diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
index b2cac8d76b66..75d2bbe9813f 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ might be printed instead of the unreachable information::
 
 	(null)	 data on plain NULL address
 	(efault) data on invalid address
+	(einval) invalid data on a valid address
 
 Plain Pointers
 --------------
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index b989f1e8f35b..4e5666035b74 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ char *ip_addr_string(char *buf, char *end, const void *ptr,
 		case AF_INET6:
 			return ip6_addr_string_sa(buf, end, &sa->v6, spec, fmt);
 		default:
-			return string_nocheck(buf, end, "(invalid address)", spec);
+			return string_nocheck(buf, end, "(einval)", spec);
 		}}
 	}