diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
index 54883de5d5f9..ac3d0018140c 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -520,6 +520,11 @@ Here's a description of the fields of struct uio_mem:
+
+const char *name: Optional. Set this to help identify
+the memory region, it will show up in the corresponding sysfs node.
+
+
int memtype: Required if the mapping is used. Set this to
UIO_MEM_PHYS if you you have physical memory on your
@@ -553,7 +558,7 @@ instead to remember such an address.
-Please do not touch the kobj element of
+Please do not touch the map element of
struct uio_mem! It is used by the UIO framework
to set up sysfs files for this mapping. Simply leave it alone.