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diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index b26a5ea115d0..a53bfd19a0ec 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -271,16 +271,17 @@ void blkdev_show(struct seq_file *seqf, off_t offset)
/**
* register_blkdev - register a new block device
*
- * @major: the requested major device number [1..255]. If @major=0, try to
+ * @major: the requested major device number [1..255]. If @major = 0, try to
* allocate any unused major number.
* @name: the name of the new block device as a zero terminated string
*
* The @name must be unique within the system.
*
- * The return value depends on the @major input parameter.
+ * The return value depends on the @major input parameter:
+ *
* - if a major device number was requested in range [1..255] then the
* function returns zero on success, or a negative error code
- * - if any unused major number was requested with @major=0 parameter
+ * - if any unused major number was requested with @major = 0 parameter
* then the return value is the allocated major number in range
* [1..255] or a negative error code otherwise
*/