diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-mdio.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-mdio.txt
index ca733ff68ab9..ccdabdcc8618 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-mdio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/net/marvell-orion-mdio.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Required properties:
 
 Optional properties:
 - interrupts: interrupt line number for the SMI error/done interrupt
-- clocks: Phandle to the clock control device and gate bit
+- clocks: phandle for up to three required clocks for the MDIO instance
 
 The child nodes of the MDIO driver are the individual PHY devices
 connected to this MDIO bus. They must have a "reg" property given the