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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
index 5a85fcc80c76..e65665c5ab50 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
+++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.rst
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ ndo_do_ioctl:
Context: process
ndo_get_stats:
- Synchronization: dev_base_lock rwlock.
- Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock
+ Synchronization: rtnl_lock() semaphore, dev_base_lock rwlock, or RCU.
+ Context: atomic (can't sleep under rwlock or RCU)
ndo_start_xmit:
Synchronization: __netif_tx_lock spinlock.