diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
index 25dc591cb110..d39798c25585 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
@@ -420,9 +420,8 @@ struct clk
 	%pC	pll1
 	%pCn	pll1
 
-For printing struct clk structures. %pC and %pCn print the name
-(Common Clock Framework) or address (legacy clock framework) of the
-structure.
+For printing struct clk structures. %pC and %pCn print the name of the clock
+(Common Clock Framework) or a unique 32-bit ID (legacy clock framework).
 
 Passed by reference.
 
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 94940ba3a3bc..fee87b038ead 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1563,7 +1563,7 @@ char *clock(char *buf, char *end, struct clk *clk, struct printf_spec spec,
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMMON_CLK
 		return string(buf, end, __clk_get_name(clk), spec);
 #else
-		return special_hex_number(buf, end, (unsigned long)clk, sizeof(unsigned long));
+		return ptr_to_id(buf, end, clk, spec);
 #endif
 	}
 }