diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 67bfac1..3b5d134 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -1398,7 +1398,8 @@
  *	@dma:		DMA channel
  *	@mtu:		Interface MTU value
  *	@type:		Interface hardware type
- *	@hard_header_len: Hardware header length
+ *	@hard_header_len: Hardware header length, which means that this is the
+ *			  minimum size of a packet.
  *
  *	@needed_headroom: Extra headroom the hardware may need, but not in all
  *			  cases can this be guaranteed