2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
index cbde770eb121..7958635f12cc 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rtc/Kconfig
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ config RTC_HCTOSYS_DEVICE
         help
           The RTC device that will be used to (re)initialize the system
           clock, usually rtc0.  Initialization is done when the system
-          starts up, and when it resumes from a low power state.
+          starts up, and when it resumes from a low power state.  This
+          device should record time in UTC, since the kernel won't do
+          timezone correction.
 
           The driver for this RTC device must be loaded before late_initcall
           functions run, so it must usually be statically linked.
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c b/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
index 178527252c6a..33c0e98243ee 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ static int __init rtc_hctosys(void)
                         do_settimeofday(&tv);
 
                         dev_info(rtc->dev.parent,
-                                "setting the system clock to "
-                                "%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d (%u)\n",
+                                "setting system clock to "
+                                "%d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d:%02d UTC (%u)\n",
                                 tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday,
                                 tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, tm.tm_sec,
                                 (unsigned int) tv.tv_sec);