diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 4686491852a7..40560f41e3d5 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -1392,7 +1392,8 @@ static inline void security_free_mnt_opts(struct security_mnt_opts *opts)
  * 	@ctxlen contains the length of @ctx.
  *
  * @inode_getsecctx:
- *	Returns a string containing all relevant security context information
+ *	On success, returns 0 and fills out @ctx and @ctxlen with the security
+ *	context for the given @inode.
  *
  * 	@inode we wish to get the security context of.
  *	@ctx is a pointer in which to place the allocated security context.