diff --git a/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl001.hs b/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl001.hs
index c4813656d7bfd341097e8fd210366c1ebadc9a1a..9b3adc595b36e298a1418a27411829a6b09e0f61 100644
--- a/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl001.hs
+++ b/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl001.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---!!! Desugaring sections with function-type arguments
+-- !!! Desugaring sections with function-type arguments
 --  Although this is really a desugaring test, the problem is
 -- only tickled by the simplifier
 
diff --git a/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl002.hs b/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl002.hs
index 578c13a44e42f551b0f77b0ba7bee509da116f57..58e072f77cd69f7fc45af2f4a9fc113349485e5c 100644
--- a/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl002.hs
+++ b/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl002.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---!!! class/instance mumble that failed Lint at one time
+-- !!! class/instance mumble that failed Lint at one time
 --
 module Test where
 class Foo a where
diff --git a/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl003.hs b/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl003.hs
index 2d2e9bafd8b33365cd4b7efb0660551e72aa21dc..3cd1af476c462dc0bdf6e4ed24024ef343969ec0 100644
--- a/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl003.hs
+++ b/ghc/tests/simplCore/should_compile/simpl003.hs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
---!! INLINE on recursive functions.
+-- !! INLINE on recursive functions.
 {-
 Date: Thu, 8 Dec 94 11:38:24 GMT
 From: Julian Seward (DRL PhD) <sewardj@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk>