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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dv-timings-cap.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dv-timings-cap.xml
index a2017bfcaed2..ca9ffce9b4c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dv-timings-cap.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-dv-timings-cap.xml
@@ -49,14 +49,9 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
- <note>
- <title>Experimental</title>
- <para>This is an <link linkend="experimental"> experimental </link>
- interface and may change in the future.</para>
- </note>
-
- <para>To query the capabilities of the DV receiver/transmitter applications
-can call the <constant>VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP</constant> ioctl on a video node
+ <para>To query the capabilities of the DV receiver/transmitter applications initialize the
+<structfield>pad</structfield> field to 0, zero the reserved array of &v4l2-dv-timings-cap;
+and call the <constant>VIDIOC_DV_TIMINGS_CAP</constant> ioctl on a video node
and the driver will fill in the structure. Note that drivers may return
different values after switching the video input or output.</para>
@@ -65,8 +60,8 @@ queried by calling the <constant>VIDIOC_SUBDEV_DV_TIMINGS_CAP</constant> ioctl
directly on a subdevice node. The capabilities are specific to inputs (for DV
receivers) or outputs (for DV transmitters), applications must specify the
desired pad number in the &v4l2-dv-timings-cap; <structfield>pad</structfield>
-field. Attempts to query capabilities on a pad that doesn't support them will
-return an &EINVAL;.</para>
+field and zero the <structfield>reserved</structfield> array. Attempts to query
+capabilities on a pad that doesn't support them will return an &EINVAL;.</para>
<table pgwide="1" frame="none" id="v4l2-bt-timings-cap">
<title>struct <structname>v4l2_bt_timings_cap</structname></title>
@@ -145,7 +140,8 @@ return an &EINVAL;.</para>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>reserved</structfield>[2]</entry>
- <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers must set the array to zero.</entry>
+ <entry>Reserved for future extensions. Drivers and applications must
+ set the array to zero.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>union</entry>