diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
index af4e45b..46a24a6 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/Locking
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 	int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *);
 	int (*fiemap)(struct inode *, struct fiemap_extent_info *, u64 start, u64 len);
 	void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
-	struct file * (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
+	int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 				struct opendata *, unsigned open_flag,
 				umode_t create_mode, int *opened);
 
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index d712105..d0d690b 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@
 	ssize_t (*listxattr) (struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 	int (*removexattr) (struct dentry *, const char *);
 	void (*update_time)(struct inode *, struct timespec *, int);
-	struct file * (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
+	int (*atomic_open)(struct inode *, struct dentry *,
 				struct opendata *, unsigned open_flag,
 				umode_t create_mode, int *opened);
 };
@@ -482,8 +482,8 @@
   atomic_open: called on the last component of an open.  Using this optional
   	method the filesystem can look up, possibly create and open the file in
   	one atomic operation.  If it cannot perform this (e.g. the file type
-  	turned out to be wrong) it may signal this by returning NULL instead of
-  	an open struct file pointer.  This method is only called if the last
+  	turned out to be wrong) it may signal this by returning 1 instead of
+  	usual 0 or -ve .  This method is only called if the last
   	component is negative or needs lookup.  Cached positive dentries are
   	still handled by f_op->open().