diff --git a/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/cpotrf.f b/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/cpotrf.f
index f9384b416..1b8e53cc2 100644
--- a/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/cpotrf.f
+++ b/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/cpotrf.f
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ C> \verbatim
 C>          INFO is INTEGER
 C>          = 0:  successful exit
 C>          < 0:  if INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value
-C>          > 0:  if INFO = i, the leading minor of order i is not
-C>                positive definite, and the factorization could not be
+C>          > 0:  if INFO = i, the leading principal minor of order i
+C>                is not positive, and the factorization could not be
 C>                completed.
 C> \endverbatim
 C>
diff --git a/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/dpotrf.f b/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/dpotrf.f
index 1575bd95c..e0a621b2e 100644
--- a/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/dpotrf.f
+++ b/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/dpotrf.f
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ C> \verbatim
 C>          INFO is INTEGER
 C>          = 0:  successful exit
 C>          < 0:  if INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value
-C>          > 0:  if INFO = i, the leading minor of order i is not
-C>                positive definite, and the factorization could not be
+C>          > 0:  if INFO = i, the leading principal minor of order i
+C>                is not positive, and the factorization could not be
 C>                completed.
 C> \endverbatim
 C>
diff --git a/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/spotrf.f b/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/spotrf.f
index 67ebae335..f3b66a9e3 100644
--- a/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/spotrf.f
+++ b/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/spotrf.f
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ C> \verbatim
 C>          INFO is INTEGER
 C>          = 0:  successful exit
 C>          < 0:  if INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value
-C>          > 0:  if INFO = i, the leading minor of order i is not
-C>                positive definite, and the factorization could not be
+C>          > 0:  if INFO = i, the leading principal minor of order i
+C>                is not positive, and the factorization could not be
 C>                completed.
 C> \endverbatim
 C>
diff --git a/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/zpotrf.f b/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/zpotrf.f
index bef27afa7..dda42faf9 100644
--- a/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/zpotrf.f
+++ b/lapack-netlib/SRC/VARIANTS/cholesky/RL/zpotrf.f
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ C> \verbatim
 C>          INFO is INTEGER
 C>          = 0:  successful exit
 C>          < 0:  if INFO = -i, the i-th argument had an illegal value
-C>          > 0:  if INFO = i, the leading minor of order i is not
-C>                positive definite, and the factorization could not be
+C>          > 0:  if INFO = i, the leading principal minor of order i
+C>                is not positive, and the factorization could not be
 C>                completed.
 C> \endverbatim
 C>