diff --git a/cpp/.clang-format b/cpp/.clang-format
index 69856ae892..5b1c47975a 100644
--- a/cpp/.clang-format
+++ b/cpp/.clang-format
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ BreakConstructorInitializers: BeforeColon
 BreakInheritanceList: BeforeColon
 BreakStringLiterals: true
 ColumnLimit: 100
-CommentPragmas: '^ ?[*]? ?(IWYU pragma:|SPDX-)'
+CommentPragmas: '(IWYU pragma:|SPDX-)'
 CompactNamespaces: false
 ConstructorInitializerAllOnOneLineOrOnePerLine: true
 # Kept the below 2 to be the same as `IndentWidth` to keep everything uniform
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh
index 774254c84c..e0ca8fe0be 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_build.cuh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2023-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
- * reserved. SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_filter_payload.hpp b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_filter_payload.hpp
index 88f30f7745..984ff9ff4d 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_filter_payload.hpp
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/cagra_filter_payload.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights
- * reserved. SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/jit_lto_kernels/cagra_filter_payload.cuh b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/jit_lto_kernels/cagra_filter_payload.cuh
index f4e24ad2dc..21c6def722 100644
--- a/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/jit_lto_kernels/cagra_filter_payload.cuh
+++ b/cpp/src/neighbors/detail/cagra/jit_lto_kernels/cagra_filter_payload.cuh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights
- * reserved. SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 #pragma once