diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index f25325e1bc..d93b501a95 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ listcontains() {
 }
 
 # remove item(s) from list.
-# looping makes it greedy (eg. removefromlist "abc def ghi" "(abc|def)" will work).
+# looping makes it greedy (eg. listremoveitem "abc def ghi" "(abc|def)" removes both "abc" and "def").
 listremoveitem() {
   local data="${1}" odata tmp_array
   if [ -n "$1" -a -n "$2" ]; then