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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/gen-errors.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/gen-errors.xml
index 5bbf3ce1973a..7e29a4e1f696 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/gen-errors.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/gen-errors.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,15 @@
<tbody valign="top">
<!-- Keep it ordered alphabetically -->
<row>
+ <entry>EAGAIN (aka EWOULDBLOCK)</entry>
+ <entry>The ioctl can't be handled because the device is in state where
+ it can't perform it. This could happen for example in case where
+ device is sleeping and ioctl is performed to query statistics.
+ It is also returned when the ioctl would need to wait
+ for an event, but the device was opened in non-blocking mode.
+ </entry>
+ </row>
+ <row>
<entry>EBADF</entry>
<entry>The file descriptor is not a valid.</entry>
</row>
@@ -51,21 +60,11 @@
for periodic transfers (up to 80% of the USB bandwidth).</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>ENOSYS or EOPNOTSUPP</entry>
- <entry>Function not available for this device (dvb API only. Will likely
- be replaced anytime soon by ENOTTY).</entry>
- </row>
- <row>
<entry>EPERM</entry>
<entry>Permission denied. Can be returned if the device needs write
permission, or some special capabilities is needed
(e. g. root)</entry>
</row>
- <row>
- <entry>EWOULDBLOCK</entry>
- <entry>Operation would block. Used when the ioctl would need to wait
- for an event, but the device was opened in non-blocking mode.</entry>
- </row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>