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diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
index 814acb4d2294..a257d9d6bd72 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/dmaengine/provider.rst
@@ -125,26 +125,22 @@ need to initialize a few fields in there:
(i.e. excluding mem2mem transfers)
- residue_granularity:
+ granularity of the transfer residue reported to dma_set_residue.
+ This can be either:
- - Granularity of the transfer residue reported to dma_set_residue.
- This can be either:
+ - Descriptor:
+ your device doesn't support any kind of residue
+ reporting. The framework will only know that a particular
+ transaction descriptor is done.
- - Descriptor
+ - Segment:
+ your device is able to report which chunks have been transferred
- - Your device doesn't support any kind of residue
- reporting. The framework will only know that a particular
- transaction descriptor is done.
+ - Burst:
+ your device is able to report which burst have been transferred
- - Segment
-
- - Your device is able to report which chunks have been transferred
-
- - Burst
-
- - Your device is able to report which burst have been transferred
-
- - dev: should hold the pointer to the ``struct device`` associated
- to your current driver instance.
+- dev: should hold the pointer to the ``struct device`` associated
+ to your current driver instance.
Supported transaction types
---------------------------