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diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
index 5e43e14abe80..b44640589055 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ Documentation conventions
=========================
For brevity, this document uses the type notion "u64", "u32", etc.
-to mean an unsigned integer whose width is the specified number of bits.
+to mean an unsigned integer whose width is the specified number of bits,
+and "s32", etc. to mean a signed integer of the specified number of bits.
Registers and calling convention
================================
@@ -264,6 +265,14 @@ BPF_JSLE 0xd0 PC += off if dst <= src signed
The eBPF program needs to store the return value into register R0 before doing a
BPF_EXIT.
+Example:
+
+``BPF_JSGE | BPF_X | BPF_JMP32`` (0x7e) means::
+
+ if (s32)dst s>= (s32)src goto +offset
+
+where 's>=' indicates a signed '>=' comparison.
+
Helper functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~