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diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 78b58448f796..80f63c862be5 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
* lowest zone as a type of emergency reserve.
*
* %GFP_DMA32 is similar to %GFP_DMA except that the caller requires a 32-bit
- * address.
+ * address. Note that kmalloc(..., GFP_DMA32) does not return DMA32 memory
+ * because the DMA32 kmalloc cache array is not implemented.
+ * (Reason: there is no such user in kernel).
*
* %GFP_HIGHUSER is for userspace allocations that may be mapped to userspace,
* do not need to be directly accessible by the kernel but that cannot