diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/led.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/led.txt
index edc83c1c0d54bb5f7f3297593eba77f1931e3d12..df1b3080f6b88f22f5844d02c7c2f717dac50175 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/led.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/led.txt
@@ -10,16 +10,10 @@ LED sub-node properties:
 - gpios :  Should specify the LED's GPIO, see "gpios property" in
   Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/gpio.txt.  Active low LEDs should be
   indicated using flags in the GPIO specifier.
-- label :  (optional) The label for this LED.  If omitted, the label is
-  taken from the node name (excluding the unit address).
-- linux,default-trigger :  (optional) This parameter, if present, is a
-  string defining the trigger assigned to the LED.  Current triggers are:
-    "backlight" - LED will act as a back-light, controlled by the framebuffer
-		  system
-    "default-on" - LED will turn on, but see "default-state" below
-    "heartbeat" - LED "double" flashes at a load average based rate
-    "ide-disk" - LED indicates disk activity
-    "timer" - LED flashes at a fixed, configurable rate
+- label :  (optional)
+  see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
+- linux,default-trigger :  (optional)
+  see Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
 - default-state:  (optional) The initial state of the LED.  Valid
   values are "on", "off", and "keep".  If the LED is already on or off
   and the default-state property is set the to same value, then no
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2d88816dd550b7650239e2b3d5b6fad8361d4b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/leds/common.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+Common leds properties.
+
+Optional properties for child nodes:
+- label : The label for this LED.  If omitted, the label is
+  taken from the node name (excluding the unit address).
+
+- linux,default-trigger :  This parameter, if present, is a
+    string defining the trigger assigned to the LED.  Current triggers are:
+     "backlight" - LED will act as a back-light, controlled by the framebuffer
+		   system
+     "default-on" - LED will turn on (but for leds-gpio see "default-state"
+		    property in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/gpio/led.txt)
+     "heartbeat" - LED "double" flashes at a load average based rate
+     "ide-disk" - LED indicates disk activity
+     "timer" - LED flashes at a fixed, configurable rate
+
+Examples:
+
+system-status {
+	label = "Status";
+	linux,default-trigger = "heartbeat";
+	...
+};