diff --git a/media/c2/1.0/IComponentInterface.hal b/media/c2/1.0/IComponentInterface.hal
index a007d02..d4b30b1 100644
--- a/media/c2/1.0/IComponentInterface.hal
+++ b/media/c2/1.0/IComponentInterface.hal
@@ -19,20 +19,21 @@
 import IConfigurable;
 
 /**
- * Component interface object. This object contains all of the configurations of
+ * Component interface object. This object contains all of the configuration of
  * a potential or actual component. It can be created and used independently of
- * an actual Codec2 component to query supported parameters for various
- * component settings, and configurations for a potential component.
- *
- * An actual component exposes this interface via IComponent::getInterface().
+ * an actual Codec 2.0 component instance to query support and parameters for
+ * various component settings and configurations for a potential component.
+ * Actual components also expose this interface.
  */
-interface IComponentInterface {
-    /**
-     * Returns the @ref IConfigurable instance associated to this component
-     * interface.
+interface IComponentInterface extends IConfigurable {
+    /*
+     * There are no additional methods to IConfigurable interface.
      *
-     * @return configurable `IConfigurable` instance. This must not be null.
+     * Component interfaces have no states.
+     *
+     * The name of the component or component interface object is a unique name
+     * for that component or component interface 'class'; however, multiple
+     * instances of that component must have the same name.
      */
-    getConfigurable() generates (IConfigurable configurable);
 };