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diff --git a/gio/gcancellable.c b/gio/gcancellable.c
index 8f66e83..258b88d 100644
--- a/gio/gcancellable.c
+++ b/gio/gcancellable.c
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General
- * Public License along with this library; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
- * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ * Public License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  *
  * Author: Alexander Larsson <alexl@redhat.com>
  */
@@ -92,16 +90,14 @@ g_cancellable_class_init (GCancellableClass *klass)
    *
    * Note that disconnecting from this signal (or any signal) in a
    * multi-threaded program is prone to race conditions. For instance
-   * it is possible that a signal handler may be invoked even
-   * <emphasis>after</emphasis> a call to
-   * g_signal_handler_disconnect() for that handler has already
-   * returned.
+   * it is possible that a signal handler may be invoked even after
+   * a call to g_signal_handler_disconnect() for that handler has
+   * already returned.
    * 
-   * There is also a problem when cancellation happen
-   * right before connecting to the signal. If this happens the
-   * signal will unexpectedly not be emitted, and checking before
-   * connecting to the signal leaves a race condition where this is
-   * still happening.
+   * There is also a problem when cancellation happens right before
+   * connecting to the signal. If this happens the signal will
+   * unexpectedly not be emitted, and checking before connecting to
+   * the signal leaves a race condition where this is still happening.
    *
    * In order to make it safe and easy to connect handlers there
    * are two helper functions: g_cancellable_connect() and
@@ -109,13 +105,13 @@ g_cancellable_class_init (GCancellableClass *klass)
    * like this.
    *
    * An example of how to us this:
-   * |[
-   *     /<!-- -->* Make sure we don't do any unnecessary work if already cancelled *<!-- -->/
+   * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+   *     // Make sure we don't do unnecessary work if already cancelled
    *     if (g_cancellable_set_error_if_cancelled (cancellable, error))
    *       return;
    *
-   *     /<!-- -->* Set up all the data needed to be able to
-   *      * handle cancellation of the operation *<!-- -->/
+   *     // Set up all the data needed to be able to handle cancellation
+   *     // of the operation
    *     my_data = my_data_new (...);
    *
    *     id = 0;
@@ -124,12 +120,12 @@ g_cancellable_class_init (GCancellableClass *klass)
    *     			      G_CALLBACK (cancelled_handler)
    *     			      data, NULL);
    *
-   *     /<!-- -->* cancellable operation here... *<!-- -->/
+   *     // cancellable operation here...
    *
    *     g_cancellable_disconnect (cancellable, id);
    *
-   *     /<!-- -->* cancelled_handler is never called after this, it
-   *      * is now safe to free the data *<!-- -->/
+   *     // cancelled_handler is never called after this, it is now safe
+   *     // to free the data
    *     my_data_free (my_data);  
    * ]|
    *
@@ -225,8 +221,8 @@ g_cancellable_pop_current (GCancellable *cancellable)
  *
  * Gets the top cancellable from the stack.
  *
- * Returns: (transfer none): a #GCancellable from the top of the stack, or %NULL
- * if the stack is empty.
+ * Returns: (nullable) (transfer none): a #GCancellable from the top
+ * of the stack, or %NULL if the stack is empty.
  **/
 GCancellable *
 g_cancellable_get_current  (void)
@@ -248,6 +244,13 @@ g_cancellable_get_current  (void)
  *
  * If cancellable is currently in use by any cancellable operation
  * then the behavior of this function is undefined.
+ *
+ * Note that it is generally not a good idea to reuse an existing
+ * cancellable for more operations after it has been cancelled once,
+ * as this function might tempt you to do. The recommended practice
+ * is to drop the reference to a cancellable after cancelling it,
+ * and let it die with the outstanding async operations. You should
+ * create a fresh cancellable for further async operations.
  **/
 void 
 g_cancellable_reset (GCancellable *cancellable)
@@ -719,7 +722,9 @@ static GSourceFuncs cancellable_source_funcs =
  * For convenience, you can call this with a %NULL #GCancellable,
  * in which case the source will never trigger.
  *
- * Return value: (transfer full): the new #GSource.
+ * The new #GSource will hold a reference to the #GCancellable.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): the new #GSource.
  *
  * Since: 2.28
  */