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@@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ that somebody changing the code will also change the documentation. The
overview kernel-doc comments may be placed anywhere at the top indentation
level.
+Running the ``kernel-doc`` tool with increased verbosity and without actual
+output generation may be used to verify proper formatting of the
+documentation comments. For example::
+
+ scripts/kernel-doc -v -none drivers/foo/bar.c
+
+The documentation format is verified by the kernel build when it is
+requested to perform extra gcc checks::
+
+ make W=n
+
Function documentation
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