diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
index c3600f9c8988eb54d3fd21ad51ba070ce82cbd8a..8ae644f800f023756139b013353db332b9273fac 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ethtool-netlink.rst
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ Kernel response contents:
  +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+
  | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_HEADER``          | nested | reply header        |
  +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+
- | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_DATA``            | nested | array of bytes from |
+ | ``ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_DATA``            | binary | array of bytes from |
  |                                             |        | module EEPROM       |
  +---------------------------------------------+--------+---------------------+
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
index 825cfda1c5d5da1302e808b2b3654d48569d9953..c7135c9c37a5f16351c98421da99d547b84f4c1e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ enum {
 	ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_PAGE,			/* u8 */
 	ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_BANK,			/* u8 */
 	ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_I2C_ADDRESS,		/* u8 */
-	ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_DATA,			/* nested */
+	ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_DATA,			/* binary */
 
 	__ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_CNT,
 	ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_A_MODULE_EEPROM_CNT - 1)