diff --git a/gibaseinfo.h b/gibaseinfo.h
index f8f7191b3..69dfe4c1e 100644
--- a/gibaseinfo.h
+++ b/gibaseinfo.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ G_BEGIN_DECLS
  * in a #GIBaseInfo struct.
  */
 typedef struct {
-  /* <private> */
+  /*< private >*/
   gpointer data;
   gpointer data2;
   gpointer data3;
@@ -100,4 +100,3 @@ GIBaseInfo *           g_info_new                   (GIInfoType    type,
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif  /* __GIBASEINFO_H__ */
-
diff --git a/girffi.h b/girffi.h
index 349ae57e1..a75c1213f 100644
--- a/girffi.h
+++ b/girffi.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ typedef struct _GIFunctionInvoker GIFunctionInvoker;
 struct _GIFunctionInvoker {
   ffi_cif cif;
   gpointer native_address;
-  /* <private> */
+  /*< private >*/
   gpointer padding[3];
 };
 
diff --git a/gitypelib-internal.h b/gitypelib-internal.h
index e4104089f..a2835f835 100644
--- a/gitypelib-internal.h
+++ b/gitypelib-internal.h
@@ -1210,7 +1210,7 @@ typedef struct {
 } AttributeBlob;
 
 struct _GITypelib {
-  /* <private> */
+  /*< private >*/
   guchar *data;
   gsize len;
   gboolean owns_memory;
diff --git a/gitypes.h b/gitypes.h
index 9c021ff23..69270720a 100644
--- a/gitypes.h
+++ b/gitypes.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 typedef struct _GIBaseInfoStub {
-  /* <private> */
+  /*< private >*/
   gint32 dummy1;
   gint32 dummy2;
   gpointer dummy3;