diff --git a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
index bac4c871f3bd1930b481c214e932cec9666e05b6..4a9ca04a13efb824dcda534d6dd60fff0f012f5a 100644
--- a/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/regulator/driver.h
@@ -221,7 +221,8 @@ struct regulator_desc {
  * @driver_data: private regulator data
  * @of_node: OpenFirmware node to parse for device tree bindings (may be
  *           NULL).
- * @regmap: regmap to use for core regmap helpers
+ * @regmap: regmap to use for core regmap helpers if dev_get_regulator() is
+ *          insufficient.
  * @ena_gpio: GPIO controlling regulator enable.
  * @ena_gpio_invert: Sense for GPIO enable control.
  * @ena_gpio_flags: Flags to use when calling gpio_request_one()