diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
index 00ba1a9e314c..a5d0a209d3f3 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/dvb/dvbproperty.xml
@@ -13,8 +13,14 @@
     Also, the union didn't have any space left to be expanded without breaking
     userspace. So, the decision was to deprecate the legacy union/struct based
     approach, in favor of a properties set approach.</para>
-<para>By using a properties set, it is now possible to extend and support any
-    digital TV without needing to redesign the API</para>
+
+<para>NOTE: on Linux DVB API version 3, setting a frontend were done via
+    <link linkend="dvb-frontend-parameters">struct  <constant>dvb_frontend_parameters</constant></link>.
+    This got replaced on version 5 (also called "S2API", as this API were
+    added originally_enabled to provide support for DVB-S2), because the old
+    API has a very limited support to new standards and new hardware. This
+    section describes the new and recommended way to set the frontend, with
+    suppports all digital TV delivery systems.</para>
 
 <para>Example: with the properties based approach, in order to set the tuner
     to a DVB-C channel at 651 kHz, modulated with 256-QAM, FEC 3/4 and symbol
@@ -67,13 +73,13 @@ int main(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 </programlisting>
-<para>NOTE: This section describes the DVB version 5 extension of the DVB-API,
-also called "S2API", as this API were added to provide support for DVB-S2. It
-was designed to be able to replace the old frontend API. Yet, the DISEQC and
-the capability ioctls weren't implemented yet via the new way.</para>
-<para>The typical usage for the <constant>FE_GET_PROPERTY/FE_SET_PROPERTY</constant>
-API is to replace the ioctl's were the <link linkend="dvb-frontend-parameters">
-struct <constant>dvb_frontend_parameters</constant></link> were used.</para>
+
+<para>NOTE: While it is possible to directly call the Kernel code like the
+    above example, it is strongly recommended to use
+    <ulink url="http://linuxtv.org/docs/libdvbv5/index.html">libdvbv5</ulink>,
+    as it provides abstraction to work with the supported digital TV standards
+    and provides methods for usual operations like program scanning and to
+    read/write channel descriptor files.</para>
 
 <section id="dtv-stats">
 <title>struct <structname>dtv_stats</structname></title>