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-rw-r--r--Documentation/PCI/pci.txt6
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diff --git a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
index 6f458564d625..9518006f6675 100644
--- a/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/PCI/pci.txt
@@ -123,8 +123,10 @@ initialization with a pointer to a structure describing the driver
The ID table is an array of struct pci_device_id entries ending with an
-all-zero entry; use of the macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE is the preferred
-method of declaring the table. Each entry consists of:
+all-zero entry. Definitions with static const are generally preferred.
+Use of the deprecated macro DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE should be avoided.
+
+Each entry consists of:
vendor,device Vendor and device ID to match (or PCI_ANY_ID)