diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
index 8ac253ae..9bb7b3dc 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_files.c
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 
 				char first = tolower(line[0]);
 				if(first > 'a' && first < 'z') {
-					struct tm tmp_tm = {0}; //initialize to null incase of failure
+					struct tm tmp_tm = {0}; /* initialize to null in case of failure */
 					setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
 					strptime(line, "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", &tmp_tm);
 					info->builddate = mktime(&tmp_tm);
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ int _alpm_db_read(pmdb_t *db, pmpkg_t *info, pmdbinfrq_t inforeq)
 
 				char first = tolower(line[0]);
 				if(first > 'a' && first < 'z') {
-					struct tm tmp_tm = {0}; //initialize to null incase of failure
+					struct tm tmp_tm = {0}; /* initialize to null in case of failure */
 					setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
 					strptime(line, "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", &tmp_tm);
 					info->installdate = mktime(&tmp_tm);
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
index c0ec3bcf..bcb742ca 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_package.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int parse_descfile(struct archive *a, pmpkg_t *newpkg)
 			} else if(!strcmp(key, "builddate")) {
 				char first = tolower(ptr[0]);
 				if(first > 'a' && first < 'z') {
-					struct tm tmp_tm = {0}; //initialize to null in case of failure
+					struct tm tmp_tm = {0}; /* initialize to null in case of failure */
 					setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
 					strptime(ptr, "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y", &tmp_tm);
 					newpkg->builddate = mktime(&tmp_tm);