diff --git a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
index 6ad504453b..94b203f0fb 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/lmgr/proc.c
@@ -1179,8 +1179,7 @@ ProcSleep(LOCALLOCK *locallock, LockMethod lockMethodTable)
 
 	/*
 	 * If we detected deadlock, give up without waiting.  This must agree with
-	 * CheckDeadLock's recovery code, except that we shouldn't release the
-	 * semaphore since we haven't tried to lock it yet.
+	 * CheckDeadLock's recovery code.
 	 */
 	if (early_deadlock)
 	{
@@ -1216,9 +1215,9 @@ ProcSleep(LOCALLOCK *locallock, LockMethod lockMethodTable)
 
 	/*
 	 * Set timer so we can wake up after awhile and check for a deadlock. If a
-	 * deadlock is detected, the handler releases the process's semaphore and
-	 * sets MyProc->waitStatus = STATUS_ERROR, allowing us to know that we
-	 * must report failure rather than success.
+	 * deadlock is detected, the handler sets MyProc->waitStatus =
+	 * STATUS_ERROR, allowing us to know that we must report failure rather
+	 * than success.
 	 *
 	 * By delaying the check until we've waited for a bit, we can avoid
 	 * running the rather expensive deadlock-check code in most cases.
@@ -1561,7 +1560,7 @@ ProcSleep(LOCALLOCK *locallock, LockMethod lockMethodTable)
 
 
 /*
- * ProcWakeup -- wake up a process by releasing its private semaphore.
+ * ProcWakeup -- wake up a process by setting its latch.
  *
  *	 Also remove the process from the wait queue and set its links invalid.
  *	 RETURN: the next process in the wait queue.
@@ -1696,8 +1695,7 @@ CheckDeadLock(void)
 	 * we know that we don't have to wait anymore.
 	 *
 	 * We check by looking to see if we've been unlinked from the wait queue.
-	 * This is quicker than checking our semaphore's state, since no kernel
-	 * call is needed, and it is safe because we hold the lock partition lock.
+	 * This is safe because we hold the lock partition lock.
 	 */
 	if (MyProc->links.prev == NULL ||
 		MyProc->links.next == NULL)