1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 20136564f264..3ac4b57ed76a 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -524,11 +524,13 @@ sub dump_section {
     } else {
 #       print STDERR "other section '$name' = '$contents'\n";
         if (defined($sections{$name}) && ($sections{$name} ne "")) {
-                print STDERR "${file}:$.: error: duplicate section name '$name'\n";
-                ++$errors;
+            print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: duplicate section name '$name'\n";
+            ++$warnings;
+            $sections{$name} .= $contents;
+        } else {
+            $sections{$name} = $contents;
+            push @sectionlist, $name;
         }
-        $sections{$name} = $contents;
-        push @sectionlist, $name;
     }
 }