diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 46c030a49186..a4f4d693e2c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3032,6 +3032,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 				PAGE_SIZE is used as alignment.
 				PCI-PCI bridge can be specified, if resource
 				windows need to be expanded.
+				To specify the alignment for several
+				instances of a device, the PCI vendor,
+				device, subvendor, and subdevice may be
+				specified, e.g., 4096@pci:8086:9c22:103c:198f
 		ecrc=		Enable/disable PCIe ECRC (transaction layer
 				end-to-end CRC checking).
 				bios: Use BIOS/firmware settings. This is the