diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
index 44bb5a7059b3..95a23a28c595 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/pixfmt-007.rst
@@ -211,7 +211,13 @@ Colorspace sRGB (V4L2_COLORSPACE_SRGB)
 The :ref:`srgb` standard defines the colorspace used by most webcams
 and computer graphics. The default transfer function is
 ``V4L2_XFER_FUNC_SRGB``. The default Y'CbCr encoding is
-``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
+
+Note that the :ref:`sycc` standard specifies full range quantization,
+however all current capture hardware supported by the kernel convert
+R'G'B' to limited range Y'CbCr. So choosing full range as the default
+would break how applications interpret the quantization range.
+
 The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference are:
 
 
@@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ the following ``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601`` encoding as defined by :ref:`sycc`:
 
 Y' is clamped to the range [0…1] and Cb and Cr are clamped to the range
 [-0.5…0.5]. This transform is identical to one defined in SMPTE
-170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
 
 
 .. _col-adobergb:
@@ -288,10 +294,15 @@ The :ref:`adobergb` standard defines the colorspace used by computer
 graphics that use the AdobeRGB colorspace. This is also known as the
 :ref:`oprgb` standard. The default transfer function is
 ``V4L2_XFER_FUNC_ADOBERGB``. The default Y'CbCr encoding is
-``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is full
-range. The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference
-are:
+``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601``. The default Y'CbCr quantization is limited
+range.
 
+Note that the :ref:`oprgb` standard specifies full range quantization,
+however all current capture hardware supported by the kernel convert
+R'G'B' to limited range Y'CbCr. So choosing full range as the default
+would break how applications interpret the quantization range.
+
+The chromaticities of the primary colors and the white reference are:
 
 
 .. tabularcolumns:: |p{4.4cm}|p{4.4cm}|p{8.7cm}|
@@ -344,7 +355,7 @@ the following ``V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_601`` encoding:
 
 Y' is clamped to the range [0…1] and Cb and Cr are clamped to the range
 [-0.5…0.5]. This transform is identical to one defined in SMPTE
-170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is full range.
+170M/BT.601. The Y'CbCr quantization is limited range.
 
 
 .. _col-bt2020:
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
index 46e8a2e369f9..45184a2ef66c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/videodev2.h
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ enum v4l2_quantization {
 	/*
 	 * The default for R'G'B' quantization is always full range, except
 	 * for the BT2020 colorspace. For Y'CbCr the quantization is always
-	 * limited range, except for COLORSPACE_JPEG, SRGB, ADOBERGB,
-	 * XV601 or XV709: those are full range.
+	 * limited range, except for COLORSPACE_JPEG, XV601 or XV709: those
+	 * are full range.
 	 */
 	V4L2_QUANTIZATION_DEFAULT     = 0,
 	V4L2_QUANTIZATION_FULL_RANGE  = 1,
@@ -379,8 +379,7 @@ enum v4l2_quantization {
 	(((is_rgb_or_hsv) && (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_BT2020) ? \
 	 V4L2_QUANTIZATION_LIM_RANGE : \
 	 (((is_rgb_or_hsv) || (ycbcr_enc) == V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV601 || \
-	  (ycbcr_enc) == V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV709 || (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG) || \
-	  (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_ADOBERGB || (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_SRGB ? \
+	  (ycbcr_enc) == V4L2_YCBCR_ENC_XV709 || (colsp) == V4L2_COLORSPACE_JPEG) ? \
 	 V4L2_QUANTIZATION_FULL_RANGE : V4L2_QUANTIZATION_LIM_RANGE))
 
 enum v4l2_priority {