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diff --git a/include/linux/memremap.h b/include/linux/memremap.h
index 5f5b2df06e61..e5862746751b 100644
--- a/include/linux/memremap.h
+++ b/include/linux/memremap.h
@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ struct vmem_altmap {
* wakeup is used to coordinate physical address space management (ex:
* fs truncate/hole punch) vs pinned pages (ex: device dma).
*
- * MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX:
+ * MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC:
* Host memory that has similar access semantics as System RAM i.e. DMA
- * coherent and supports page pinning. In contrast to
- * MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX, this memory is access via a device-dax
- * character device.
+ * coherent and supports page pinning. This is for example used by DAX devices
+ * that expose memory using a character device.
*
* MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA:
* Device memory residing in a PCI BAR intended for use with Peer-to-Peer
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ enum memory_type {
/* 0 is reserved to catch uninitialized type fields */
MEMORY_DEVICE_PRIVATE = 1,
MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX,
- MEMORY_DEVICE_DEVDAX,
+ MEMORY_DEVICE_GENERIC,
MEMORY_DEVICE_PCI_P2PDMA,
};