diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 4f5235cb13bb71b4aeba74a492429d174179de20..a6e82a69c363bb3d7af21e358aaef84bc2f265aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -10,6 +10,17 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create_on_node(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 					   int node,
 					   const char namefmt[], ...);
 
+/**
+ * kthread_create - create a kthread on the current node
+ * @threadfn: the function to run in the thread
+ * @data: data pointer for @threadfn()
+ * @namefmt: printf-style format string for the thread name
+ * @...: arguments for @namefmt.
+ *
+ * This macro will create a kthread on the current node, leaving it in
+ * the stopped state.  This is just a helper for kthread_create_on_node();
+ * see the documentation there for more details.
+ */
 #define kthread_create(threadfn, data, namefmt, arg...) \
 	kthread_create_on_node(threadfn, data, NUMA_NO_NODE, namefmt, ##arg)