diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-func-poll.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-func-poll.rst
index d49f1ee0742d..c698c969635c 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-func-poll.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/cec/cec-func-poll.rst
@@ -74,4 +74,5 @@ is returned, and the ``errno`` variable is set appropriately:
     The call was interrupted by a signal.
 
 ``EINVAL``
-    The ``nfds`` argument is greater than ``OPEN_MAX``.
+    The ``nfds`` value exceeds the ``RLIMIT_NOFILE`` value. Use
+    ``getrlimit()`` to obtain this value.
diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/func-poll.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/func-poll.rst
index 360bc6523ae2..967fe8920729 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/func-poll.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/func-poll.rst
@@ -113,4 +113,5 @@ EINTR
     The call was interrupted by a signal.
 
 EINVAL
-    The ``nfds`` argument is greater than ``OPEN_MAX``.
+    The ``nfds`` value exceeds the ``RLIMIT_NOFILE`` value. Use
+    ``getrlimit()`` to obtain this value.