diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 40e082b..835b64a 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@
 	   --- 6.6 Commands useful for building a boot image
 	   --- 6.7 Custom kbuild commands
 	   --- 6.8 Preprocessing linker scripts
+	   --- 6.9 Generic header files
 
 	=== 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers
 		--- 7.1 header-y
 		--- 7.2 objhdr-y
 		--- 7.3 destination-y
+		--- 7.4 generic-y
 
 	=== 8 Kbuild Variables
 	=== 9 Makefile language
@@ -1214,6 +1216,14 @@
 	The kbuild infrastructure for *lds file are used in several
 	architecture-specific files.
 
+--- 6.9 Generic header files
+
+	The directory include/asm-generic contains the header files
+	that may be shared between individual architectures.
+	The recommended approach how to use a generic header file is
+	to list the file in the Kbuild file.
+	See "7.4 generic-y" for further info on syntax etc.
+
 === 7 Kbuild syntax for exported headers
 
 The kernel include a set of headers that is exported to userspace.
@@ -1270,6 +1280,32 @@
 	In the example above all exported headers in the Kbuild file
 	will be located in the directory "include/linux" when exported.
 
+	--- 7.4 generic-y
+
+	If an architecture uses a verbatim copy of a header from
+	include/asm-generic then this is listed in the file
+	arch/$(ARCH)/include/asm/Kbuild like this:
+
+		Example:
+			#arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+			generic-y += termios.h
+			generic-y += rtc.h
+
+	During the prepare phase of the build a wrapper include
+	file is generated in the directory:
+
+		arch/$(ARCH)/include/generated/asm
+
+	When a header is exported where the architecture uses
+	the generic header a similar wrapper is generated as part
+	of the set of exported headers in the directory:
+
+		usr/include/asm
+
+	The generated wrapper will in both cases look like the following:
+
+		Example: termios.h
+			#include <asm-generic/termios.h>
 
 === 8 Kbuild Variables