diff --git a/src/util/strencodings.h b/src/util/strencodings.h
index 1f7762aeef8..eedb5ec2f86 100644
--- a/src/util/strencodings.h
+++ b/src/util/strencodings.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void SplitHostPort(std::string in, uint16_t& portOut, std::string& hostOut);
 
 // LocaleIndependentAtoi is provided for backwards compatibility reasons.
 //
-// New code should use the ParseInt64/ParseUInt64/ParseInt32/ParseUInt32 functions
+// New code should use ToIntegral or the ParseInt* functions
 // which provide parse error feedback.
 //
 // The goal of LocaleIndependentAtoi is to replicate the exact defined behaviour
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ constexpr inline bool IsSpace(char c) noexcept {
 /**
  * Convert string to integral type T. Leading whitespace, a leading +, or any
  * trailing character fail the parsing. The required format expressed as regex
- * is `-?[0-9]+`.
+ * is `-?[0-9]+`. The minus sign is only permitted for signed integer types.
  *
  * @returns std::nullopt if the entire string could not be parsed, or if the
  *   parsed value is not in the range representable by the type T.
diff --git a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
index 3015c4f9b94..4a3eefa74c3 100755
--- a/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
+++ b/test/lint/lint-locale-dependence.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export LC_ALL=C
 # https://stackoverflow.com/a/34878283 for more details.
 
 # TODO: Reduce KNOWN_VIOLATIONS by replacing uses of locale dependent stoul/strtol with locale
-#       independent ToIntegral<T>(...).
+#       independent ToIntegral<T>(...) or the ParseInt*() functions.
 # TODO: Reduce KNOWN_VIOLATIONS by replacing uses of locale dependent snprintf with strprintf.
 KNOWN_VIOLATIONS=(
     "src/bitcoin-tx.cpp.*stoul"