diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
index 4fc9f6bd4281..851cfe4f0a05 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-iio
@@ -1510,21 +1510,24 @@ Contact:	linux-iio@vger.kernel.org
 Description:
 		Description of the scan element data storage within the buffer
 		and hence the form in which it is read from user-space.
-		Form is [be|le]:[s|u]bits/storagebits[>>shift].
-		be or le specifies big or little endian. s or u specifies if
-		signed (2's complement) or unsigned. bits is the number of bits
-		of data and storagebits is the space (after padding) that it
-		occupies in the buffer. shift if specified, is the shift that
-		needs to be applied prior to masking out unused bits. Some
-		devices put their data in the middle of the transferred elements
-		with additional information on both sides.  Note that some
-		devices will have additional information in the unused bits
-		so to get a clean value, the bits value must be used to mask
-		the buffer output value appropriately.  The storagebits value
-		also specifies the data alignment.  So s48/64>>2 will be a
-		signed 48 bit integer stored in a 64 bit location aligned to
-		a 64 bit boundary. To obtain the clean value, shift right 2
-		and apply a mask to zero the top 16 bits of the result.
+		Form is [be|le]:[f|s|u]bits/storagebits[>>shift].
+		be or le specifies big or little endian. f means floating-point
+		(IEEE 754 binary format), s means signed (2's complement), u means
+		unsigned. bits is the number of bits of data and storagebits is the
+		space (after padding) that it occupies in the buffer; when using a
+		floating-point format, bits must be one of the width values defined
+		in the IEEE 754 standard for binary interchange formats (e.g. 16
+		indicates the binary16 format for half-precision numbers). shift,
+		if specified, is the shift that needs to be applied prior to
+		masking out unused bits. Some devices put their data in the middle
+		of the transferred elements with additional information on both
+		sides. Note that some devices will have additional information in
+		the unused bits, so to get a clean value the bits value must be
+		used to mask the buffer output value appropriately. The storagebits
+		value also specifies the data alignment. So s48/64>>2 will be a
+		signed 48 bit integer stored in a 64 bit location aligned to a 64
+		bit boundary. To obtain the clean value, shift right 2 and apply a
+		mask to zero the top 16 bits of the result.
 		For other storage combinations this attribute will be extended
 		appropriately.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst
index e16abaf826fe..8779022e3da5 100644
--- a/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/driver-api/iio/buffers.rst
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ directory contains attributes of the following form:
 * :file:`index`, the scan_index of the channel.
 * :file:`type`, description of the scan element data storage within the buffer
   and hence the form in which it is read from user space.
-  Format is [be|le]:[s|u]bits/storagebits[Xrepeat][>>shift] .
+  Format is [be|le]:[f|s|u]bits/storagebits[Xrepeat][>>shift] .
 
   * *be* or *le*, specifies big or little endian.
+  * *f*, specifies if floating-point.
   * *s* or *u*, specifies if signed (2's complement) or unsigned.
   * *bits*, is the number of valid data bits.
   * *storagebits*, is the number of bits (after padding) that it occupies in the
diff --git a/Documentation/iio/iio_devbuf.rst b/Documentation/iio/iio_devbuf.rst
index dca1f0200b0d..e91730fa3cea 100644
--- a/Documentation/iio/iio_devbuf.rst
+++ b/Documentation/iio/iio_devbuf.rst
@@ -83,9 +83,10 @@ and the relevant _type attributes to establish the data storage format.
 
 Read-only attribute containing the description of the scan element data storage
 within the buffer and hence the form in which it is read from userspace. Format
-is [be|le]:[s|u]bits/storagebits[Xrepeat][>>shift], where:
+is [be|le]:[f|s|u]bits/storagebits[Xrepeat][>>shift], where:
 
 - **be** or **le** specifies big or little-endian.
+- **f** specifies if floating-point.
 - **s** or **u** specifies if signed (2's complement) or unsigned.
 - **bits** is the number of valid data bits.
 - **storagebits** is the number of bits (after padding) that it occupies in the
diff --git a/include/linux/iio/iio.h b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
index e03b7e912d7d..96b05c86c325 100644
--- a/include/linux/iio/iio.h
+++ b/include/linux/iio/iio.h
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ struct iio_event_spec {
  */
 #define IIO_SCAN_FORMAT_UNSIGNED_INT	'u'
 
+/**
+ * define IIO_SCAN_FORMAT_FLOAT - floating-point data format
+ *
+ * &iio_scan_type.format value for IEEE 754 floating-point numbers.
+ */
+#define IIO_SCAN_FORMAT_FLOAT		'f'
+
 /**
  * struct iio_scan_type - specification for channel data format in buffer
  * @sign:		Deprecated, use @format instead.