diff --git a/Documentation/serial/driver b/Documentation/serial/driver
index 65de49a4b39e..03369d076ca2 100644
--- a/Documentation/serial/driver
+++ b/Documentation/serial/driver
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ The serial core provides a few helper functions.  This includes identifing
 the correct port structure (via uart_get_console) and decoding command line
 arguments (uart_parse_options).
 
+There is also a helper function (uart_console_write) which performs a
+character by character write, translating newlines to CRLF sequences.
+Driver writers are recommended to use this function rather than implementing
+their own version.
+
 
 Locking
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