diff --git a/libcontainer/devices/device_unix.go b/libcontainer/devices/device_unix.go
index c7fb2f1a9..6d5b3d09d 100644
--- a/libcontainer/devices/device_unix.go
+++ b/libcontainer/devices/device_unix.go
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ func mkDev(d *Rule) (uint64, error) {
 	return unix.Mkdev(uint32(d.Major), uint32(d.Minor)), nil
 }
 
-// Given the path to a device and its cgroup_permissions(which cannot be easily queried) look up the
-// information about a linux device and return that information as a Device struct.
+// DeviceFromPath takes the path to a device and its cgroup_permissions (which
+// cannot be easily queried) to look up the information about a linux device
+// and returns that information as a Device struct.
 func DeviceFromPath(path, permissions string) (*Device, error) {
 	var stat unix.Stat_t
 	err := unixLstat(path, &stat)