diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
index 5e79b54221..93c96f23b0 100644
--- a/common/Kconfig
+++ b/common/Kconfig
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ config EVENT_DYNAMIC
 	bool
 	help
 	  Enable this to support adding an event spy at runtime, without adding
-	  it to the EVENT_SPY() linker list. This increases code size slightly
+	  it to the EVENT_SPY*() linker list. This increases code size slightly
 	  but provides more flexibility for boards and subsystems that need it.
 
 config EVENT_DEBUG
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ config SPL_EVENT_DYNAMIC
 	depends on SPL_EVENT && EVENT_DYNAMIC
 	help
 	  Enable this to support adding an event spy at runtime, without adding
-	  it to the EVENT_SPY() linker list. This increases code size slightly
+	  it to the EVENT_SPY*() linker list. This increases code size slightly
 	  but provides more flexibility for boards and subsystems that need it.
 
 endif # EVENT
diff --git a/include/event.h b/include/event.h
index be4cefd6ae..c5646b713a 100644
--- a/include/event.h
+++ b/include/event.h
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ static inline const char *event_spy_id(struct evspy_info *spy)
  * {
  *    return sandbox_early_getopt_check();
  * }
- * EVENT_SPY(EVT_MISC_INIT_F, sandbox_misc_init_f);
+ * EVENT_SPY_FULL(EVT_MISC_INIT_F, sandbox_misc_init_f);
  *
- * where EVENT_SPY uses ll_entry_declare()
+ * where EVENT_SPY_FULL uses ll_entry_declare()
  *
  * In this case, LTO decides to drop the sandbox_misc_init_f() function
  * (which is fine) but then drops the linker-list entry too. This means