diff --git a/include/linux/stat.h b/include/linux/stat.h
index e3d00e7bb26d..9c5709132862 100644
--- a/include/linux/stat.h
+++ b/include/linux/stat.h
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ struct kstat {
 	u64		ino;
 	dev_t		dev;
 	dev_t		rdev;
-	kuid_t		uid;
-	kgid_t		gid;
+	kuid_t		uid;		/* This is logically a vfsuid_t. */
+	kgid_t		gid;		/* This is logically a vfsgid_t. */
 	loff_t		size;
 	struct timespec64 atime;
 	struct timespec64 mtime;