diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 7a2a9d3144ba..e658d18afa67 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -741,6 +741,7 @@ static inline int __nlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen,
  * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
  * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
  * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
+ * @policy: validation policy
  * @extack: extended ACK report struct
  *
  * See nla_parse()
@@ -760,6 +761,7 @@ static inline int nlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen,
  * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
  * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
  * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
+ * @policy: validation policy
  * @extack: extended ACK report struct
  *
  * See nla_parse_deprecated()
@@ -779,6 +781,7 @@ static inline int nlmsg_parse_deprecated(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int hdrlen,
  * @hdrlen: length of family specific header
  * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
  * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
+ * @policy: validation policy
  * @extack: extended ACK report struct
  *
  * See nla_parse_deprecated_strict()
@@ -814,7 +817,6 @@ static inline struct nlattr *nlmsg_find_attr(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
  * @len: length of attribute stream
  * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
  * @policy: validation policy
- * @validate: validation strictness
  * @extack: extended ACK report struct
  *
  * Validates all attributes in the specified attribute stream against the