diff --git a/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c b/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c
index d7333a095..0bb6689d2 100644
--- a/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c
+++ b/src/compositor/meta-shaped-texture.c
@@ -583,8 +583,8 @@ meta_shaped_texture_get_texture (MetaShapedTexture *stex)
 /**
  * meta_shaped_texture_set_clip_region:
  * @stex: a #MetaShapedTexture
- * @clip_region: (transfer full): the region of the texture that
- *   is visible and should be painted.
+ * @clip_region: the region of the texture that is visible and
+ *   should be painted.
  *
  * Provides a hint to the texture about what areas of the texture
  * are not completely obscured and thus need to be painted. This
diff --git a/src/meta/meta-shaped-texture.h b/src/meta/meta-shaped-texture.h
index 54a917794..06b119baf 100644
--- a/src/meta/meta-shaped-texture.h
+++ b/src/meta/meta-shaped-texture.h
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ CoglTexture * meta_shaped_texture_get_texture (MetaShapedTexture *stex);
 void meta_shaped_texture_set_mask_texture (MetaShapedTexture *stex,
                                            CoglTexture       *mask_texture);
 
-/* Assumes ownership of clip_region */
 void meta_shaped_texture_set_clip_region (MetaShapedTexture *stex,
 					  cairo_region_t    *clip_region);