diff --git a/Documentation/vm/page-types.c b/Documentation/vm/page-types.c
index 2279b616a7ac..8c28be6a47cb 100644
--- a/Documentation/vm/page-types.c
+++ b/Documentation/vm/page-types.c
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ static void usage(void)
 	printf(
 "page-types [options]\n"
 "            -r|--raw                  Raw mode, for kernel developers\n"
+"            -d|--describe flags        Describe flags\n"
 "            -a|--addr    addr-spec    Walk a range of pages\n"
 "            -b|--bits    bits-spec    Walk pages with specified bits\n"
 "            -p|--pid     pid          Walk process address space\n"
@@ -686,6 +687,10 @@ static void usage(void)
 "            -X|--hwpoison             hwpoison pages\n"
 "            -x|--unpoison             unpoison pages\n"
 "            -h|--help                 Show this usage message\n"
+"flags:\n"
+"            0x10                      bitfield format, e.g.\n"
+"            anon                      bit-name, e.g.\n"
+"            0x10,anon                 comma-separated list, e.g.\n"
 "addr-spec:\n"
 "            N                         one page at offset N (unit: pages)\n"
 "            N+M                       pages range from N to N+M-1\n"
@@ -884,6 +889,15 @@ static void parse_bits_mask(const char *optarg)
 	add_bits_filter(mask, bits);
 }
 
+static void describe_flags(const char *optarg)
+{
+	uint64_t flags = parse_flag_names(optarg, 0);
+
+	printf("0x%016llx\t%s\t%s\n",
+		(unsigned long long)flags,
+		page_flag_name(flags),
+		page_flag_longname(flags));
+}
 
 static const struct option opts[] = {
 	{ "raw"       , 0, NULL, 'r' },
@@ -891,6 +905,7 @@ static const struct option opts[] = {
 	{ "file"      , 1, NULL, 'f' },
 	{ "addr"      , 1, NULL, 'a' },
 	{ "bits"      , 1, NULL, 'b' },
+	{ "describe"  , 1, NULL, 'd' },
 	{ "list"      , 0, NULL, 'l' },
 	{ "list-each" , 0, NULL, 'L' },
 	{ "no-summary", 0, NULL, 'N' },
@@ -907,7 +922,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	page_size = getpagesize();
 
 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv,
-				"rp:f:a:b:lLNXxh", opts, NULL)) != -1) {
+				"rp:f:a:b:d:lLNXxh", opts, NULL)) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'r':
 			opt_raw = 1;
@@ -924,6 +939,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		case 'b':
 			parse_bits_mask(optarg);
 			break;
+		case 'd':
+			opt_no_summary = 1;
+			describe_flags(optarg);
+			break;
 		case 'l':
 			opt_list = 1;
 			break;