diff --git a/block/raw-posix.c b/block/raw-posix.c
index e100ae2046..706d3c02b1 100644
--- a/block/raw-posix.c
+++ b/block/raw-posix.c
@@ -1555,9 +1555,7 @@ static int try_seek_hole(BlockDriverState *bs, off_t start, off_t *data,
 }
 
 /*
- * Returns true iff the specified sector is present in the disk image. Drivers
- * not implementing the functionality are assumed to not support backing files,
- * hence all their sectors are reported as allocated.
+ * Returns the allocation status of the specified sectors.
  *
  * If 'sector_num' is beyond the end of the disk image the return value is 0
  * and 'pnum' is set to 0.