diff --git a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
index 678c9c60b5a3..13c5acb72d63 100644
--- a/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
+++ b/Documentation/hwmon/sysfs-interface.rst
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ the desired value must be written, note that strings which are not a number
 are interpreted as 0! For more on how written strings are interpreted see the
 "sysfs attribute writes interpretation" section at the end of this file.
 
+Attribute access
+----------------
+
+Hardware monitoring sysfs attributes are displayed by unrestricted userspace
+applications. For this reason, all standard ABI attributes shall be world
+readable. Writeable standard ABI attributes shall be writeable only for
+privileged users.
+
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