diff --git a/libavcodec/bfin/config_bfin.h b/libavcodec/bfin/config_bfin.h
index bc488f8025..322919275a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/bfin/config_bfin.h
+++ b/libavcodec/bfin/config_bfin.h
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * config_bfin.h
- *
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Marc Hoffman <marc.hoffman@analog.com>
  *
  * This file is part of FFmpeg.
diff --git a/libavcodec/bfin/mathops.h b/libavcodec/bfin/mathops.h
index 8af789dd4b..2ed2dc9022 100644
--- a/libavcodec/bfin/mathops.h
+++ b/libavcodec/bfin/mathops.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * mathops.h
+ * simple math operations
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2007 Marc Hoffman <mmhoffm@gmail.com>
  *
diff --git a/libavcodec/sparc/dsputil_vis.c b/libavcodec/sparc/dsputil_vis.c
index 92c868cafa..7aac4e9e60 100644
--- a/libavcodec/sparc/dsputil_vis.c
+++ b/libavcodec/sparc/dsputil_vis.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * dsputil_vis.c
  * Copyright (C) 2003 David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
  *
  * This file is part of FFmpeg.
diff --git a/libavcodec/sparc/vis.h b/libavcodec/sparc/vis.h
index d416fd84a5..301bebf6b0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/sparc/vis.h
+++ b/libavcodec/sparc/vis.h
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * vis.h
  * Copyright (C) 2003 David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
  *
  * This file is part of FFmpeg.
diff --git a/libavdevice/dv1394.h b/libavdevice/dv1394.h
index 9a4ee2ae87..00706f7541 100644
--- a/libavdevice/dv1394.h
+++ b/libavdevice/dv1394.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * dv1394.h - DV input/output over IEEE 1394 on OHCI chips
+ * DV input/output over IEEE 1394 on OHCI chips
  *   Copyright (C)2001 Daniel Maas <dmaas@dcine.com>
  *     receive, proc_fs by Dan Dennedy <dan@dennedy.org>
  *