2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients b/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients
index 105c6186b912..68bcd66e36b1 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/porting-clients
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ Technical changes:
   limited to the strictly necessary steps.
 
 * [Detach] Get rid of data, remove the call to
-  i2c_deregister_entry.
+  i2c_deregister_entry. Do not log an error message if
+  i2c_detach_client fails, as i2c-core will now do it for you.
 
 * [Update] Don't access client->data directly, use
   i2c_get_clientdata(client) instead.
diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index 522ae01d2e7f..7e2a8f11c220 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
@@ -489,10 +489,8 @@ much simpler than the attachment code, fortunately!
     /* SENSORS ONLY END */
 
     /* Try to detach the client from i2c space */
-    if ((err = i2c_detach_client(client))) {
-      printk("foo.o: Client deregistration failed, client not detached.\n");
+    if ((err = i2c_detach_client(client)))
       return err;
-    }
 
     /* HYBRID SENSORS CHIP ONLY START */
     if i2c_is_isa_client(client)