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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml
index 8d7eb6bf6312..34cada2ca710 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/lirc_device_interface.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ describing an IR signal are read from the chardev.</para>
values. Pulses and spaces are only marked implicitly by their position. The
data must start and end with a pulse, therefore, the data must always include
an uneven number of samples. The write function must block until the data has
-been transmitted by the hardware.</para>
+been transmitted by the hardware. If more data is provided than the hardware
+can send, the driver returns EINVAL.</para>
+
</section>
<section id="lirc_ioctl">