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diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index f607b967d978..6012c385fb31 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -699,6 +699,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_streq);
* @n: number of strings in the array or -1 for NULL terminated arrays
* @string: string to match with
*
+ * This routine will look for a string in an array of strings up to the
+ * n-th element in the array or until the first NULL element.
+ *
+ * Historically the value of -1 for @n, was used to search in arrays that
+ * are NULL terminated. However, the function does not make a distinction
+ * when finishing the search: either @n elements have been compared OR
+ * the first NULL element was found.
+ *
* Return:
* index of a @string in the @array if matches, or %-EINVAL otherwise.
*/
@@ -727,6 +735,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(match_string);
*
* Returns index of @str in the @array or -EINVAL, just like match_string().
* Uses sysfs_streq instead of strcmp for matching.
+ *
+ * This routine will look for a string in an array of strings up to the
+ * n-th element in the array or until the first NULL element.
+ *
+ * Historically the value of -1 for @n, was used to search in arrays that
+ * are NULL terminated. However, the function does not make a distinction
+ * when finishing the search: either @n elements have been compared OR
+ * the first NULL element was found.
*/
int __sysfs_match_string(const char * const *array, size_t n, const char *str)
{