diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
index 934559b3c130..eb30efdd2e78 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ Plain Pointers
 Pointers printed without a specifier extension (i.e unadorned %p) are
 hashed to prevent leaking information about the kernel memory layout. This
 has the added benefit of providing a unique identifier. On 64-bit machines
-the first 32 bits are zeroed. If you *really* want the address see %px
-below.
+the first 32 bits are zeroed. The kernel will print ``(ptrval)`` until it
+gathers enough entropy. If you *really* want the address see %px below.
 
 Symbols/Function Pointers
 -------------------------