1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
index 8ffb274367c7..e8a6aa473bab 100644
--- a/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
+++ b/Documentation/printk-formats.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ Struct Resources:
         For printing struct resources. The 'R' and 'r' specifiers result in a
         printed resource with ('R') or without ('r') a decoded flags member.
 
+Physical addresses:
+
+        %pa     0x01234567 or 0x0123456789abcdef
+
+        For printing a phys_addr_t type (and its derivatives, such as
+        resource_size_t) which can vary based on build options, regardless of
+        the width of the CPU data path. Passed by reference.
+
 Raw buffer as a hex string:
         %*ph    00 01 02  ...  3f
         %*phC   00:01:02: ... :3f
@@ -150,9 +158,9 @@ s64 SHOULD be printed with %lld/%llx, (long long):
         printk("%lld", (long long)s64_var);
 
 If <type> is dependent on a config option for its size (e.g., sector_t,
-blkcnt_t, phys_addr_t, resource_size_t) or is architecture-dependent
-for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a format specifier of its largest
-possible type and explicitly cast to it.  Example:
+blkcnt_t) or is architecture-dependent for its size (e.g., tcflag_t), use a
+format specifier of its largest possible type and explicitly cast to it.
+Example:
 
         printk("test: sector number/total blocks: %llu/%llu\n",
                 (unsigned long long)sector, (unsigned long long)blockcount);