diff --git a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
index bb5ec425dfe0..08be5c99d26b 100644
--- a/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/hrtimer.c
@@ -1742,15 +1742,19 @@ schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock(ktime_t *expires, u64 delta,
  * You can set the task state as follows -
  *
  * %TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE - at least @timeout time is guaranteed to
- * pass before the routine returns.
+ * pass before the routine returns unless the current task is explicitly
+ * woken up, (e.g. by wake_up_process()).
  *
  * %TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE - the routine may return early if a signal is
- * delivered to the current task.
+ * delivered to the current task or the current task is explicitly woken
+ * up.
  *
  * The current task state is guaranteed to be TASK_RUNNING when this
  * routine returns.
  *
- * Returns 0 when the timer has expired otherwise -EINTR
+ * Returns 0 when the timer has expired. If the task was woken before the
+ * timer expired by a signal (only possible in state TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE) or
+ * by an explicit wakeup, it returns -EINTR.
  */
 int __sched schedule_hrtimeout_range(ktime_t *expires, u64 delta,
 				     const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
@@ -1772,15 +1776,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(schedule_hrtimeout_range);
  * You can set the task state as follows -
  *
  * %TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE - at least @timeout time is guaranteed to
- * pass before the routine returns.
+ * pass before the routine returns unless the current task is explicitly
+ * woken up, (e.g. by wake_up_process()).
  *
  * %TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE - the routine may return early if a signal is
- * delivered to the current task.
+ * delivered to the current task or the current task is explicitly woken
+ * up.
  *
  * The current task state is guaranteed to be TASK_RUNNING when this
  * routine returns.
  *
- * Returns 0 when the timer has expired otherwise -EINTR
+ * Returns 0 when the timer has expired. If the task was woken before the
+ * timer expired by a signal (only possible in state TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE) or
+ * by an explicit wakeup, it returns -EINTR.
  */
 int __sched schedule_hrtimeout(ktime_t *expires,
 			       const enum hrtimer_mode mode)
diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 12681c9a7683..88aab86a4594 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1691,11 +1691,12 @@ static void process_timeout(unsigned long __data)
  * You can set the task state as follows -
  *
  * %TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE - at least @timeout jiffies are guaranteed to
- * pass before the routine returns. The routine will return 0
+ * pass before the routine returns unless the current task is explicitly
+ * woken up, (e.g. by wake_up_process())".
  *
  * %TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE - the routine may return early if a signal is
- * delivered to the current task. In this case the remaining time
- * in jiffies will be returned, or 0 if the timer expired in time
+ * delivered to the current task or the current task is explicitly woken
+ * up.
  *
  * The current task state is guaranteed to be TASK_RUNNING when this
  * routine returns.
@@ -1704,7 +1705,9 @@ static void process_timeout(unsigned long __data)
  * the CPU away without a bound on the timeout. In this case the return
  * value will be %MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT.
  *
- * In all cases the return value is guaranteed to be non-negative.
+ * Returns 0 when the timer has expired otherwise the remaining time in
+ * jiffies will be returned.  In all cases the return value is guaranteed
+ * to be non-negative.
  */
 signed long __sched schedule_timeout(signed long timeout)
 {