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diff --git a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
index 70a8dbcd31b7..7192f7d03a05 100644
--- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
+++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(auxiliary_find_device);
* @auxdrv: auxiliary_driver structure
* @owner: owning module/driver
* @modname: KBUILD_MODNAME for parent driver
+ *
+ * The expectation is that users will call the "auxiliary_driver_register"
+ * macro so that the caller's KBUILD_MODNAME is automatically inserted for the
+ * modname parameter. Only if a user requires a custom name would this version
+ * be called directly.
*/
int __auxiliary_driver_register(struct auxiliary_driver *auxdrv,
struct module *owner, const char *modname)