diff --git a/src/posix/platform/vendor_interface.hpp b/src/posix/platform/vendor_interface.hpp
index 7ece23487..0d82eab88 100644
--- a/src/posix/platform/vendor_interface.hpp
+++ b/src/posix/platform/vendor_interface.hpp
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ public:
     /**
      * This method updates the file descriptor sets with file descriptors used by the radio driver.
      *
-     * @param[inout] aReadFdSet   A reference to the read file descriptors.
-     * @param[inout] aWriteFdSet  A reference to the write file descriptors.
-     * @param[inout] aMaxFd       A reference to the max file descriptor.
-     * @param[inout] aTimeout     A reference to the timeout.
+     * @param[in,out] aReadFdSet   A reference to the read file descriptors.
+     * @param[in,out] aWriteFdSet  A reference to the write file descriptors.
+     * @param[in,out] aMaxFd       A reference to the max file descriptor.
+     * @param[in,out] aTimeout     A reference to the timeout.
      *
      */
     void UpdateFdSet(fd_set &aReadFdSet, fd_set &aWriteFdSet, int &aMaxFd, struct timeval &aTimeout);