1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 7df099e6d1fd..6c18a14386a4 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ sub usage {
     print "         [ -function funcname [ -function funcname ...] ]\n";
     print "         [ -nofunction funcname [ -nofunction funcname ...] ]\n";
     print "         c source file(s) > outputfile\n";
+    print "         -v : verbose output, more warnings & other info listed\n";
     exit 1;
 }
 
@@ -1881,6 +1882,13 @@ sub process_file($) {
                 } else {
                     $declaration_purpose = "";
                 }
+
+                if (($declaration_purpose eq "") && $verbose) {
+                        print STDERR "Warning(${file}:$.): missing initial short description on line:\n";
+                        print STDERR $_;
+                        ++$warnings;
+                }
+
                 if ($identifier =~ m/^struct/) {
                     $decl_type = 'struct';
                 } elsif ($identifier =~ m/^union/) {