diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
index 130cae0d3e20..2da0c7eb6710 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/devlink.h
@@ -614,7 +614,10 @@ enum devlink_attr {
 
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_DIRECT,		/* flag */
 
-	/* add new attributes above here, update the policy in devlink.c */
+	/* Add new attributes above here, update the spec in
+	 * Documentation/netlink/specs/devlink.yaml and re-generate
+	 * net/devlink/netlink_gen.c.
+	 */
 
 	__DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX,
 	DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX = __DEVLINK_ATTR_MAX - 1