diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
index bbd28342e771..008c38ba774f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -28,12 +28,18 @@ config DEBUG_GPIO
 comment "I2C GPIO expanders:"
 
 config GPIO_PCA953X
-	tristate "PCA953x I/O ports"
+	tristate "PCA953x, PCA955x, and MAX7310 I/O ports"
 	depends on I2C
 	help
-	  Say yes here to support the PCA9534 (8-bit), PCA9535 (16-bit),
-	  PCA9536 (4-bit), PCA9537 (4-bit), PCA9538 (8-bit), and PCA9539
-	  (16-bit) I/O ports. These parts are made by NXP and TI.
+	  Say yes here to provide access to several register-oriented
+	  SMBus I/O expanders, made mostly by NXP or TI.  Compatible
+	  models include:
+
+	  4 bits:	pca9536, pca9537
+
+	  8 bits:	max7310, pca9534, pca9538, pca9554, pca9557
+
+	  16 bits:	pca9535, pca9539, pca9555
 
 	  This driver can also be built as a module.  If so, the module
 	  will be called pca953x.
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/pca953x.c b/drivers/gpio/pca953x.c
index 7e40e8a55edf..a380730b61ab 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/pca953x.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/pca953x.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static const struct i2c_device_id pca953x_id[] = {
 	{ "pca9554", 8, },
 	{ "pca9555", 16, },
 	{ "pca9557", 8, },
-	/* REVISIT several pca955x parts should work here too */
+	{ "max7310", 8, },
 	{ }
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, pca953x_id);