diff --git a/certs/.gitignore b/certs/.gitignore
index f51aea4a71ec81..4d58ba042b37a9 100644
--- a/certs/.gitignore
+++ b/certs/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-#
-# Generated files
-#
 x509_certificate_list
diff --git a/drivers/atm/.gitignore b/drivers/atm/.gitignore
index fc0ae5eb05d81c..19f3ffbd1d65cc 100644
--- a/drivers/atm/.gitignore
+++ b/drivers/atm/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# Ignore generated files
 fore200e_mkfirm
 fore200e_pca_fw.c
 pca200e.bin
diff --git a/drivers/video/logo/.gitignore b/drivers/video/logo/.gitignore
index 9dda1b26b2e4e7..1551a75afdbdd3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/logo/.gitignore
+++ b/drivers/video/logo/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Generated files
-#
 *_mono.c
 *_vga16.c
 *_clut224.c
diff --git a/kernel/.gitignore b/kernel/.gitignore
index 34d1e77ee9df85..0a423a3ca2e1a4 100644
--- a/kernel/.gitignore
+++ b/kernel/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Generated files
-#
 kheaders.md5
 timeconst.h
 hz.bc
diff --git a/lib/.gitignore b/lib/.gitignore
index f2a39c9e548532..9af73655a23974 100644
--- a/lib/.gitignore
+++ b/lib/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Generated files
-#
 gen_crc32table
 gen_crc64table
 crc32table.h
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index ef45f96cd7a518..9fe29efbcb9544 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Generated files
-#
 bin2c
 kallsyms
 unifdef
diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
index b5bf92f66d11c4..588988711e0765 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Generated files
-#
 *.moc
 *conf-cfg
 
diff --git a/scripts/selinux/mdp/.gitignore b/scripts/selinux/mdp/.gitignore
index 654546d8dffd26..0d9f827dc14bfe 100644
--- a/scripts/selinux/mdp/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/selinux/mdp/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-# Generated file
 mdp
diff --git a/security/apparmor/.gitignore b/security/apparmor/.gitignore
index d5b291e94264f9..0ace1d1dec44f9 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/.gitignore
+++ b/security/apparmor/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-#
-# Generated include files
-#
 net_names.h
 capability_names.h
 rlim_names.h
diff --git a/sound/oss/.gitignore b/sound/oss/.gitignore
index 12a3920d6fb638..8fd8fd3eff623f 100644
--- a/sound/oss/.gitignore
+++ b/sound/oss/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-#Ignore generated files
 pss_boot.h
 trix_boot.h