diff --git a/include/curl/curl.h b/include/curl/curl.h
index ee9754da8cc75ff0e9b48bfeefac46b3f111ad11..e731ee90079382ce05bb13452f3676eb88783caf 100644
--- a/include/curl/curl.h
+++ b/include/curl/curl.h
@@ -991,8 +991,7 @@ typedef enum {
   /* Max amount of cached alive connections */
   CINIT(MAXCONNECTS, LONG, 71),
 
-  /* What policy to use when closing connections when the cache is filled
-     up */
+  /* 72 - DEPRECATED */
   CINIT(CLOSEPOLICY, LONG, 72),
 
   /* 73 = OBSOLETE */
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 1a605c52a108b323e53d969c4e7ac0273381f87f..edbb164295dcae03cd5105d4c2785517b9ed624d 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -3025,9 +3025,10 @@ ConnectionExists(struct SessionHandle *data,
 
 
 /*
- * This function frees/closes a connection in the connection cache. This
- * should take the previously set policy into account when deciding which
- * of the connections to kill.
+ * This function kills and removes an existing connection in the connection
+ * cache. The connection that has been unused for the longest time.
+ *
+ * Returns -1 if it can't find any unused connection to kill.
  */
 static long
 ConnectionKillOne(struct SessionHandle *data)
@@ -3078,9 +3079,9 @@ ConnectionDone(struct connectdata *conn)
 }
 
 /*
- * The given input connection struct pointer is to be stored. If the "cache"
- * is already full, we must clean out the most suitable using the previously
- * set policy.
+ * The given input connection struct pointer is to be stored in the connection
+ * cache. If the cache is already full, least interesting existing connection
+ * (if any) gets closed.
  *
  * The given connection should be unique. That must've been checked prior to
  * this call.