diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index e65dd803a453cae9aab09c62685422c53e4b64b8..85b8955717fc27dc67e1e166bb484f73dcdaf5d5 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -4653,6 +4653,11 @@ define_dev_printk_level(_dev_info, KERN_INFO);
  *
  * 	return dev_err_probe(dev, err, ...);
  *
+ * Note that it is deemed acceptable to use this function for error
+ * prints during probe even if the @err is known to never be -EPROBE_DEFER.
+ * The benefit compared to a normal dev_err() is the standardized format
+ * of the error code and the fact that the error code is returned.
+ *
  * Returns @err.
  *
  */