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diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index ae2664d1d5f1..266f92b34dd2 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ struct damon_addr_range {
* @list: List head for siblings.
* @age: Age of this region.
*
+ * @nr_accesses is reset to zero for every &damon_attrs->aggr_interval and be
+ * increased for every &damon_attrs->sample_interval if an access to the region
+ * during the last sampling interval is found.
+ *
* @age is initially zero, increased for each aggregation interval, and reset
* to zero again if the access frequency is significantly changed. If two
* regions are merged into a new region, both @nr_accesses and @age of the new
@@ -472,13 +476,14 @@ struct damon_callback {
* regions.
*
* For each @sample_interval, DAMON checks whether each region is accessed or
- * not. It aggregates and keeps the access information (number of accesses to
- * each region) for @aggr_interval time. DAMON also checks whether the target
- * memory regions need update (e.g., by ``mmap()`` calls from the application,
- * in case of virtual memory monitoring) and applies the changes for each
- * @ops_update_interval. All time intervals are in micro-seconds.
- * Please refer to &struct damon_operations and &struct damon_callback for more
- * detail.
+ * not during the last @sample_interval. If such access is found, DAMON
+ * aggregates the information by increasing &damon_region->nr_accesses for
+ * @aggr_interval time. For each @aggr_interval, the count is reset. DAMON
+ * also checks whether the target memory regions need update (e.g., by
+ * ``mmap()`` calls from the application, in case of virtual memory monitoring)
+ * and applies the changes for each @ops_update_interval. All time intervals
+ * are in micro-seconds. Please refer to &struct damon_operations and &struct
+ * damon_callback for more detail.
*/
struct damon_attrs {
unsigned long sample_interval;