diff --git a/include/linux/blk-mq.h b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
index 11cfd6470b1a..31344d5f83e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-mq.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-mq.h
@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@ struct blk_mq_hw_ctx {
 	struct dentry		*sched_debugfs_dir;
 #endif
 
-	/** @hctx_list:	List of all hardware queues. */
+	/**
+	 * @hctx_list: if this hctx is not in use, this is an entry in
+	 * q->unused_hctx_list.
+	 */
 	struct list_head	hctx_list;
 
 	/**