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diff --git a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst index c6c329708d8a..80383b1a574a 100644 --- a/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst +++ b/Documentation/doc-guide/kernel-doc.rst @@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ that somebody changing the code will also change the documentation. The overview kernel-doc comments may be placed anywhere at the top indentation level. +Running the ``kernel-doc`` tool with increased verbosity and without actual +output generation may be used to verify proper formatting of the +documentation comments. For example:: + + scripts/kernel-doc -v -none drivers/foo/bar.c + +The documentation format is verified by the kernel build when it is +requested to perform extra gcc checks:: + + make W=n + Function documentation ---------------------- |