2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
index 2d730e3dd496..7498bdc00e19 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/pinctrl-bindings.txt
@@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ output-high		- set the pin to output mode with high level
 
 Arguments for parameters:
 
-- bias-pull-up, -down and -pin-default take as optional argument 0 to disable
-  the pull, on hardware supporting it the pull strength in Ohm. bias-disable
-  will also disable any active pull.
+- bias-pull-up, -down and -pin-default take as optional argument on hardware
+  supporting it the pull strength in Ohm. bias-disable will disable the pull.
 
 - drive-strength takes as argument the target strength in mA.
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.h b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.h
index 10ad996afee4..48aa4ba7b089 100644
--- a/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.h
+++ b/include/linux/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.h
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@
  *      impedance to GROUND). If the argument is != 0 pull-down is enabled,
  *      if it is 0, pull-down is total, i.e. the pin is connected to GROUND.
  * @PIN_CONFIG_BIAS_PULL_PIN_DEFAULT: the pin will be pulled up or down based
- *      on embedded knowledge of the controller, like current mux function.
+ *      on embedded knowledge of the controller hardware, like current mux
+ *      function. The pull direction and possibly strength too will normally
+ *      be decided completely inside the hardware block and not be readable
+ *      from the kernel side.
  *      If the argument is != 0 pull up/down is enabled, if it is 0, the
  *      configuration is ignored. The proper way to disable it is to use
  *      @PIN_CONFIG_BIAS_DISABLE.