diff --git a/Documentation/usb/callbacks.txt b/Documentation/usb/callbacks.txt
index bfb36b34b79e..9e85846bdb98 100644
--- a/Documentation/usb/callbacks.txt
+++ b/Documentation/usb/callbacks.txt
@@ -95,9 +95,11 @@ pre_reset
 
 int (*pre_reset)(struct usb_interface *intf);
 
-Another driver or user space is triggering a reset on the device which
-contains the interface passed as an argument. Cease IO and save any
-device state you need to restore.
+A driver or user space is triggering a reset on the device which
+contains the interface passed as an argument. Cease IO, wait for all
+outstanding URBs to complete, and save any device state you need to
+restore.  No more URBs may be submitted until the post_reset method
+is called.
 
 If you need to allocate memory here, use GFP_NOIO or GFP_ATOMIC, if you
 are in atomic context.
diff --git a/include/linux/usb.h b/include/linux/usb.h
index 65f78ca5d88e..73c7df489607 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb.h
@@ -806,8 +806,10 @@ struct usbdrv_wrap {
  * @resume: Called when the device is being resumed by the system.
  * @reset_resume: Called when the suspended device has been reset instead
  *	of being resumed.
- * @pre_reset: Called by usb_reset_device() when the device
- *	is about to be reset.
+ * @pre_reset: Called by usb_reset_device() when the device is about to be
+ *	reset.  This routine must not return until the driver has no active
+ *	URBs for the device, and no more URBs may be submitted until the
+ *	post_reset method is called.
  * @post_reset: Called by usb_reset_device() after the device
  *	has been reset
  * @id_table: USB drivers use ID table to support hotplugging.