diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index f41688f56632..2e23353c28a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ struct sockaddr_nl
 {
 	sa_family_t	nl_family;	/* AF_NETLINK	*/
 	unsigned short	nl_pad;		/* zero		*/
-	__u32		nl_pid;		/* process pid	*/
+	__u32		nl_pid;		/* port ID	*/
        	__u32		nl_groups;	/* multicast groups mask */
 };
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct nlmsghdr
 	__u16		nlmsg_type;	/* Message content */
 	__u16		nlmsg_flags;	/* Additional flags */
 	__u32		nlmsg_seq;	/* Sequence number */
-	__u32		nlmsg_pid;	/* Sending process PID */
+	__u32		nlmsg_pid;	/* Sending process port ID */
 };
 
 /* Flags values */