diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c
index 099a3442ff42..79e6159712c2 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinconf-generic.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ static void parse_dt_cfg(struct device_node *np,
  * parse the config properties into generic pinconfig values.
  * @np: node containing the pinconfig properties
  * @configs: array with nconfigs entries containing the generic pinconf values
+ *           must be freed when no longer necessary.
  * @nconfigs: umber of configurations
  */
 int pinconf_generic_parse_dt_config(struct device_node *np,