diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.txt
index ec52c472c8459b920643af0592a30c385dd27a8e..557fa765adcb9450c4003555d1211978e73a9703 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-common.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,16 @@ used for panels that implement compatible control signals.
   while active. Active high reset signals can be supported by inverting the
   GPIO specifier polarity flag.
 
+Power
+-----
+
+- power-supply: display panels require power to be supplied. While several
+  panels need more than one power supply with panel-specific constraints
+  governing the order and timings of the power supplies, in many cases a single
+  power supply is sufficient, either because the panel has a single power rail,
+  or because all its power rails can be driven by the same supply. In that case
+  the power-supply property specifies the supply powering the panel as a phandle
+  to a regulator.
 
 Backlight
 ---------
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-lvds.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-lvds.txt
index b938269f841e5d6b55d8336a0d1be3ddb3127e45..250850a2150b8c9805997de6cfa153a8ea403aae 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-lvds.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/panel-lvds.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Optional properties:
 - label: See panel-common.txt.
 - gpios: See panel-common.txt.
 - backlight: See panel-common.txt.
+- power-supply: See panel-common.txt.
 - data-mirror: If set, reverse the bit order described in the data mappings
   below on all data lanes, transmitting bits for slots 6 to 0 instead of
   0 to 6.
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/simple-panel.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/simple-panel.txt
index 1341bbf4aa3d13147de6465d5219989338b9d3b7..16d8ff088b7d15504afd58984b291ded9a4b7f15 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/simple-panel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/display/panel/simple-panel.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Simple display panel
 
 Required properties:
-- power-supply: regulator to provide the supply voltage
+- power-supply: See panel-common.txt
 
 Optional properties:
 - ddc-i2c-bus: phandle of an I2C controller used for DDC EDID probing