diff --git a/include/linux/slab.h b/include/linux/slab.h
index 1e2f4fe12773bd..f76e956b4011e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/slab.h
+++ b/include/linux/slab.h
@@ -205,8 +205,8 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLUB
 /*
- * SLUB allocates up to order 2 pages directly and otherwise
- * passes the request to the page allocator.
+ * SLUB directly allocates requests fitting in to an order-1 page
+ * (PAGE_SIZE*2).  Larger requests are passed to the page allocator.
  */
 #define KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH	(PAGE_SHIFT + 1)
 #define KMALLOC_SHIFT_MAX	(MAX_ORDER + PAGE_SHIFT)
@@ -217,12 +217,12 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SLOB
 /*
- * SLOB passes all page size and larger requests to the page allocator.
+ * SLOB passes all requests larger than one page to the page allocator.
  * No kmalloc array is necessary since objects of different sizes can
  * be allocated from the same page.
  */
-#define KMALLOC_SHIFT_MAX	30
 #define KMALLOC_SHIFT_HIGH	PAGE_SHIFT
+#define KMALLOC_SHIFT_MAX	30
 #ifndef KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW
 #define KMALLOC_SHIFT_LOW	3
 #endif