1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539 b/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539
index 1d81c530c4a5..6aff890088b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/chips/pca9539
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ drivers/gpio/pca9539.c instead.
 Supported chips:
   * Philips PCA9539
     Prefix: 'pca9539'
-    Addresses scanned: 0x74 - 0x77
+    Addresses scanned: none
     Datasheet:
         http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/acrobat/datasheets/PCA9539_2.pdf
 
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ The input sense can also be inverted.
 The 16 lines are split between two bytes.
 
 
+Detection
+---------
+
+The PCA9539 is difficult to detect and not commonly found in PC machines,
+so you have to pass the I2C bus and address of the installed PCA9539
+devices explicitly to the driver at load time via the force=... parameter.
+
+
 Sysfs entries
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