diff --git a/mutation_query.hh b/mutation_query.hh
index e4684a7d88..fd05cff9c4 100644
--- a/mutation_query.hh
+++ b/mutation_query.hh
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ private:
     stop_iteration consume(range_tombstone&& rt);
 
 public:
-    // Expects query schema (reversed) and reversed slice when building results for reverse query.
+    // Expects reversed schema and reversed slice when building results for reverse query.
     reconcilable_result_builder(const schema& query_schema, const query::partition_slice& slice,
                                 query::result_memory_accounter&& accounter) noexcept
         : _query_schema(query_schema.shared_from_this()), _slice(slice)
diff --git a/query-request.hh b/query-request.hh
index f83da918e9..f873dedc95 100644
--- a/query-request.hh
+++ b/query-request.hh
@@ -147,13 +147,6 @@ constexpr auto max_rows_if_set = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max();
 // Specifies subset of rows, columns and cell attributes to be returned in a query.
 // Can be accessed across cores.
 // Schema-dependent.
-//
-// COMPATIBILITY NOTE: the partition-slice for reverse queries has two different
-// format:
-// * legacy format
-// * native format
-// The wire format uses the legacy format. See docs/dev/reverse-reads.md
-// for more details on the formats.
 class partition_slice {
     friend class ::partition_slice_builder;
 public:
diff --git a/readers/mutation_source.hh b/readers/mutation_source.hh
index 634e22209e..4dc133afe4 100644
--- a/readers/mutation_source.hh
+++ b/readers/mutation_source.hh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ partition_presence_checker make_default_partition_presence_checker() {
 // when invoking the source.
 //
 // When reading in reverse, a reverse schema has to be passed (compared to the
-// table's schema), and a half-reverse (legacy) slice.
+// table's schema), and a reverse (native) slice.
 // See docs/dev/reverse-reads.md for more details.
 // Partition-range forwarding is not yet supported in reverse mode.
 class mutation_source {
diff --git a/readers/reversing_v2.hh b/readers/reversing_v2.hh
index 5bbd642386..eeefb0ae0b 100644
--- a/readers/reversing_v2.hh
+++ b/readers/reversing_v2.hh
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ namespace query {
 /// \param slice serves as a convenience slice storage for reads that have to
 ///     store an edited slice somewhere. This is common for reads that work
 ///     with a native-reversed slice and so have to convert the one used in the
-///     query -- which is in half-reversed format.
+///     query -- which is in reversed format.
 mutation_reader
 make_reversing_reader(mutation_reader original, query::max_result_size max_size, std::unique_ptr<query::partition_slice> slice = {});
diff --git a/sstables/mx/reader.hh b/sstables/mx/reader.hh
index 9bed0bd21b..2ad141fc2b 100644
--- a/sstables/mx/reader.hh
+++ b/sstables/mx/reader.hh
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ namespace mx {
 
 // Precondition: if the slice is reversed, the schema must be reversed as well
 // and the range must be singular (`range.is_singular()`).
-// Reversed slices must be provided in the 'half-reversed' format (the order of ranges
-// being reversed, but the ranges themselves are not).
 // Fast-forwarding is not supported in reversed queries (FIXME).
 mutation_reader make_reader(
         shared_sstable sstable,
diff --git a/sstables/sstables.hh b/sstables/sstables.hh
index feac0bf16e..ed92bf1e13 100644
--- a/sstables/sstables.hh
+++ b/sstables/sstables.hh
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ public:
     // Returns a mutation_reader for given range of partitions.
     //
     // Precondition: if the slice is reversed, the schema must be reversed as well.
-    // Reversed slices must be provided in the 'half-reversed' format (the order of ranges
-    // being reversed, but the ranges themselves are not).
     mutation_reader make_reader(
             schema_ptr query_schema,
             reader_permit permit,