diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 61b4aa86fcdf..25029bcaf583 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -206,59 +206,73 @@ my $type_env = '(\$\w+)';
 #  One for each output format
 
 # these work fairly well
-my %highlights_html = ( $type_constant, "<i>\$1</i>",
-			$type_func, "<b>\$1</b>",
-			$type_struct_xml, "<i>\$1</i>",
-			$type_env, "<b><i>\$1</i></b>",
-			$type_param, "<tt><b>\$1</b></tt>" );
+my @highlights_html = (
+                       [$type_constant, "<i>\$1</i>"],
+                       [$type_func, "<b>\$1</b>"],
+                       [$type_struct_xml, "<i>\$1</i>"],
+                       [$type_env, "<b><i>\$1</i></b>"],
+                       [$type_param, "<tt><b>\$1</b></tt>"]
+                      );
 my $local_lt = "\\\\\\\\lt:";
 my $local_gt = "\\\\\\\\gt:";
 my $blankline_html = $local_lt . "p" . $local_gt;	# was "<p>"
 
 # html version 5
-my %highlights_html5 = ( $type_constant, "<span class=\"const\">\$1</span>",
-			$type_func, "<span class=\"func\">\$1</span>",
-			$type_struct_xml, "<span class=\"struct\">\$1</span>",
-			$type_env, "<span class=\"env\">\$1</span>",
-			$type_param, "<span class=\"param\">\$1</span>" );
+my @highlights_html5 = (
+                        [$type_constant, "<span class=\"const\">\$1</span>"],
+                        [$type_func, "<span class=\"func\">\$1</span>"],
+                        [$type_struct_xml, "<span class=\"struct\">\$1</span>"],
+                        [$type_env, "<span class=\"env\">\$1</span>"],
+                        [$type_param, "<span class=\"param\">\$1</span>]"]
+		       );
 my $blankline_html5 = $local_lt . "br /" . $local_gt;
 
 # XML, docbook format
-my %highlights_xml = ( "([^=])\\\"([^\\\"<]+)\\\"", "\$1<quote>\$2</quote>",
-			$type_constant, "<constant>\$1</constant>",
-			$type_func, "<function>\$1</function>",
-			$type_struct_xml, "<structname>\$1</structname>",
-			$type_env, "<envar>\$1</envar>",
-			$type_param, "<parameter>\$1</parameter>" );
+my @highlights_xml = (
+                      ["([^=])\\\"([^\\\"<]+)\\\"", "\$1<quote>\$2</quote>"],
+                      [$type_constant, "<constant>\$1</constant>"],
+                      [$type_struct_xml, "<structname>\$1</structname>"],
+                      [$type_param, "<parameter>\$1</parameter>"],
+                      [$type_func, "<function>\$1</function>"],
+                      [$type_env, "<envar>\$1</envar>"]
+		     );
 my $blankline_xml = $local_lt . "/para" . $local_gt . $local_lt . "para" . $local_gt . "\n";
 
 # gnome, docbook format
-my %highlights_gnome = ( $type_constant, "<replaceable class=\"option\">\$1</replaceable>",
-			 $type_func, "<function>\$1</function>",
-			 $type_struct, "<structname>\$1</structname>",
-			 $type_env, "<envar>\$1</envar>",
-			 $type_param, "<parameter>\$1</parameter>" );
+my @highlights_gnome = (
+                        [$type_constant, "<replaceable class=\"option\">\$1</replaceable>"],
+                        [$type_func, "<function>\$1</function>"],
+                        [$type_struct, "<structname>\$1</structname>"],
+                        [$type_env, "<envar>\$1</envar>"],
+                        [$type_param, "<parameter>\$1</parameter>" ]
+		       );
 my $blankline_gnome = "</para><para>\n";
 
 # these are pretty rough
-my %highlights_man = ( $type_constant, "\$1",
-		       $type_func, "\\\\fB\$1\\\\fP",
-		       $type_struct, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP",
-		       $type_param, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP" );
+my @highlights_man = (
+                      [$type_constant, "\$1"],
+                      [$type_func, "\\\\fB\$1\\\\fP"],
+                      [$type_struct, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"],
+                      [$type_param, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"]
+		     );
 my $blankline_man = "";
 
 # text-mode
-my %highlights_text = ( $type_constant, "\$1",
-			$type_func, "\$1",
-			$type_struct, "\$1",
-			$type_param, "\$1" );
+my @highlights_text = (
+                       [$type_constant, "\$1"],
+                       [$type_func, "\$1"],
+                       [$type_struct, "\$1"],
+                       [$type_param, "\$1"]
+		      );
 my $blankline_text = "";
 
 # list mode
-my %highlights_list = ( $type_constant, "\$1",
-			$type_func, "\$1",
-			$type_struct, "\$1",
-			$type_param, "\$1" );
+my @highlights_list = (
+                       [$type_constant, "\$1"],
+                       [$type_func, "\$1"],
+                       [$type_struct, "\$1"],
+                       [$type_param, "\$1"]
+		      );
 my $blankline_list = "";
 
 # read arguments
@@ -273,7 +287,7 @@ my $verbose = 0;
 my $output_mode = "man";
 my $output_preformatted = 0;
 my $no_doc_sections = 0;
-my %highlights = %highlights_man;
+my @highlights = @highlights_man;
 my $blankline = $blankline_man;
 my $modulename = "Kernel API";
 my $function_only = 0;
@@ -374,31 +388,31 @@ while ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^-(.*)/) {
     my $cmd = shift @ARGV;
     if ($cmd eq "-html") {
 	$output_mode = "html";
-	%highlights = %highlights_html;
+	@highlights = @highlights_html;
 	$blankline = $blankline_html;
     } elsif ($cmd eq "-html5") {
 	$output_mode = "html5";
-	%highlights = %highlights_html5;
+	@highlights = @highlights_html5;
 	$blankline = $blankline_html5;
     } elsif ($cmd eq "-man") {
 	$output_mode = "man";
-	%highlights = %highlights_man;
+	@highlights = @highlights_man;
 	$blankline = $blankline_man;
     } elsif ($cmd eq "-text") {
 	$output_mode = "text";
-	%highlights = %highlights_text;
+	@highlights = @highlights_text;
 	$blankline = $blankline_text;
     } elsif ($cmd eq "-docbook") {
 	$output_mode = "xml";
-	%highlights = %highlights_xml;
+	@highlights = @highlights_xml;
 	$blankline = $blankline_xml;
     } elsif ($cmd eq "-list") {
 	$output_mode = "list";
-	%highlights = %highlights_list;
+	@highlights = @highlights_list;
 	$blankline = $blankline_list;
     } elsif ($cmd eq "-gnome") {
 	$output_mode = "gnome";
-	%highlights = %highlights_gnome;
+	@highlights = @highlights_gnome;
 	$blankline = $blankline_gnome;
     } elsif ($cmd eq "-module") { # not needed for XML, inherits from calling document
 	$modulename = shift @ARGV;
@@ -2672,9 +2686,11 @@ $kernelversion = get_kernel_version();
 
 # generate a sequence of code that will splice in highlighting information
 # using the s// operator.
-foreach my $pattern (sort keys %highlights) {
-#   print STDERR "scanning pattern:$pattern, highlight:($highlights{$pattern})\n";
-    $dohighlight .=  "\$contents =~ s:$pattern:$highlights{$pattern}:gs;\n";
+foreach my $k (keys @highlights) {
+    my $pattern = $highlights[$k][0];
+    my $result = $highlights[$k][1];
+#   print STDERR "scanning pattern:$pattern, highlight:($result)\n";
+    $dohighlight .=  "\$contents =~ s:$pattern:$result:gs;\n";
 }
 
 # Read the file that maps relative names to absolute names for