diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
index 5ef1047..dfe7bb5 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/ipmi.rst
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@
 	slave_addrs=<addr1>,<addr2>,...
 	tryacpi=[0|1] trydmi=[0|1]
 	[dbg_probe=1]
+	alerts_broken
 
 The addresses are normal I2C addresses.  The adapter is the string
 name of the adapter, as shown in /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-<n>/name.
@@ -537,6 +538,9 @@
 usually 0x20 and the driver defaults to that, but in case it's not, it
 can be specified when the driver starts up.
 
+alerts_broken does not enable SMBus alert for SSIF. Otherwise SMBus
+alert will be enabled on supported hardware.
+
 Discovering the IPMI compliant BMC on the SMBus can cause devices on
 the I2C bus to fail. The SMBus driver writes a "Get Device ID" IPMI
 message as a block write to the I2C bus and waits for a response.