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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst
index e9036ef9f8f4..e83026aebe97 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Buffers
=======
-* struct :c:type:`iio_buffer` — general buffer structure
+* struct iio_buffer — general buffer structure
* :c:func:`iio_validate_scan_mask_onehot` — Validates that exactly one channel
is selected
* :c:func:`iio_buffer_get` — Grab a reference to the buffer
@@ -28,24 +28,26 @@ IIO buffer setup
The meta information associated with a channel reading placed in a buffer is
called a scan element. The important bits configuring scan elements are
exposed to userspace applications via the
-:file:`/sys/bus/iio/iio:device{X}/scan_elements/*` directory. This file contains
+:file:`/sys/bus/iio/iio:device{X}/scan_elements/` directory. This directory contains
attributes of the following form:
* :file:`enable`, used for enabling a channel. If and only if its attribute
is non *zero*, then a triggered capture will contain data samples for this
channel.
+* :file:`index`, the scan_index of the channel.
* :file:`type`, description of the scan element data storage within the buffer
and hence the form in which it is read from user space.
- Format is [be|le]:[s|u]bits/storagebitsXrepeat[>>shift] .
+ Format is [be|le]:[s|u]bits/storagebits[Xrepeat][>>shift] .
+
* *be* or *le*, specifies big or little endian.
* *s* or *u*, specifies if signed (2's complement) or unsigned.
* *bits*, is the number of valid data bits.
* *storagebits*, is the number of bits (after padding) that it occupies in the
- buffer.
- * *shift*, if specified, is the shift that needs to be applied prior to
- masking out unused bits.
+ buffer.
* *repeat*, specifies the number of bits/storagebits repetitions. When the
- repeat element is 0 or 1, then the repeat value is omitted.
+ repeat element is 0 or 1, then the repeat value is omitted.
+ * *shift*, if specified, is the shift that needs to be applied prior to
+ masking out unused bits.
For example, a driver for a 3-axis accelerometer with 12 bit resolution where
data is stored in two 8-bits registers as follows::
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ fields in iio_chan_spec definition::
The driver implementing the accelerometer described above will have the
following channel definition::
- struct struct iio_chan_spec accel_channels[] = {
+ struct iio_chan_spec accel_channels[] = {
{
.type = IIO_ACCEL,
.modified = 1,
@@ -122,4 +124,3 @@ More details
.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/iio/buffer.h
.. kernel-doc:: drivers/iio/industrialio-buffer.c
:export:
-