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diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/irq/irq-domain.rst b/Documentation/core-api/irq/irq-domain.rst
index 6979b4af2c1f..9c0e8758037a 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/irq/irq-domain.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/irq/irq-domain.rst
@@ -175,9 +175,10 @@ for IRQ numbers that are passed to struct device registrations. In that
case the Linux IRQ numbers cannot be dynamically assigned and the legacy
mapping should be used.
-As the name implies, the *_legacy() functions are deprecated and only
+As the name implies, the \*_legacy() functions are deprecated and only
exist to ease the support of ancient platforms. No new users should be
-added.
+added. Same goes for the \*_simple() functions when their use results
+in the legacy behaviour.
The legacy map assumes a contiguous range of IRQ numbers has already
been allocated for the controller and that the IRQ number can be