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diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst index 19d2ed47ff79..d1a8e5465ed9 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst @@ -614,7 +614,10 @@ it. When commenting the kernel API functions, please use the kernel-doc format. See the files at :ref:`Documentation/doc-guide/ <doc_guide>` and -``scripts/kernel-doc`` for details. +``scripts/kernel-doc`` for details. Note that the danger of over-commenting +applies to kernel-doc comments all the same. Do not add boilerplate +kernel-doc which simply reiterates what's obvious from the signature +of the function. The preferred style for long (multi-line) comments is: |