diff --git a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
index 2868ee5b03..3305a25fc1 100644
--- a/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
+++ b/hw/mips/mips_malta.c
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ void mips_malta_init(MachineState *machine)
     fl_idx++;
     if (kernel_filename) {
         ram_low_size = MIN(ram_size, 256 << 20);
-        /* For KVM T&E we reserve 1MB of RAM for running bootloader */
+        /* For KVM we reserve 1MB of RAM for running bootloader */
         if (kvm_enabled()) {
             ram_low_size -= 0x100000;
             bootloader_run_addr = 0x40000000 + ram_low_size;
@@ -1052,10 +1052,10 @@ void mips_malta_init(MachineState *machine)
                              bootloader_run_addr, kernel_entry);
         }
     } else {
-        /* The flash region isn't executable from a KVM T&E guest */
+        /* The flash region isn't executable from a KVM guest */
         if (kvm_enabled()) {
             error_report("KVM enabled but no -kernel argument was specified. "
-                         "Booting from flash is not supported with KVM T&E.");
+                         "Booting from flash is not supported with KVM.");
             exit(1);
         }
         /* Load firmware from flash. */