diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index 75d2d57e2c4421122434aa855444e8a344c38f21..220bba28f72becf7d79eb6227bd8962f4b0e5dee 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ prototypes:
 	ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 	ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 	int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
-	unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
+	__poll_t (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
 	long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 	long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 	int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index 5fd325df59e2233df60cbf6da6c92230aa0c26ef..f608180ad59d71ab2bcc2d2d818699bfaaee1470 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ struct file_operations {
 	ssize_t (*read_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 	ssize_t (*write_iter) (struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 	int (*iterate) (struct file *, struct dir_context *);
-	unsigned int (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
+	__poll_t (*poll) (struct file *, struct poll_table_struct *);
 	long (*unlocked_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 	long (*compat_ioctl) (struct file *, unsigned int, unsigned long);
 	int (*mmap) (struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *);