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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml
index 975f603a42ee..039a9694fd1d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-subscribe-event.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
<entry><constant>V4L2_EVENT_VSYNC</constant></entry>
<entry>1</entry>
<entry>This event is triggered on the vertical sync.
- This event has &v4l2-event-vsync; associated with it.
+ This event has a &v4l2-event-vsync; associated with it.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
matches the control ID from which you want to receive events.
This event is triggered if the control's value changes, if a
button control is pressed or if the control's flags change.
- This event has &v4l2-event-ctrl; associated with it. This struct
+ This event has a &v4l2-event-ctrl; associated with it. This struct
contains much of the same information as &v4l2-queryctrl; and
&v4l2-control;.
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@
&VIDIOC-S-EXT-CTRLS;, then the event will not be sent to
the file handle that called the ioctl function. This prevents
nasty feedback loops.
+
+ This event type will ensure that no information is lost when
+ more events are raised than there is room internally. In that
+ case the &v4l2-event-ctrl; of the second-oldest event is kept,
+ but the <structfield>changes</structfield> field of the
+ second-oldest event is ORed with the <structfield>changes</structfield>
+ field of the oldest event.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -147,8 +154,8 @@
<entry>0x0001</entry>
<entry>When this event is subscribed an initial event will be sent
containing the current status. This only makes sense for events
- that are triggered by a status change. Other events will ignore
- this flag.</entry>
+ that are triggered by a status change such as <constant>V4L2_EVENT_CTRL</constant>.
+ Other events will ignore this flag.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>