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-rw-r--r--Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml16
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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml
index e2817f830312..1eedc4ce0e4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/frontend_legacy_api.xml
@@ -45,9 +45,19 @@
supported via the new <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_GET_SET_PROPERTY</link> ioctl's, using the <link linkend="DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM">DTV_DELIVERY_SYSTEM</link> parameter.
</para>
-<para>The usage of this field is deprecated, as it doesn't report all supported standards, and
-will provide an incomplete information for frontends that support multiple delivery systems.
-Please use <link linkend="DTV-ENUM-DELSYS">DTV_ENUM_DELSYS</link> instead.</para>
+<para>In the old days, &dvb-frontend-info; used to contain
+ <constant>fe_type_t</constant> field to indicate the delivery systems,
+ filled with either FE_QPSK, FE_QAM, FE_OFDM or FE_ATSC. While this is
+ still filled to keep backward compatibility, the usage of this
+ field is deprecated, as it can report just one delivery system, but some
+ devices support multiple delivery systems. Please use
+ <link linkend="DTV-ENUM-DELSYS">DTV_ENUM_DELSYS</link> instead.
+</para>
+<para>On devices that support multiple delivery systems,
+ &dvb-frontend-info;::<constant>fe_type_t</constant> is filled with the
+ currently standard, as selected by the last call to
+ <link linkend="FE_GET_PROPERTY">FE_SET_PROPERTY</link>
+ using the &DTV-DELIVERY-SYSTEM; property.</para>
</section>