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@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ Example kernel-doc function comment:
* The longer description can have multiple paragraphs.
*/
-The first line, with the short description, must be on a single line.
+The short description following the subject can span multiple lines
+and ends with an @argument description, an empty line or the end of
+the comment block.
The @argument descriptions must begin on the very next line following
this opening short function description line, with no intervening