diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/snps,dw-apb-ssi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/snps,dw-apb-ssi.txt
index bd99193e87b9ea2b68d2b81945e4d27a144f9950..204b311e04001075eb6ed3b03807087cebea12e2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/snps,dw-apb-ssi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/snps,dw-apb-ssi.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Required properties:
 Optional properties:
 - cs-gpios : Specifies the gpio pis to be used for chipselects.
 - num-cs : The number of chipselects. If omitted, this will default to 4.
+- reg-io-width : The I/O register width (in bytes) implemented by this
+  device.  Supported values are 2 or 4 (the default).
 
 Child nodes as per the generic SPI binding.