diff --git a/include/linux/hid.h b/include/linux/hid.h
index 2827b87590d8..387c70df6f29 100644
--- a/include/linux/hid.h
+++ b/include/linux/hid.h
@@ -722,8 +722,8 @@ struct hid_usage_id {
  * input will not be passed to raw_event unless hid_device_io_start is
  * called.
  *
- * raw_event and event should return 0 on no action performed, 1 when no
- * further processing should be done and negative on error
+ * raw_event and event should return negative on error, any other value will
+ * pass the event on to .event() typically return 0 for success.
  *
  * input_mapping shall return a negative value to completely ignore this usage
  * (e.g. doubled or invalid usage), zero to continue with parsing of this