diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index f1d74a2bd23493635afcbd6a7336c2fd2806f471..22f235260a3a352cf4223249fc1d26f2fce62f34 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1045,9 +1045,9 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * 		supports redirection to the egress interface, and accepts no
  * 		flag at all.
  *
- * 		The same effect can be attained with the more generic
- * 		**bpf_redirect_map**\ (), which requires specific maps to be
- * 		used but offers better performance.
+ * 		The same effect can also be attained with the more generic
+ * 		**bpf_redirect_map**\ (), which uses a BPF map to store the
+ * 		redirect target instead of providing it directly to the helper.
  * 	Return
  * 		For XDP, the helper returns **XDP_REDIRECT** on success or
  * 		**XDP_ABORTED** on error. For other program types, the values
@@ -1611,13 +1611,11 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * 		the caller. Any higher bits in the *flags* argument must be
  * 		unset.
  *
- * 		When used to redirect packets to net devices, this helper
- * 		provides a high performance increase over **bpf_redirect**\ ().
- * 		This is due to various implementation details of the underlying
- * 		mechanisms, one of which is the fact that **bpf_redirect_map**\
- * 		() tries to send packet as a "bulk" to the device.
+ * 		See also bpf_redirect(), which only supports redirecting to an
+ * 		ifindex, but doesn't require a map to do so.
  * 	Return
- * 		**XDP_REDIRECT** on success, or **XDP_ABORTED** on error.
+ * 		**XDP_REDIRECT** on success, or the value of the two lower bits
+ * 		of the **flags* argument on error.
  *
  * int bpf_sk_redirect_map(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bpf_map *map, u32 key, u64 flags)
  * 	Description
diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
index f1d74a2bd23493635afcbd6a7336c2fd2806f471..22f235260a3a352cf4223249fc1d26f2fce62f34 100644
--- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
+++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/bpf.h
@@ -1045,9 +1045,9 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * 		supports redirection to the egress interface, and accepts no
  * 		flag at all.
  *
- * 		The same effect can be attained with the more generic
- * 		**bpf_redirect_map**\ (), which requires specific maps to be
- * 		used but offers better performance.
+ * 		The same effect can also be attained with the more generic
+ * 		**bpf_redirect_map**\ (), which uses a BPF map to store the
+ * 		redirect target instead of providing it directly to the helper.
  * 	Return
  * 		For XDP, the helper returns **XDP_REDIRECT** on success or
  * 		**XDP_ABORTED** on error. For other program types, the values
@@ -1611,13 +1611,11 @@ union bpf_attr {
  * 		the caller. Any higher bits in the *flags* argument must be
  * 		unset.
  *
- * 		When used to redirect packets to net devices, this helper
- * 		provides a high performance increase over **bpf_redirect**\ ().
- * 		This is due to various implementation details of the underlying
- * 		mechanisms, one of which is the fact that **bpf_redirect_map**\
- * 		() tries to send packet as a "bulk" to the device.
+ * 		See also bpf_redirect(), which only supports redirecting to an
+ * 		ifindex, but doesn't require a map to do so.
  * 	Return
- * 		**XDP_REDIRECT** on success, or **XDP_ABORTED** on error.
+ * 		**XDP_REDIRECT** on success, or the value of the two lower bits
+ * 		of the **flags* argument on error.
  *
  * int bpf_sk_redirect_map(struct sk_buff *skb, struct bpf_map *map, u32 key, u64 flags)
  * 	Description