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diff --git a/Documentation/pm.txt b/Documentation/pm.txt
index cc63ae18d147..2ea1149bf6b0 100644
--- a/Documentation/pm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pm.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ system the associated daemon will exit gracefully.
 Driver Interface -- OBSOLETE, DO NOT USE!
 ----------------*************************
+Note: pm_register(), pm_access(), pm_dev_idle() and friends are
+obsolete. Please do not use them. Instead you should properly hook
+your driver into the driver model, and use its suspend()/resume()
+callbacks to do this kind of stuff.
 If you are writing a new driver or maintaining an old driver, it
 should include power management support.  Without power management
 support, a single driver may prevent a system with power management

diff --git a/Documentation/pm.txt b/Documentation/pm.txt index cc63ae18d147..2ea1149bf6b0 100644 --- a/Documentation/pm.txt +++ b/Documentation/pm.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ system the associated daemon will exit gracefully.
38		38
39	Driver Interface -- OBSOLETE, DO NOT USE!	39	Driver Interface -- OBSOLETE, DO NOT USE!
40	----------------*************************	40	----------------*************************
		41
		42	Note: pm_register(), pm_access(), pm_dev_idle() and friends are
		43	obsolete. Please do not use them. Instead you should properly hook
		44	your driver into the driver model, and use its suspend()/resume()
		45	callbacks to do this kind of stuff.
		46
41	If you are writing a new driver or maintaining an old driver, it	47	If you are writing a new driver or maintaining an old driver, it
42	should include power management support. Without power management	48	should include power management support. Without power management
43	support, a single driver may prevent a system with power management	49	support, a single driver may prevent a system with power management