diff --git a/gdk/gdkclipboard.c b/gdk/gdkclipboard.c
index ad3d546419..a7827ed7ed 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkclipboard.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkclipboard.c
@@ -522,8 +522,6 @@ gdk_clipboard_get_content (GdkClipboard *clipboard)
  *
  * If the clipboard is not local, this function does nothing but report success.
  *
- * The @callback must call [method@Gdk.Clipboard.store_finish].
- *
  * The purpose of this call is to preserve clipboard contents beyond the
  * lifetime of an application, so this function is typically called on
  * exit. Depending on the platform, the functionality may not be available
@@ -638,9 +636,6 @@ gdk_clipboard_read_internal (GdkClipboard        *clipboard,
  * Asynchronously requests an input stream to read the @clipboard's
  * contents from.
  *
- * When the operation is finished @callback will be called. You must then
- * call [method@Gdk.Clipboard.read_finish] to get the result of the operation.
- *
  * The clipboard will choose the most suitable mime type from the given list
  * to fulfill the request, preferring the ones listed first.
  */
@@ -834,9 +829,6 @@ gdk_clipboard_read_value_internal (GdkClipboard        *clipboard,
  * Asynchronously request the @clipboard contents converted to the given
  * @type.
  *
- * When the operation is finished @callback will be called. You must then call
- * [method@Gdk.Clipboard.read_value_finish] to get the resulting `GValue`.
- *
  * For local clipboard contents that are available in the given `GType`,
  * the value will be copied directly. Otherwise, GDK will try to use
  * [func@content_deserialize_async] to convert the clipboard's data.
@@ -895,9 +887,6 @@ gdk_clipboard_read_value_finish (GdkClipboard  *clipboard,
  *
  * Asynchronously request the @clipboard contents converted to a `GdkPixbuf`.
  *
- * When the operation is finished @callback will be called. You must then
- * call [method@Gdk.Clipboard.read_texture_finish] to get the result.
- *
  * This is a simple wrapper around [method@Gdk.Clipboard.read_value_async].
  * Use that function or [method@Gdk.Clipboard.read_async] directly if you
  * need more control over the operation.
@@ -960,9 +949,6 @@ gdk_clipboard_read_texture_finish (GdkClipboard  *clipboard,
  *
  * Asynchronously request the @clipboard contents converted to a string.
  *
- * When the operation is finished @callback will be called. You must then
- * call [method@Gdk.Clipboard.read_text_finish] to get the result.
- *
  * This is a simple wrapper around [method@Gdk.Clipboard.read_value_async].
  * Use that function or [method@Gdk.Clipboard.read_async] directly if you
  * need more control over the operation.
diff --git a/gdk/gdkcontentdeserializer.c b/gdk/gdkcontentdeserializer.c
index e270de5bae..440b2e6bcf 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkcontentdeserializer.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkcontentdeserializer.c
@@ -540,9 +540,6 @@ deserialize_not_found (GdkContentDeserializer *deserializer)
  *
  * The default I/O priority is %G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT (i.e. 0), and lower numbers
  * indicate a higher priority.
- *
- * When the operation is finished, @callback will be called. You must then
- * call [func@Gdk.content_deserialize_finish] to get the result of the operation.
  */
 void
 gdk_content_deserialize_async (GInputStream        *stream,
diff --git a/gdk/gdkcontentprovider.c b/gdk/gdkcontentprovider.c
index 8127eec66c..d22990534a 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkcontentprovider.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkcontentprovider.c
@@ -279,10 +279,6 @@ gdk_content_provider_content_changed (GdkContentProvider *provider)
  * Asynchronously writes the contents of @provider to @stream in the given
  * @mime_type.
  *
- * When the operation is finished @callback will be called. You must then call
- * [method@Gdk.ContentProvider.write_mime_type_finish] to get the result
- * of the operation.
- *
  * The given mime type does not need to be listed in the formats returned by
  * [method@Gdk.ContentProvider.ref_formats]. However, if the given `GType` is
  * not supported, `G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED` will be reported.
diff --git a/gdk/gdkcontentserializer.c b/gdk/gdkcontentserializer.c
index b433266256..46267cbb40 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkcontentserializer.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkcontentserializer.c
@@ -546,9 +546,6 @@ serialize_not_found (GdkContentSerializer *serializer)
  *
  * The default I/O priority is %G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT (i.e. 0), and lower numbers
  * indicate a higher priority.
- *
- * When the operation is finished, @callback will be called. You must then
- * call [func@Gdk.content_serialize_finish] to get the result of the operation.
  */
 void
 gdk_content_serialize_async (GOutputStream       *stream,
diff --git a/gdk/gdkdrop.c b/gdk/gdkdrop.c
index 7c2c3e5582..208f11595a 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdrop.c
+++ b/gdk/gdkdrop.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ gdk_drop_read_local_async (GdkDrop             *self,
 
   g_object_get (priv->drag, "content", &content, NULL);
   content_formats = gdk_content_provider_ref_formats (content);
-  g_object_unref (content); 
+  g_object_unref (content);
   content_formats = gdk_content_formats_union_serialize_mime_types (content_formats);
   mime_type = gdk_content_formats_match_mime_type (content_formats, formats);
 
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ gdk_drop_read_value_internal (GdkDrop             *self,
   GdkContentFormats *formats;
   GValue *value;
   GTask *task;
- 
+
   g_return_if_fail (priv->state != GDK_DROP_STATE_FINISHED);
 
   task = g_task_new (self, cancellable, callback, user_data);
@@ -849,10 +849,6 @@ gdk_drop_read_value_internal (GdkDrop             *self,
  * Asynchronously request the drag operation's contents converted
  * to the given @type.
  *
- * When the operation is finished @callback will be called. You must
- * then call [method@Gdk.Drop.read_value_finish] to get the resulting
- * `GValue`.
- *
  * For local drag-and-drop operations that are available in the given
  * `GType`, the value will be copied directly. Otherwise, GDK will
  * try to use [func@Gdk.content_deserialize_async] to convert the data.
diff --git a/gdk/gdktoplevel.c b/gdk/gdktoplevel.c
index 32291192ae..a5d7b5cc7a 100644
--- a/gdk/gdktoplevel.c
+++ b/gdk/gdktoplevel.c
@@ -767,9 +767,6 @@ gdk_toplevel_titlebar_gesture (GdkToplevel        *toplevel,
  * This function asynchronously obtains a handle for a toplevel surface
  * that can be passed to other processes.
  *
- * When a handle has been obtained, @callback will be called, and can
- * receive the handle via [method@Gdk.Toplevel.export_handle_finish].
- *
  * It is an error to call this function on a surface that is already
  * exported.
  *
diff --git a/gtk/deprecated/gtkshow.c b/gtk/deprecated/gtkshow.c
index 3c3b9616cd..7fa9b8c41f 100644
--- a/gtk/deprecated/gtkshow.c
+++ b/gtk/deprecated/gtkshow.c
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ window_handle_exported (GtkWindow  *window,
  * a given uri.
  *
  * The @callback will be called when the launch is completed.
- * It should call gtk_show_uri_full_finish() to obtain the result.
  *
  * This is the recommended call to be used as it passes information
  * necessary for sandbox helpers to parent their dialogs properly.
@@ -153,8 +152,8 @@ gtk_show_uri_full (GtkWindow           *parent,
  * Returns: %TRUE if the URI was shown successfully.
  *   Otherwise, %FALSE is returned and @error is set
  *
- * Deprecated: 4.10: Use [method@Gtk.FileLauncher.launch_finish] or
- *   [method@Gtk.UriLauncher.launch_finish] instead
+ * Deprecated: 4.10: Use [method@Gtk.FileLauncher.launch] or
+ *   [method@Gtk.UriLauncher.launch] instead
  */
 gboolean
 gtk_show_uri_full_finish (GtkWindow     *parent,
diff --git a/gtk/gtkalertdialog.c b/gtk/gtkalertdialog.c
index ac2633deeb..adde39ff63 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkalertdialog.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkalertdialog.c
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
  * are needed to present a message to the user.
  *
  * The message is shown with the [method@Gtk.AlertDialog.choose]
- * function. This API follows the GIO async pattern, and the result can
- * be obtained by calling [method@Gtk.AlertDialog.choose_finish].
+ * function.
  *
  * If you don't need to wait for a button to be clicked, you can use
  * [method@Gtk.AlertDialog.show].
@@ -687,10 +686,6 @@ G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
  *
  * This function shows the alert to the user.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the alert is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.AlertDialog.choose_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
- *
  * It is ok to pass `NULL` for the callback if the alert
  * does not have more than one button. A simpler API for
  * this case is [method@Gtk.AlertDialog.show].
diff --git a/gtk/gtkcolordialog.c b/gtk/gtkcolordialog.c
index a6e69be7e9..6da7c19bb2 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkcolordialog.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkcolordialog.c
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@
  * should be modal.
  *
  * The dialog is shown with the [method@Gtk.ColorDialog.choose_rgba]
- * function. This API follows the GIO async pattern, and the
- * result can be obtained by calling
- * [method@Gtk.ColorDialog.choose_rgba_finish].
+ * function.
  *
  * See [class@Gtk.ColorDialogButton] for a convenient control
  * that uses `GtkColorDialog` and presents the results.
@@ -436,10 +434,6 @@ G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
  * This function initiates a color choice operation by
  * presenting a color chooser dialog to the user.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.ColorDialog.choose_rgba_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
- *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
 void
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfiledialog.c b/gtk/gtkfiledialog.c
index 618af1cd5f..51b45a29fd 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfiledialog.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfiledialog.c
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@
  * should be modal.
  *
  * The dialog is shown with [method@Gtk.FileDialog.open],
- * [method@Gtk.FileDialog.save], etc. These APIs follow the
- * GIO async pattern, and the result can be obtained by calling
- * the corresponding finish function, for example
- * [method@Gtk.FileDialog.open_finish].
+ * [method@Gtk.FileDialog.save], etc.
  *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
@@ -693,7 +690,7 @@ gtk_file_dialog_set_initial_file (GtkFileDialog *self,
     {
       GFile *folder;
       GFileInfo *info;
-   
+
       if (self->initial_file && g_file_equal (self->initial_file, file))
         return;
 
@@ -927,8 +924,6 @@ finish_multiple_files_op (GtkFileDialog  *self,
  * presenting a file chooser dialog to the user.
  *
  * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FileDialog.open_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
  *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
@@ -1001,8 +996,6 @@ gtk_file_dialog_open_finish (GtkFileDialog   *self,
  * will be in the directory [property@Gtk.FileDialog:initial-folder].
  *
  * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FileDialog.select_folder_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
  *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
@@ -1071,8 +1064,6 @@ gtk_file_dialog_select_folder_finish (GtkFileDialog  *self,
  * presenting a file chooser dialog to the user.
  *
  * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FileDialog.save_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
  *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
@@ -1144,8 +1135,6 @@ gtk_file_dialog_save_finish (GtkFileDialog   *self,
  * [property@Gtk.FileDialog:initial-folder].
  *
  * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FileDialog.open_multiple_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
  *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
@@ -1218,8 +1207,6 @@ gtk_file_dialog_open_multiple_finish (GtkFileDialog   *self,
  * [property@Gtk.FileDialog:initial-folder].
  *
  * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FileDialog.select_multiple_folders_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
  *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfilelauncher.c b/gtk/gtkfilelauncher.c
index 5f0c62f251..62c1afb83c 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfilelauncher.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfilelauncher.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
  * right away.
  *
  * The operation is started with the [method@Gtk.FileLauncher.launch] function.
- * This API follows the GIO async pattern, and the result can be obtained by
- * calling [method@Gtk.FileLauncher.launch_finish].
  *
  * To launch uris that don't represent files, use [class@Gtk.UriLauncher].
  *
@@ -464,10 +462,6 @@ G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
  *
  * This may present an app chooser dialog to the user.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the operation is completed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FileLauncher.launch_finish] to obtain
- * the result.
- *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
 void
@@ -558,10 +552,6 @@ gtk_file_launcher_launch_finish (GtkFileLauncher  *self,
  * This is only supported native files. It will fail if @file
  * is e.g. a http:// uri.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the operation is completed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FileLauncher.open_containing_folder_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
- *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
 void
diff --git a/gtk/gtkfontdialog.c b/gtk/gtkfontdialog.c
index 1ab43ac552..533feaf891 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkfontdialog.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkfontdialog.c
@@ -37,9 +37,7 @@
  * should be modal.
  *
  * The dialog is shown with the [method@Gtk.FontDialog.choose_font]
- * function or its variants. This API follows the GIO async pattern,
- * and the result can be obtained by calling the corresponding
- * finish function, such as [method@Gtk.FontDialog.choose_font_finish].
+ * function or its variants.
  *
  * See [class@Gtk.FontDialogButton] for a convenient control
  * that uses `GtkFontDialog` and presents the results.
@@ -627,10 +625,6 @@ G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
  * This function initiates a font selection operation by
  * presenting a dialog to the user for selecting a font family.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FontDialog.choose_family_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
- *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
 void
@@ -716,10 +710,6 @@ gtk_font_dialog_choose_family_finish (GtkFontDialog  *self,
  * presenting a dialog to the user for selecting a font face
  * (i.e. a font family and style, but not a specific font size).
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FontDialog.choose_face_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
- *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
 void
@@ -798,10 +788,6 @@ gtk_font_dialog_choose_face_finish (GtkFontDialog  *self,
  * This function initiates a font selection operation by
  * presenting a dialog to the user for selecting a font.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FontDialog.choose_font_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
- *
  * If you want to let the user select font features as well,
  * use [method@Gtk.FontDialog.choose_font_and_features] instead.
  *
@@ -883,10 +869,6 @@ gtk_font_dialog_choose_font_finish (GtkFontDialog  *self,
  * Font features affect how the font is rendered, for example
  * enabling glyph variants or ligatures.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.FontDialog.choose_font_and_features_finish]
- * to obtain the result.
- *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
 void
diff --git a/gtk/gtkprintdialog.c b/gtk/gtkprintdialog.c
index 7ac76b3840..e9424771bf 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkprintdialog.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkprintdialog.c
@@ -1430,10 +1430,8 @@ print_response_cb (GtkPrintUnixDialog *window,
  * and set up print settings and page setup.
  *
  * The @callback will be called when the dialog is dismissed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.PrintDialog.setup_finish]
- * to obtain the results in the form of a [struct@Gtk.PrintSetup],
- * that can then be passed to [method@Gtk.PrintDialog.print]
- * or [method@Gtk.PrintDialog.print_file].
+ * The obtained [struct@Gtk.PrintSetup] can then be passed
+ * to [method@Gtk.PrintDialog.print] or [method@Gtk.PrintDialog.print_file].
  *
  * One possible use for this method is to have the user select a printer,
  * then show a page setup UI in the application (e.g. to arrange images
@@ -1533,8 +1531,7 @@ gtk_print_dialog_setup_finish (GtkPrintDialog    *self,
  * If you pass `NULL` as @setup, then this method will present a print dialog.
  * Otherwise, it will attempt to print directly, without user interaction.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the printing is done. It should call
- * [method@Gtk.PrintDialog.print_finish] to obtain the results.
+ * The @callback will be called when the printing is done.
  *
  * Since: 4.14
  */
@@ -1659,9 +1656,6 @@ gtk_print_dialog_print_finish (GtkPrintDialog  *self,
  * If you pass `NULL` as @setup, then this method will present a print dialog.
  * Otherwise, it will attempt to print directly, without user interaction.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the printing is done. It should call
- * [method@Gtk.PrintDialog.print_file_finish] to obtain the results.
- *
  * Since: 4.14
  */
 void
diff --git a/gtk/gtkurilauncher.c b/gtk/gtkurilauncher.c
index 7410a8da2a..dbb9285890 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkurilauncher.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkurilauncher.c
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@
  * right away.
  *
  * The operation is started with the [method@Gtk.UriLauncher.launch] function.
- * This API follows the GIO async pattern, and the result can be obtained by
- * calling [method@Gtk.UriLauncher.launch_finish].
  *
  * To launch a file, use [class@Gtk.FileLauncher].
  *
@@ -270,10 +268,6 @@ G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
  *
  * This may present an app chooser dialog to the user.
  *
- * The @callback will be called when the operation is completed.
- * It should call [method@Gtk.UriLauncher.launch_finish] to obtain
- * the result.
- *
  * Since: 4.10
  */
 void