diff --git a/cpp/include/cuml/linear_model/glm.hpp b/cpp/include/cuml/linear_model/glm.hpp
index d452aff3d1..19c3d734a8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cuml/linear_model/glm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/cuml/linear_model/glm.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace GLM {
  * @param n_cols        number of columns of the feature matrix
  * @param labels        device pointer to label vector of length n_rows
  * @param coef          device pointer to hold the solution for weights of size n_cols
- * @param intercept     device pointer to hold the solution for bias term of size 1
+ * @param intercept     host pointer to hold the solution for bias term of size 1
  * @param fit_intercept if true, fit intercept
  * @param normalize     if true, normalize data to zero mean, unit variance
  * @param algo          specifies which solver to use (0: SVD, 1: Eigendecomposition, 2:
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ void olsFit(const raft::handle_t& handle,
  * @param n_rows        number of rows of the feature matrix
  * @param n_cols        number of columns of the feature matrix
  * @param labels        device pointer to label vector of length n_rows
- * @param alpha         device pointer to parameters of the l2 regularizer
+ * @param alpha         host pointer to parameters of the l2 regularizer
  * @param n_alpha       number of regularization parameters
  * @param coef          device pointer to hold the solution for weights of size n_cols
- * @param intercept     device pointer to hold the solution for bias term of size 1
+ * @param intercept     host pointer to hold the solution for bias term of size 1
  * @param fit_intercept if true, fit intercept
  * @param normalize     if true, normalize data to zero mean, unit variance
  * @param algo          specifies which solver to use (0: SVD, 1: Eigendecomposition)
diff --git a/cpp/src/glm/ols.cuh b/cpp/src/glm/ols.cuh
index 9e2e8212e0..38b044e0ed 100644
--- a/cpp/src/glm/ols.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/glm/ols.cuh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ using namespace MLCommon;
  * @param n_cols        number of columns of the feature matrix
  * @param labels        device pointer to label vector of length n_rows
  * @param coef          device pointer to hold the solution for weights of size n_cols
- * @param intercept     device pointer to hold the solution for bias term of size 1
+ * @param intercept     host pointer to hold the solution for bias term of size 1
  * @param fit_intercept if true, fit intercept
  * @param normalize     if true, normalize data to zero mean, unit variance
  * @param stream        cuda stream
diff --git a/cpp/src/glm/ridge.cuh b/cpp/src/glm/ridge.cuh
index 6431eb0297..98e206344d 100644
--- a/cpp/src/glm/ridge.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/glm/ridge.cuh
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ void ridgeEig(const raft::handle_t& handle,
  * @param n_rows        number of rows of the feature matrix
  * @param n_cols        number of columns of the feature matrix
  * @param labels        device pointer to label vector of length n_rows
- * @param alpha         device pointer to parameters of the l2 regularizer
+ * @param alpha         host pointer to parameters of the l2 regularizer
  * @param n_alpha       number of regularization parameters
  * @param coef          device pointer to hold the solution for weights of size n_cols
- * @param intercept     device pointer to hold the solution for bias term of size 1
+ * @param intercept     host pointer to hold the solution for bias term of size 1
  * @param fit_intercept if true, fit intercept
  * @param normalize     if true, normalize data to zero mean, unit variance
  * @param stream        cuda stream