diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
index ff335f8aeb39..92f30006adae 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ Sorting
 .. kernel-doc:: lib/list_sort.c
    :export:
 
+Text Searching
+--------------
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/textsearch.c
+   :doc: ts_intro
+
+.. kernel-doc:: lib/textsearch.c
+   :export:
+
+.. kernel-doc:: include/linux/textsearch.h
+   :functions: textsearch_find textsearch_next \
+               textsearch_get_pattern textsearch_get_pattern_len
+
 UUID/GUID
 ---------
 
diff --git a/include/linux/textsearch.h b/include/linux/textsearch.h
index 0494db3fd9e8..13770cfe33ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/textsearch.h
+++ b/include/linux/textsearch.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ struct ts_config
 	int 			flags;
 
 	/**
-	 * get_next_block - fetch next block of data
+	 * @get_next_block: fetch next block of data
 	 * @consumed: number of bytes consumed by the caller
 	 * @dst: destination buffer
 	 * @conf: search configuration
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct ts_config
 						  struct ts_state *state);
 
 	/**
-	 * finish - finalize/clean a series of get_next_block() calls
+	 * @finish: finalize/clean a series of get_next_block() calls
 	 * @conf: search configuration
 	 * @state: search state
 	 *
diff --git a/lib/textsearch.c b/lib/textsearch.c
index 0b79908dfe89..5939549c0e7b 100644
--- a/lib/textsearch.c
+++ b/lib/textsearch.c
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
  * 		Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
  *
  * ==========================================================================
- *
+ */
+
+/**
+ * DOC: ts_intro
  * INTRODUCTION
  *
  *   The textsearch infrastructure provides text searching facilities for
@@ -19,7 +22,9 @@
  *
  * ARCHITECTURE
  *
- *      User
+ * .. code-block:: none
+ *
+ *     User
  *     +----------------+
  *     |        finish()|<--------------(6)-----------------+
  *     |get_next_block()|<--------------(5)---------------+ |
@@ -33,21 +38,21 @@
  *     |             (3)|----->| find()/next() |-----------+          |
  *     |             (7)|----->| destroy()     |----------------------+
  *     +----------------+      +---------------+
- *  
- *   (1) User configures a search by calling _prepare() specifying the
- *       search parameters such as the pattern and algorithm name.
+ *
+ *   (1) User configures a search by calling textsearch_prepare() specifying
+ *       the search parameters such as the pattern and algorithm name.
  *   (2) Core requests the algorithm to allocate and initialize a search
  *       configuration according to the specified parameters.
- *   (3) User starts the search(es) by calling _find() or _next() to
- *       fetch subsequent occurrences. A state variable is provided
- *       to the algorithm to store persistent variables.
+ *   (3) User starts the search(es) by calling textsearch_find() or
+ *       textsearch_next() to fetch subsequent occurrences. A state variable
+ *       is provided to the algorithm to store persistent variables.
  *   (4) Core eventually resets the search offset and forwards the find()
  *       request to the algorithm.
  *   (5) Algorithm calls get_next_block() provided by the user continuously
  *       to fetch the data to be searched in block by block.
  *   (6) Algorithm invokes finish() after the last call to get_next_block
  *       to clean up any leftovers from get_next_block. (Optional)
- *   (7) User destroys the configuration by calling _destroy().
+ *   (7) User destroys the configuration by calling textsearch_destroy().
  *   (8) Core notifies the algorithm to destroy algorithm specific
  *       allocations. (Optional)
  *
@@ -62,9 +67,10 @@
  *   amount of times and even in parallel as long as a separate struct
  *   ts_state variable is provided to every instance.
  *
- *   The actual search is performed by either calling textsearch_find_-
- *   continuous() for linear data or by providing an own get_next_block()
- *   implementation and calling textsearch_find(). Both functions return
+ *   The actual search is performed by either calling
+ *   textsearch_find_continuous() for linear data or by providing
+ *   an own get_next_block() implementation and
+ *   calling textsearch_find(). Both functions return
  *   the position of the first occurrence of the pattern or UINT_MAX if
  *   no match was found. Subsequent occurrences can be found by calling
  *   textsearch_next() regardless of the linearity of the data.
@@ -72,7 +78,7 @@
  *   Once you're done using a configuration it must be given back via
  *   textsearch_destroy.
  *
- * EXAMPLE
+ * EXAMPLE::
  *
  *   int pos;
  *   struct ts_config *conf;
@@ -87,13 +93,13 @@
  *       goto errout;
  *   }
  *
- *   pos = textsearch_find_continuous(conf, &state, example, strlen(example));
+ *   pos = textsearch_find_continuous(conf, \&state, example, strlen(example));
  *   if (pos != UINT_MAX)
- *       panic("Oh my god, dancing chickens at %d\n", pos);
+ *       panic("Oh my god, dancing chickens at \%d\n", pos);
  *
  *   textsearch_destroy(conf);
- * ==========================================================================
  */
+/* ========================================================================== */
 
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -225,7 +231,7 @@ static unsigned int get_linear_data(unsigned int consumed, const u8 **dst,
  *
  * Returns the position of first occurrence of the pattern or
  * %UINT_MAX if no occurrence was found.
- */ 
+ */
 unsigned int textsearch_find_continuous(struct ts_config *conf,
 					struct ts_state *state,
 					const void *data, unsigned int len)