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diff --git a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
index ce1fa22aa70..08d34e11bc5 100644
--- a/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/watchdog/watchdog-kernel-api.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct watchdog_device {
50 unsigned int min_timeout; 50 unsigned int min_timeout;
51 unsigned int max_timeout; 51 unsigned int max_timeout;
52 void *driver_data; 52 void *driver_data;
53 struct mutex lock;
53 unsigned long status; 54 unsigned long status;
54}; 55};
55 56
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ It contains following fields:
74* driver_data: a pointer to the drivers private data of a watchdog device. 75* driver_data: a pointer to the drivers private data of a watchdog device.
75 This data should only be accessed via the watchdog_set_drvdata and 76 This data should only be accessed via the watchdog_set_drvdata and
76 watchdog_get_drvdata routines. 77 watchdog_get_drvdata routines.
78* lock: Mutex for WatchDog Timer Driver Core internal use only.
77* status: this field contains a number of status bits that give extra 79* status: this field contains a number of status bits that give extra
78 information about the status of the device (Like: is the watchdog timer 80 information about the status of the device (Like: is the watchdog timer
79 running/active, is the nowayout bit set, is the device opened via 81 running/active, is the nowayout bit set, is the device opened via