diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
index 25dc591cb110..86023c33906f 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/printk-formats.rst
@@ -376,15 +376,15 @@ correctness of the format string and va_list arguments.
 
 Passed by reference.
 
-kobjects
---------
+Device tree nodes
+-----------------
 
 ::
 
 	%pOF[fnpPcCF]
 
 
-For printing kobject based structs (device nodes). Default behaviour is
+For printing device tree node structures. Default behaviour is
 equivalent to %pOFf.
 
 	- f - device node full_name
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index d5b3a3f95c01..c8005105e2d6 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -1833,17 +1833,15 @@ static char *ptr_to_id(char *buf, char *end, void *ptr, struct printf_spec spec)
  *       p page flags (see struct page) given as pointer to unsigned long
  *       g gfp flags (GFP_* and __GFP_*) given as pointer to gfp_t
  *       v vma flags (VM_*) given as pointer to unsigned long
- * - 'O' For a kobject based struct. Must be one of the following:
- *       - 'OF[fnpPcCF]'  For a device tree object
- *                        Without any optional arguments prints the full_name
- *                        f device node full_name
- *                        n device node name
- *                        p device node phandle
- *                        P device node path spec (name + @unit)
- *                        F device node flags
- *                        c major compatible string
- *                        C full compatible string
- *
+ * - 'OF[fnpPcCF]'  For a device tree object
+ *                  Without any optional arguments prints the full_name
+ *                  f device node full_name
+ *                  n device node name
+ *                  p device node phandle
+ *                  P device node path spec (name + @unit)
+ *                  F device node flags
+ *                  c major compatible string
+ *                  C full compatible string
  * - 'x' For printing the address. Equivalent to "%lx".
  *
  * ** When making changes please also update: