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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
index 97f785add84..b5d1cbdc558 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/io.xml
@@ -677,8 +677,10 @@ memory, set by the application. See <xref linkend="userp" /> for details.
<entry><structfield>length</structfield></entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>Size of the buffer (not the payload) in bytes for the
- single-planar API. For the multi-planar API should contain the
- number of elements in the <structfield>planes</structfield> array.
+ single-planar API. For the multi-planar API the application sets
+ this to the number of elements in the <structfield>planes</structfield>
+ array. The driver will fill in the actual number of valid elements in
+ that array.
</entry>
</row>
<row>