2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index 026ec7d57384..4d04572b6549 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -269,7 +269,10 @@ Use the argument mechanism to document members or constants.
 
 Inside a struct description, you can use the "private:" and "public:"
 comment tags.  Structure fields that are inside a "private:" area
-are not listed in the generated output documentation.
+are not listed in the generated output documentation.  The "private:"
+and "public:" tags must begin immediately following a "/*" comment
+marker.  They may optionally include comments between the ":" and the
+ending "*/" marker.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -283,7 +286,7 @@ Example:
 struct my_struct {
     int a;
     int b;
-/* private: */
+/* private: internal use only */
     int c;
 };
 
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 0f11870116dc..3208a3a7e7fe 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1411,7 +1411,8 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
     my $file = shift;
     my $nested;
 
-    if ($x =~/(struct|union)\s+(\w+)\s*{(.*)}/) {
+    if ($x =~ /(struct|union)\s+(\w+)\s*{(.*)}/) {
+        #my $decl_type = $1;
         $declaration_name = $2;
         my $members = $3;
 
@@ -1420,8 +1421,8 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
         $nested = $1;
 
         # ignore members marked private:
-        $members =~ s/\/\*.*?private:.*?public:.*?\*\///gos;
-        $members =~ s/\/\*.*?private:.*//gos;
+        $members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*?\/\*\s*public:.*?\*\///gos;
+        $members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*//gos;
         # strip comments:
         $members =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;
         $nested =~ s/\/\*.*?\*\///gos;