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diff --git a/include/linux/types.h b/include/linux/types.h
index 406d4ae5763..750f085fa56 100644
--- a/include/linux/types.h
+++ b/include/linux/types.h
@@ -129,8 +129,12 @@ typedef __s64 int64_t;
/* this is a special 64bit data type that is 8-byte aligned */
#define aligned_u64 unsigned long long __attribute__((aligned(8)))
-/*
+/**
* The type used for indexing onto a disc or disc partition.
+ *
+ * Linux always considers sectors to be 512 bytes long independently
+ * of the devices real block size.
+ *
* If required, asm/types.h can override it and define
* HAVE_SECTOR_T
*/