diff --git a/fs/btrfs/lzo.c b/fs/btrfs/lzo.c
index 0667ea07f766..9591927022ba 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/lzo.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/lzo.c
@@ -17,6 +17,43 @@
 
 #define LZO_LEN	4
 
+/*
+ * Btrfs LZO compression format
+ *
+ * Regular and inlined LZO compressed data extents consist of:
+ *
+ * 1.  Header
+ *     Fixed size. LZO_LEN (4) bytes long, LE32.
+ *     Records the total size (including the header) of compressed data.
+ *
+ * 2.  Segment(s)
+ *     Variable size. Each segment includes one segment header, followd by data
+ *     payload.
+ *     One regular LZO compressed extent can have one or more segments.
+ *     For inlined LZO compressed extent, only one segment is allowed.
+ *     One segment represents at most one page of uncompressed data.
+ *
+ * 2.1 Segment header
+ *     Fixed size. LZO_LEN (4) bytes long, LE32.
+ *     Records the total size of the segment (not including the header).
+ *     Segment header never crosses page boundary, thus it's possible to
+ *     have at most 3 padding zeros at the end of the page.
+ *
+ * 2.2 Data Payload
+ *     Variable size. Size up limit should be lzo1x_worst_compress(PAGE_SIZE)
+ *     which is 4419 for a 4KiB page.
+ *
+ * Example:
+ * Page 1:
+ *          0     0x2   0x4   0x6   0x8   0xa   0xc   0xe     0x10
+ * 0x0000   |  Header   | SegHdr 01 | Data payload 01 ...     |
+ * ...
+ * 0x0ff0   | SegHdr  N | Data payload  N     ...          |00|
+ *                                                          ^^ padding zeros
+ * Page 2:
+ * 0x1000   | SegHdr N+1| Data payload N+1 ...                |
+ */
+
 struct workspace {
 	void *mem;
 	void *buf;	/* where decompressed data goes */