diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index de553849f3ac..cf8c24203368 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -207,14 +207,14 @@ static int console_may_schedule;
  * need to be changed in the future, when the requirements change.
  *
  * /dev/kmsg exports the structured data in the following line format:
- *   "<level>,<sequnum>,<timestamp>,<contflag>;<message text>\n"
+ *   "<level>,<sequnum>,<timestamp>,<contflag>[,additional_values, ... ];<message text>\n"
+ *
+ * Users of the export format should ignore possible additional values
+ * separated by ',', and find the message after the ';' character.
  *
  * The optional key/value pairs are attached as continuation lines starting
  * with a space character and terminated by a newline. All possible
  * non-prinatable characters are escaped in the "\xff" notation.
- *
- * Users of the export format should ignore possible additional values
- * separated by ',', and find the message after the ';' character.
  */
 
 enum log_flags {