diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-driver.c b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-driver.c
index dd0224f328ad780f96f08be1441fdbe451f11950..6dd51e27582cb71b316db915ed7cf34a781b95e3 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-driver.c
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(enc_pcm_bufs,
 		 "Number of encoder PCM buffers\n"
 		 "\t\t\tDefault is computed from other enc_pcm_* parameters");
 
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(cx18_first_minor, "Set kernel number assigned to first card");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(cx18_first_minor, "Set device node number assigned to first card");
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Hans Verkuil");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CX23418 driver");
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-streams.c b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-streams.c
index 54d248e16d85e882d0f1d757c8111389df10b73d..6c988b95adc65b5d06a11e4e14c5f6d968a1a33a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-streams.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/cx18/cx18-streams.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static int cx18_reg_dev(struct cx18 *cx, int type)
 	/* Register device. First try the desired minor, then any free one. */
 	ret = video_register_device(s->video_dev, vfl_type, num);
 	if (ret < 0) {
-		CX18_ERR("Couldn't register v4l2 device for %s kernel number %d\n",
+		CX18_ERR("Couldn't register v4l2 device for %s (device node number %d)\n",
 			s->name, num);
 		video_device_release(s->video_dev);
 		s->video_dev = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c
index 63ea0fb660630d8a3d4693e75a0b552eba2277b0..463ec3457d7ba9a2fb3f785ca12df575def60588 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-driver.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(newi2c,
 		 "\t\t\t-1 is autodetect, 0 is off, 1 is on\n"
 		 "\t\t\tDefault is autodetect");
 
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(ivtv_first_minor, "Set kernel number assigned to first card");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(ivtv_first_minor, "Set device node number assigned to first card");
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Kevin Thayer, Chris Kennedy, Hans Verkuil");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CX23415/CX23416 driver");
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-streams.c b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-streams.c
index 15da01710efc61f044d5ba6854b406135fd174ee..23400035240a0285f5c9684c19986dfd39549e16 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-streams.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ivtv/ivtv-streams.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static int ivtv_reg_dev(struct ivtv *itv, int type)
 
 	/* Register device. First try the desired minor, then any free one. */
 	if (video_register_device(s->vdev, vfl_type, num)) {
-		IVTV_ERR("Couldn't register v4l2 device for %s kernel number %d\n",
+		IVTV_ERR("Couldn't register v4l2 device for %s (device node number %d)\n",
 				s->name, num);
 		video_device_release(s->vdev);
 		s->vdev = NULL;