tcpsock_posix.go b/src/pkg/net/tcpsock_posix.go
index d9e25e26e62..00c692e4233 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/tcpsock_posix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/tcpsock_posix.go
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ type TCPListener struct {
 }
 
 // AcceptTCP accepts the next incoming call and returns the new
-// connection and the remote address.
+// connection.
 func (l *TCPListener) AcceptTCP() (*TCPConn, error) {
 	if l == nil || l.fd == nil {
 		return nil, syscall.EINVAL
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/unixsock_plan9.go b/src/pkg/net/unixsock_plan9.go
index 8a1281fb1a4..c60c1d83bb3 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/unixsock_plan9.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/unixsock_plan9.go
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ func ListenUnix(net string, laddr *UnixAddr) (*UnixListener, error) {
 }
 
 // AcceptUnix accepts the next incoming call and returns the new
-// connection and the remote address.
+// connection.
 func (l *UnixListener) AcceptUnix() (*UnixConn, error) {
 	return nil, syscall.EPLAN9
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/unixsock_posix.go b/src/pkg/net/unixsock_posix.go
index fc061804c70..08ea24a4305 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/unixsock_posix.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/unixsock_posix.go
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ func ListenUnix(net string, laddr *UnixAddr) (*UnixListener, error) {
 }
 
 // AcceptUnix accepts the next incoming call and returns the new
-// connection and the remote address.
+// connection.
 func (l *UnixListener) AcceptUnix() (*UnixConn, error) {
 	if l == nil || l.fd == nil {
 		return nil, syscall.EINVAL