1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
index 5d5f5fadd1c2..2a5b850847c0 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/user-guide.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,9 @@ scaling_governor,		and by "echoing" the name of another
                                 work on some specific architectures or
                                 processors.
 
-cpuinfo_cur_freq :              Current speed of the CPU, in KHz.
+cpuinfo_cur_freq :              Current frequency of the CPU as obtained from
+                                the hardware, in KHz. This is the frequency
+                                the CPU actually runs at.
 
 scaling_available_frequencies : List of available frequencies, in KHz.
 
@@ -196,7 +198,10 @@ related_cpus :			List of CPUs that need some sort of frequency
 
 scaling_driver :                Hardware driver for cpufreq.
 
-scaling_cur_freq :              Current frequency of the CPU, in KHz.
+scaling_cur_freq :              Current frequency of the CPU as determined by
+                                the governor and cpufreq core, in KHz. This is
+                                the frequency the kernel thinks the CPU runs
+                                at.
 
 If you have selected the "userspace" governor which allows you to
 set the CPU operating frequency to a specific value, you can read out