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diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt
index cdf2f3c0ab1..a8ded1a8bd6 100644
--- a/Documentation/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pci.txt
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ echo "vendor device subvendor subdevice class class_mask driver_data" > \
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/{driver}/new_id
All fields are passed in as hexadecimal values (no leading 0x).
-Users need pass only as many fields as necessary:
- o vendor, device, subvendor, and subdevice fields default
- to PCI_ANY_ID (FFFFFFFF),
+The vendor and device fields are mandatory, the others are optional. Users
+need pass only as many optional fields as necessary:
+ o subvendor and subdevice fields default to PCI_ANY_ID (FFFFFFFF)
o class and classmask fields default to 0
o driver_data defaults to 0UL.