diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 0fe36497642c..904c61cdd311 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -988,18 +988,20 @@ uniprocessor guests).
 
 Possible values are:
 
- - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE:        the vcpu is currently running
+ - KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE:        the vcpu is currently running [x86, ia64]
  - KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED:   the vcpu is an application processor (AP)
-                                 which has not yet received an INIT signal
+                                 which has not yet received an INIT signal [x86,
+                                 ia64]
  - KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED:   the vcpu has received an INIT signal, and is
-                                 now ready for a SIPI
+                                 now ready for a SIPI [x86, ia64]
  - KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED:          the vcpu has executed a HLT instruction and
-                                 is waiting for an interrupt
+                                 is waiting for an interrupt [x86, ia64]
  - KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED:   the vcpu has just received a SIPI (vector
-                                 accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS)
+                                 accessible via KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS) [x86, ia64]
 
-This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP.  Without an in-kernel
-irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace.
+On x86 and ia64, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an
+in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on
+these architectures.
 
 
 4.39 KVM_SET_MP_STATE
@@ -1013,8 +1015,9 @@ Returns: 0 on success; -1 on error
 Sets the vcpu's current "multiprocessing state"; see KVM_GET_MP_STATE for
 arguments.
 
-This ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP.  Without an in-kernel
-irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace.
+On x86 and ia64, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an
+in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on
+these architectures.
 
 
 4.40 KVM_SET_IDENTITY_MAP_ADDR
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index e11d8f170a62..37d4ec6f14d8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -399,8 +399,9 @@ struct kvm_vapic_addr {
 	__u64 vapic_addr;
 };
 
-/* for KVM_SET_MPSTATE */
+/* for KVM_SET_MP_STATE */
 
+/* not all states are valid on all architectures */
 #define KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE          0
 #define KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED     1
 #define KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED     2