--- a/scripts/plot/xlabel.m
+++ b/scripts/plot/xlabel.m
@@ -1,30 +1,31 @@
-# Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
-# 
-# This file is part of Octave.
-# 
-# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
-# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
-# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
-# later version.
-# 
-# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
-# for more details.
-# 
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
-# Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+### Copyright (C) 1996 John W. Eaton
+###
+### This file is part of Octave.
+###
+### Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+### under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+### the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+### any later version.
+###
+### Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+### WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+### MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+### General Public License for more details.
+###
+### You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+### along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+### Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+### 02111-1307, USA.
 
 function xlabel (text)
 
-# usage: xlabel (text)
-#
-# Defines a label for the x-axis of a plot.  The label will appear the
-# next time a plot is displayed.
-#
-# See also: plot, semilogx, semilogy, loglog, polar, mesh, contour,
-#           bar, stairs, gplot, gsplot, replot, ylabel, title
+  ## usage: xlabel (text)
+  ##
+  ## Defines a label for the x-axis of a plot.  The label will appear the
+  ## next time a plot is displayed.
+  ##
+  ## See also: plot, semilogx, semilogy, loglog, polar, mesh, contour,
+  ##           bar, stairs, gplot, gsplot, replot, ylabel, title
 
   if (nargin != 1)
     usage ("xlabel (text)");