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diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index c37255bb620d..29fd5cabb657 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -39,41 +39,43 @@ use strict;
# 25/07/2012 - Added support for HTML5
# -- Dan Luedtke <mail@danrl.de>
-#
-# This will read a 'c' file and scan for embedded comments in the
-# style of gnome comments (+minor extensions - see below).
-#
-
-# Note: This only supports 'c'.
-
-# usage:
-# kernel-doc [ -docbook | -html | -html5 | -text | -man | -list ]
-# [ -no-doc-sections ]
-# [ -function funcname [ -function funcname ...] ]
-# c file(s)s > outputfile
-# or
-# [ -nofunction funcname [ -function funcname ...] ]
-# c file(s)s > outputfile
-#
-# Set output format using one of -docbook -html -html5 -text or -man.
-# Default is man.
-# The -list format is for internal use by docproc.
-#
-# -no-doc-sections
-# Do not output DOC: sections
-#
-# -function funcname
-# If set, then only generate documentation for the given function(s) or
-# DOC: section titles. All other functions and DOC: sections are ignored.
-#
-# -nofunction funcname
-# If set, then only generate documentation for the other function(s)/DOC:
-# sections. Cannot be used together with -function (yes, that's a bug --
-# perl hackers can fix it 8))
-#
-# c files - list of 'c' files to process
-#
-# All output goes to stdout, with errors to stderr.
+sub usage {
+ my $message = <<"EOF";
+Usage: $0 [OPTION ...] FILE ...
+
+Read C language source or header FILEs, extract embedded documentation comments,
+and print formatted documentation to standard output.
+
+The documentation comments are identified by "/**" opening comment mark. See
+Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt for the documentation comment syntax.
+
+Output format selection (mutually exclusive):
+ -docbook Output DocBook format.
+ -html Output HTML format.
+ -html5 Output HTML5 format.
+ -list Output symbol list format. This is for use by docproc.
+ -man Output troff manual page format. This is the default.
+ -text Output plain text format.
+
+Output selection (mutually exclusive):
+ -function NAME Only output documentation for the given function(s)
+ or DOC: section title(s). All other functions and DOC:
+ sections are ignored. May be specified multiple times.
+ -nofunction NAME Do NOT output documentation for the given function(s);
+ only output documentation for the other functions and
+ DOC: sections. May be specified multiple times.
+
+Output selection modifiers:
+ -no-doc-sections Do not output DOC: sections.
+
+Other parameters:
+ -v Verbose output, more warnings and other information.
+ -h Print this help.
+
+EOF
+ print $message;
+ exit 1;
+}
#
# format of comments.
@@ -437,17 +439,6 @@ while ($ARGV[0] =~ m/^-(.*)/) {
# continue execution near EOF;
-sub usage {
- print "Usage: $0 [ -docbook | -html | -html5 | -text | -man | -list ]\n";
- print " [ -no-doc-sections ]\n";
- print " [ -function funcname [ -function funcname ...] ]\n";
- print " [ -nofunction funcname [ -nofunction funcname ...] ]\n";
- print " [ -v ]\n";
- print " c source file(s) > outputfile\n";
- print " -v : verbose output, more warnings & other info listed\n";
- exit 1;
-}
-
# get kernel version from env
sub get_kernel_version() {
my $version = 'unknown kernel version';