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diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
index 0bd3274..27a52b3 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Only comments so marked will be considered by the kernel-doc scripts,
 and any comment so marked must be in kernel-doc format.  Do not use
 "/**" to be begin a comment block unless the comment block contains
 kernel-doc formatted comments.  The closing comment marker for
-kernel-doc comments can be either "*/" or "**/".
+kernel-doc comments can be either "*/" or "**/", but "*/" is
+preferred in the Linux kernel tree.
 
 Kernel-doc comments should be placed just before the function
 or data structure being described.
@@ -63,14 +64,21 @@ Example kernel-doc function comment:
  * comment lines.
  *
  * The longer description can have multiple paragraphs.
- **/
+ */
 
-The first line, with the short description, must be on a single line.
+The short description following the subject can span multiple lines
+and ends with an @argument description, an empty line or the end of
+the comment block.
 
 The @argument descriptions must begin on the very next line following
 this opening short function description line, with no intervening
 empty comment lines.
 
+If a function parameter is "..." (varargs), it should be listed in
+kernel-doc notation as:
+ * @...: description
+
+
 Example kernel-doc data structure comment.
 
 /**
@@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ Example kernel-doc data structure comment.
  *		perhaps with more lines and words.
  *
  * Longer description of this structure.
- **/
+ */
 
 The kernel-doc function comments describe each parameter to the
 function, in order, with the @name lines.
@@ -168,10 +176,10 @@ if ($#ARGV < 0) {
 mkdir $ARGV[0],0777;
 $state = 0;
 while (<STDIN>) {
-    if (/^\.TH \"[^\"]*\" 4 \"([^\"]*)\"/) {
+    if (/^\.TH \"[^\"]*\" 9 \"([^\"]*)\"/) {
 	if ($state == 1) { close OUT }
 	$state = 1;
-	$fn = "$ARGV[0]/$1.4";
+	$fn = "$ARGV[0]/$1.9";
 	print STDERR "Creating $fn\n";
 	open OUT, ">$fn" or die "can't open $fn: $!\n";
 	print OUT $_;
@@ -206,11 +214,13 @@ The format of the block comment is like this:
  * (section header: (section description)? )*
 (*)?*/
 
-The short function description ***cannot be multiline***, but the other
-descriptions can be (and they can contain blank lines).  If you continue
-that initial short description onto a second line, that second line will
-appear further down at the beginning of the description section, which is
-almost certainly not what you had in mind.
+All "description" text can span multiple lines, although the
+function_name & its short description are traditionally on a single line.
+Description text may also contain blank lines (i.e., lines that contain
+only a "*").
+
+"section header:" names must be unique per function (or struct,
+union, typedef, enum).
 
 Avoid putting a spurious blank line after the function name, or else the
 description will be repeated!
@@ -263,7 +273,10 @@ Use the argument mechanism to document members or constants.
 
 Inside a struct description, you can use the "private:" and "public:"
 comment tags.  Structure fields that are inside a "private:" area
-are not listed in the generated output documentation.
+are not listed in the generated output documentation.  The "private:"
+and "public:" tags must begin immediately following a "/*" comment
+marker.  They may optionally include comments between the ":" and the
+ending "*/" marker.
 
 Example:
 
@@ -277,11 +290,37 @@ Example:
 struct my_struct {
     int a;
     int b;
-/* private: */
+/* private: internal use only */
     int c;
 };
 
 
+Including documentation blocks in source files
+----------------------------------------------
+
+To facilitate having source code and comments close together, you can
+include kernel-doc documentation blocks that are free-form comments
+instead of being kernel-doc for functions, structures, unions,
+enums, or typedefs.  This could be used for something like a
+theory of operation for a driver or library code, for example.
+
+This is done by using a DOC: section keyword with a section title.  E.g.:
+
+/**
+ * DOC: Theory of Operation
+ *
+ * The whizbang foobar is a dilly of a gizmo.  It can do whatever you
+ * want it to do, at any time.  It reads your mind.  Here's how it works.
+ *
+ * foo bar splat
+ *
+ * The only drawback to this gizmo is that is can sometimes damage
+ * hardware, software, or its subject(s).
+ */
+
+DOC: sections are used in SGML templates files as indicated below.
+
+
 How to make new SGML template files
 -----------------------------------
 
@@ -302,6 +341,9 @@ exported using EXPORT_SYMBOL.
 !F<filename> <function [functions...]> is replaced by the
 documentation, in <filename>, for the functions listed.
 
+!P<filename> <section title> is replaced by the contents of the DOC:
+section titled <section title> from <filename>.
+Spaces are allowed in <section title>; do not quote the <section title>.
 
 Tim.
 */ <twaugh@redhat.com>