diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 963b4a2746..1533858610 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -988,7 +988,10 @@ int config_init_logs(or_options_t *options)
   return 0;
 }
 
-/** XXX008 DOCDOC */
+/**
+ * Given a linked list of config lines containing "allow" and "deny" tokens,
+ * parse them and place the result in <b>dest</b>.  Skip malformed lines.
+ */
 void
 config_parse_exit_policy(struct config_line_t *cfg,
                          struct exit_policy_t **dest)
diff --git a/src/or/routerparse.c b/src/or/routerparse.c
index f434dcd660..c54097782e 100644
--- a/src/or/routerparse.c
+++ b/src/or/routerparse.c
@@ -906,9 +906,8 @@ static int router_add_exit_policy(routerinfo_t *router,directory_token_t *tok)
   return 0;
 }
 
-/** Given a K_ACCEPT or K_REJECT token and a router, create a new exit_policy_t
- * corresponding to the token, and add it to <b>router</b> */
-/* XXX008 NICK DOCDOC: there is no <b>router</b> */
+/** Given a K_ACCEPT or K_REJECT token and a router, create and return
+ * a new exit_policy_t corresponding to the token. */
 static struct exit_policy_t *
 router_parse_exit_policy(directory_token_t *tok) {