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diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 5f163c6c821c..760e25dad985 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ static void *seq_buf_alloc(unsigned long size)
* ERR_PTR(error). In the end of sequence they return %NULL. ->show()
* returns 0 in case of success and negative number in case of error.
* Returning SEQ_SKIP means "discard this element and move on".
+ * Note: seq_open() will allocate a struct seq_file and store its
+ * pointer in @file->private_data. This pointer should not be modified.
*/
int seq_open(struct file *file, const struct seq_operations *op)
{