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diff --git a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
index 64546eb9a16a..56a13b865927 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/runtime_pm.txt
@@ -836,9 +836,8 @@ of the non-autosuspend counterparts:
Instead of: pm_runtime_put_sync use: pm_runtime_put_sync_autosuspend.
Drivers may also continue to use the non-autosuspend helper functions; they
-will behave normally, not taking the autosuspend delay into account.
-Similarly, if the power.use_autosuspend field isn't set then the autosuspend
-helper functions will behave just like the non-autosuspend counterparts.
+will behave normally, which means sometimes taking the autosuspend delay into
+account (see pm_runtime_idle).
Under some circumstances a driver or subsystem may want to prevent a device
from autosuspending immediately, even though the usage counter is zero and the