diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index c3451481194e..7476f393df97 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ static void class_create_release(struct class *cls)
 }
 
 /**
- * class_create - create a struct class structure
+ * __class_create - create a struct class structure
  * @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class
  * @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
  * @key: the lock_class_key for this class; used by mutex lock debugging
diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
index 586e9a75c840..fb9d5289a620 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devres.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void * __devres_alloc_node(dr_release_t release, size_t size, gfp_t gfp, int nid
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__devres_alloc_node);
 #else
 /**
- * devres_alloc - Allocate device resource data
+ * devres_alloc_node - Allocate device resource data
  * @release: Release function devres will be associated with
  * @size: Allocation size
  * @gfp: Allocation flags
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
index 4dec4b79ae06..91899d185e31 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static ssize_t timeout_show(struct class *class, struct class_attribute *attr,
 }
 
 /**
- * firmware_timeout_store() - set number of seconds to wait for firmware
+ * timeout_store() - set number of seconds to wait for firmware
  * @class: device class pointer
  * @attr: device attribute pointer
  * @buf: buffer to scan for timeout value
diff --git a/include/linux/device/class.h b/include/linux/device/class.h
index e8d470c457d1..e61ec5502019 100644
--- a/include/linux/device/class.h
+++ b/include/linux/device/class.h
@@ -256,6 +256,20 @@ extern void class_destroy(struct class *cls);
 
 /* This is a #define to keep the compiler from merging different
  * instances of the __key variable */
+
+/**
+ * class_create - create a struct class structure
+ * @owner: pointer to the module that is to "own" this struct class
+ * @name: pointer to a string for the name of this class.
+ *
+ * This is used to create a struct class pointer that can then be used
+ * in calls to device_create().
+ *
+ * Returns &struct class pointer on success, or ERR_PTR() on error.
+ *
+ * Note, the pointer created here is to be destroyed when finished by
+ * making a call to class_destroy().
+ */
 #define class_create(owner, name)		\
 ({						\
 	static struct lock_class_key __key;	\