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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-expbuf.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-expbuf.xml
index a78c9207422f..0ae0b6a915d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-expbuf.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-expbuf.xml
@@ -62,28 +62,28 @@ buffer as a DMABUF file at any time after buffers have been allocated with the
&VIDIOC-REQBUFS; ioctl.</para>
<para> To export a buffer, applications fill &v4l2-exportbuffer;. The
-<structfield> type </structfield> field is set to the same buffer type as was
-previously used with &v4l2-requestbuffers;<structfield> type </structfield>.
-Applications must also set the <structfield> index </structfield> field. Valid
+<structfield>type</structfield> field is set to the same buffer type as was
+previously used with &v4l2-requestbuffers; <structfield>type</structfield>.
+Applications must also set the <structfield>index</structfield> field. Valid
index numbers range from zero to the number of buffers allocated with
-&VIDIOC-REQBUFS; (&v4l2-requestbuffers;<structfield> count </structfield>)
-minus one. For the multi-planar API, applications set the <structfield> plane
-</structfield> field to the index of the plane to be exported. Valid planes
+&VIDIOC-REQBUFS; (&v4l2-requestbuffers; <structfield>count</structfield>)
+minus one. For the multi-planar API, applications set the <structfield>plane</structfield>
+field to the index of the plane to be exported. Valid planes
range from zero to the maximal number of valid planes for the currently active
-format. For the single-planar API, applications must set <structfield> plane
-</structfield> to zero. Additional flags may be posted in the <structfield>
-flags </structfield> field. Refer to a manual for open() for details.
+format. For the single-planar API, applications must set <structfield>plane</structfield>
+to zero. Additional flags may be posted in the <structfield>flags</structfield>
+field. Refer to a manual for open() for details.
Currently only O_CLOEXEC, O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY, and O_RDWR are supported. All
other fields must be set to zero.
In the case of multi-planar API, every plane is exported separately using
-multiple <constant> VIDIOC_EXPBUF </constant> calls. </para>
+multiple <constant>VIDIOC_EXPBUF</constant> calls.</para>
-<para> After calling <constant>VIDIOC_EXPBUF</constant> the <structfield> fd
-</structfield> field will be set by a driver. This is a DMABUF file
+<para>After calling <constant>VIDIOC_EXPBUF</constant> the <structfield>fd</structfield>
+field will be set by a driver. This is a DMABUF file
descriptor. The application may pass it to other DMABUF-aware devices. Refer to
<link linkend="dmabuf">DMABUF importing</link> for details about importing
DMABUF files into V4L2 nodes. It is recommended to close a DMABUF file when it
-is no longer used to allow the associated memory to be reclaimed. </para>
+is no longer used to allow the associated memory to be reclaimed.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
@@ -170,9 +170,9 @@ multi-planar API. Otherwise this value must be set to zero. </entry>
<row>
<entry>__u32</entry>
<entry><structfield>flags</structfield></entry>
- <entry>Flags for the newly created file, currently only <constant>
-O_CLOEXEC </constant>, <constant>O_RDONLY</constant>, <constant>O_WRONLY
-</constant>, and <constant>O_RDWR</constant> are supported, refer to the manual
+ <entry>Flags for the newly created file, currently only
+<constant>O_CLOEXEC</constant>, <constant>O_RDONLY</constant>, <constant>O_WRONLY</constant>,
+and <constant>O_RDWR</constant> are supported, refer to the manual
of open() for more details.</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ set the array to zero.</entry>
<term><errorcode>EINVAL</errorcode></term>
<listitem>
<para>A queue is not in MMAP mode or DMABUF exporting is not
-supported or <structfield> flags </structfield> or <structfield> type
-</structfield> or <structfield> index </structfield> or <structfield> plane
-</structfield> fields are invalid.</para>
+supported or <structfield>flags</structfield> or <structfield>type</structfield>
+or <structfield>index</structfield> or <structfield>plane</structfield> fields
+are invalid.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>