diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-samsung.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-samsung.txt
index ab4f0a46e859..49028a4f5df1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-samsung.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/spi-samsung.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ Required SoC Specific Properties:
 - dma-names: Names for the dma channels. There must be at least one channel
   named "tx" for transmit and named "rx" for receive.
 
+- clocks: specifies the clock IDs provided to the SPI controller; they are
+  required for interacting with the controller itself, for synchronizing the bus
+  and as I/O clock (the latter is required by exynos5433 and exynos7).
+
+- clock-names: string names of the clocks in the 'clocks' property; for all the
+  the devices the names must be "spi", "spi_busclkN" (where N is determined by
+  "samsung,spi-src-clk"), while Exynos5433 should specify a third clock
+  "spi_ioclk" for the I/O clock.
+
 Required Board Specific Properties:
 
 - #address-cells: should be 1.