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diff --git a/tools/checkAPIs.pl b/tools/checkAPIs.pl
index 51248d6189..de670da9b4 100755
--- a/tools/checkAPIs.pl
+++ b/tools/checkAPIs.pl
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ my @prohibitedAPIs=
# Locale-unsafe APIs
# These may have unexpected behaviors in some locales (e.g.,
# "I" isn't always the upper-case form of "i", and "i" isn't
- # always the lower-case form of "I").
+ # always the lower-case form of "I"). Use the g_ascii_* version
+ # instead.
'strcasecmp',
'strncasecmp',
'g_strcasecmp',
@@ -88,11 +89,11 @@ my @prohibitedAPIs=
# APIs that SHOULD NOT be used in Wireshark (any more)
my @deprecatedAPIs=
(
- # Depreciated glib functions
+ ### Depreciated glib functions
+ # use g_string_printf() instead of:
'g_string_sprintf',
- # use g_string_printf().
+ # use g_string_append_printf instead of:
'g_string_sprintfa',
- # use g_string_append_printf
'g_tree_traverse',
'g_basename',
'g_dirname',