1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl-state.h b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl-state.h
index 634608dc6c89..b5919f8e6d1a 100644
--- a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl-state.h
+++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinctrl-state.h
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@
  * @PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT: the state the pinctrl handle shall be put
  *      into as default, usually this means the pins are up and ready to
  *      be used by the device driver. This state is commonly used by
- *      hogs to configure muxing and pins at boot.
+ *      hogs to configure muxing and pins at boot, and also as a state
+ *      to go into when returning from sleep and idle in
+ *      .pm_runtime_resume() or ordinary .resume() for example.
  * @PINCTRL_STATE_IDLE: the state the pinctrl handle shall be put into
- *      when the pins are idle. Could typically be set from a
- *      pm_runtime_suspend() operation.
+ *      when the pins are idle. This is a state where the system is relaxed
+ *      but not fully sleeping - some power may be on but clocks gated for
+ *      example. Could typically be set from a pm_runtime_suspend() or
+ *      pm_runtime_idle() operation.
  * @PINCTRL_STATE_SLEEP: the state the pinctrl handle shall be put into
- *      when the pins are sleeping. Could typically be set from a
- *      common suspend() function.
+ *      when the pins are sleeping. This is a state where the system is in
+ *      its lowest sleep state. Could typically be set from an
+ *      ordinary .suspend() function.
  */
 #define PINCTRL_STATE_DEFAULT "default"
 #define PINCTRL_STATE_IDLE "idle"