diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/genericirq.rst b/Documentation/core-api/genericirq.rst
index 2e6c99e3ce3b..8f06d885c310 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/genericirq.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/genericirq.rst
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ The high-level Driver API consists of following functions:
 
 -  request_irq()
 
+-  request_threaded_irq()
+
 -  free_irq()
 
 -  disable_irq()
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 89fc59dab57d..ba873ec7e09d 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -140,6 +140,19 @@ request_threaded_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler,
 		     irq_handler_t thread_fn,
 		     unsigned long flags, const char *name, void *dev);
 
+/**
+ * request_irq - Add a handler for an interrupt line
+ * @irq:	The interrupt line to allocate
+ * @handler:	Function to be called when the IRQ occurs.
+ *		Primary handler for threaded interrupts
+ *		If NULL, the default primary handler is installed
+ * @flags:	Handling flags
+ * @name:	Name of the device generating this interrupt
+ * @dev:	A cookie passed to the handler function
+ *
+ * This call allocates an interrupt and establishes a handler; see
+ * the documentation for request_threaded_irq() for details.
+ */
 static inline int __must_check
 request_irq(unsigned int irq, irq_handler_t handler, unsigned long flags,
 	    const char *name, void *dev)