diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 872774a404f1..bc788b958c7e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -368,11 +368,11 @@ static long gpio_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			lineinfo.name[0] = '\0';
 		}
 		if (desc->label) {
-			strncpy(lineinfo.label, desc->label,
-				sizeof(lineinfo.label));
-			lineinfo.label[sizeof(lineinfo.label)-1] = '\0';
+			strncpy(lineinfo.consumer, desc->label,
+				sizeof(lineinfo.consumer));
+			lineinfo.consumer[sizeof(lineinfo.consumer)-1] = '\0';
 		} else {
-			lineinfo.label[0] = '\0';
+			lineinfo.consumer[0] = '\0';
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
index 416ce47f2291..dfe8ade2742d 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/gpio.h
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@
 
 /**
  * struct gpiochip_info - Information about a certain GPIO chip
- * @name: the name of this GPIO chip
- * @label: a functional name for this GPIO chip
+ * @name: the Linux kernel name of this GPIO chip
+ * @label: a functional name for this GPIO chip, such as a product
+ * number, may be NULL
  * @lines: number of GPIO lines on this chip
  */
 struct gpiochip_info {
@@ -34,20 +35,21 @@ struct gpiochip_info {
 
 /**
  * struct gpioline_info - Information about a certain GPIO line
- * @line_offset: the local offset on this GPIO device, fill in when
- * requesting information from the kernel
+ * @line_offset: the local offset on this GPIO device, fill this in when
+ * requesting the line information from the kernel
  * @flags: various flags for this line
- * @name: the name of this GPIO line
- * @label: a functional name for this GPIO line
- * @kernel: this GPIO is in use by the kernel
- * @out: this GPIO is an output line (false means it is an input)
- * @active_low: this GPIO is active low
+ * @name: the name of this GPIO line, such as the output pin of the line on the
+ * chip, a rail or a pin header name on a board, as specified by the gpio
+ * chip, may be NULL
+ * @consumer: a functional name for the consumer of this GPIO line as set by
+ * whatever is using it, will be NULL if there is no current user but may
+ * also be NULL if the consumer doesn't set this up
  */
 struct gpioline_info {
 	__u32 line_offset;
 	__u32 flags;
 	char name[32];
-	char label[32];
+	char consumer[32];
 };
 
 #define GPIO_GET_CHIPINFO_IOCTL _IOR('o', 0x01, struct gpiochip_info)
diff --git a/tools/gpio/lsgpio.c b/tools/gpio/lsgpio.c
index 6af118cc7efb..1124da375942 100644
--- a/tools/gpio/lsgpio.c
+++ b/tools/gpio/lsgpio.c
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ int list_device(const char *device_name)
 			fprintf(stdout, " \"%s\"", linfo.name);
 		else
 			fprintf(stdout, " unnamed");
-		if (linfo.label[0])
-			fprintf(stdout, " \"%s\"", linfo.label);
+		if (linfo.consumer[0])
+			fprintf(stdout, " \"%s\"", linfo.consumer);
 		else
-			fprintf(stdout, " unlabeled");
+			fprintf(stdout, " unused");
 		if (linfo.flags) {
 			fprintf(stdout, " [");
 			print_flags(linfo.flags);