diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
index 53e7ece36dd9..1246a52f8767 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_bridge.c
@@ -422,6 +422,9 @@ static bool drm_bridge_is_atomic(struct drm_bridge *bridge)
  * If non-NULL the previous bridge must be already attached by a call to this
  * function.
  *
+ * The bridge to be attached must have been previously added by
+ * drm_bridge_add().
+ *
  * Note that bridges attached to encoders are auto-detached during encoder
  * cleanup in drm_encoder_cleanup(), so drm_bridge_attach() should generally
  * *not* be balanced with a drm_bridge_detach() in driver code.