diff --git a/include/drm/drm_connector.h b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
index 8fe22abb1e10..411c0eb4c00e 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_connector.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_connector.h
@@ -330,19 +330,47 @@ struct drm_display_info {
 
 #define DRM_BUS_FLAG_DE_LOW		(1<<0)
 #define DRM_BUS_FLAG_DE_HIGH		(1<<1)
-/* drive data on pos. edge */
+
+/*
+ * Don't use those two flags directly, use the DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_DRIVE_*
+ * and DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_SAMPLE_* variants to qualify the flags explicitly.
+ * The DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_SAMPLE_* flags are defined as the opposite of the
+ * DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_DRIVE_* flags to make code simpler, as signals are
+ * usually to be sampled on the opposite edge of the driving edge.
+ */
 #define DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_POSEDGE	(1<<2)
-/* drive data on neg. edge */
 #define DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_NEGEDGE	(1<<3)
+
+/* Drive data on rising edge */
+#define DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_DRIVE_POSEDGE	DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_POSEDGE
+/* Drive data on falling edge */
+#define DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_DRIVE_NEGEDGE	DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_NEGEDGE
+/* Sample data on rising edge */
+#define DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_SAMPLE_POSEDGE	DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_NEGEDGE
+/* Sample data on falling edge */
+#define DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_SAMPLE_NEGEDGE	DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_POSEDGE
+
 /* data is transmitted MSB to LSB on the bus */
 #define DRM_BUS_FLAG_DATA_MSB_TO_LSB	(1<<4)
 /* data is transmitted LSB to MSB on the bus */
 #define DRM_BUS_FLAG_DATA_LSB_TO_MSB	(1<<5)
-/* drive sync on pos. edge */
+
+/*
+ * Similarly to the DRM_BUS_FLAG_PIXDATA_* flags, don't use these two flags
+ * directly, use one of the DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_(DRIVE|SAMPLE)_* instead.
+ */
 #define DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_POSEDGE	(1<<6)
-/* drive sync on neg. edge */
 #define DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_NEGEDGE	(1<<7)
 
+/* Drive sync on rising edge */
+#define DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_DRIVE_POSEDGE		DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_POSEDGE
+/* Drive sync on falling edge */
+#define DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_DRIVE_NEGEDGE		DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_NEGEDGE
+/* Sample sync on rising edge */
+#define DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_SAMPLE_POSEDGE	DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_NEGEDGE
+/* Sample sync on falling edge */
+#define DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_SAMPLE_NEGEDGE	DRM_BUS_FLAG_SYNC_POSEDGE
+
 	/**
 	 * @bus_flags: Additional information (like pixel signal polarity) for
 	 * the pixel data on the bus, using DRM_BUS_FLAGS\_ defines.