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diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index a2b9cb195e70..f1a1795a5683 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -285,7 +285,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_hw_sectors);
* Description:
* If a driver doesn't want IOs to cross a given chunk size, it can set
* this limit and prevent merging across chunks. Note that the chunk size
- * must currently be a power-of-2 in sectors.
+ * must currently be a power-of-2 in sectors. Also note that the block
+ * layer must accept a page worth of data at any offset. So if the
+ * crossing of chunks is a hard limitation in the driver, it must still be
+ * prepared to split single page bios.
**/
void blk_queue_chunk_sectors(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int chunk_sectors)
{