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diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
index d28a5e8097e4..202e55b0a28b 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ struct iio_event_spec {
* @extend_name: Allows labeling of channel attributes with an
* informative name. Note this has no effect codes etc,
* unlike modifiers.
+ * This field is deprecated in favour of providing
+ * iio_info->read_label() to override the label, which
+ * unlike @extend_name does not affect sysfs filenames.
* @datasheet_name: A name used in in-kernel mapping of channels. It should
* correspond to the first name that the channel is referred
* to by in the datasheet (e.g. IND), or the nearest