diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
index 83dd0b043c28..ced203cef87d 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/drm.tmpl
@@ -282,6 +282,15 @@ char *date;</synopsis>
       </sect3>
     </sect2>
     <sect2>
+      <title>Device Registration</title>
+      <para>
+        A number of functions are provided to help with device registration.
+        The functions deal with PCI, USB and platform devices, respectively.
+      </para>
+!Fdrivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c drm_pci_init drm_pci_exit
+!Fdrivers/gpu/drm/drm_usb.c drm_usb_init drm_usb_exit
+!Fdrivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c drm_platform_init
+    <sect2>
       <title>Driver Load</title>
       <para>
         The <methodname>load</methodname> method is the driver and device
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
index 112203e7ae49..c2149f680c4b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_pci.c
@@ -1,17 +1,3 @@
-/* drm_pci.h -- PCI DMA memory management wrappers for DRM -*- linux-c -*- */
-/**
- * \file drm_pci.c
- * \brief Functions and ioctls to manage PCI memory
- *
- * \warning These interfaces aren't stable yet.
- *
- * \todo Implement the remaining ioctl's for the PCI pools.
- * \todo The wrappers here are so thin that they would be better off inlined..
- *
- * \author José Fonseca <jrfonseca@tungstengraphics.com>
- * \author Leif Delgass <ldelgass@retinalburn.net>
- */
-
 /*
  * Copyright 2003 José Fonseca.
  * Copyright 2003 Leif Delgass.
@@ -42,12 +28,14 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <drm/drmP.h>
 
-/**********************************************************************/
-/** \name PCI memory */
-/*@{*/
-
 /**
- * \brief Allocate a PCI consistent memory block, for DMA.
+ * drm_pci_alloc - Allocate a PCI consistent memory block, for DMA.
+ * @dev: DRM device
+ * @size: size of block to allocate
+ * @align: alignment of block
+ *
+ * Return: A handle to the allocated memory block on success or NULL on
+ * failure.
  */
 drm_dma_handle_t *drm_pci_alloc(struct drm_device * dev, size_t size, size_t align)
 {
@@ -88,8 +76,8 @@ drm_dma_handle_t *drm_pci_alloc(struct drm_device * dev, size_t size, size_t ali
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_pci_alloc);
 
-/**
- * \brief Free a PCI consistent memory block without freeing its descriptor.
+/*
+ * Free a PCI consistent memory block without freeing its descriptor.
  *
  * This function is for internal use in the Linux-specific DRM core code.
  */
@@ -111,7 +99,9 @@ void __drm_pci_free(struct drm_device * dev, drm_dma_handle_t * dmah)
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Free a PCI consistent memory block
+ * drm_pci_free - Free a PCI consistent memory block
+ * @dev: DRM device
+ * @dmah: handle to memory block
  */
 void drm_pci_free(struct drm_device * dev, drm_dma_handle_t * dmah)
 {
@@ -226,17 +216,16 @@ static int drm_pci_irq_by_busid(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_irq_busid *p)
 }
 
 /**
- * Get interrupt from bus id.
- *
- * \param inode device inode.
- * \param file_priv DRM file private.
- * \param cmd command.
- * \param arg user argument, pointing to a drm_irq_busid structure.
- * \return zero on success or a negative number on failure.
+ * drm_irq_by_busid - Get interrupt from bus ID
+ * @dev: DRM device
+ * @data: IOCTL parameter pointing to a drm_irq_busid structure
+ * @file_priv: DRM file private.
  *
  * Finds the PCI device with the specified bus id and gets its IRQ number.
  * This IOCTL is deprecated, and will now return EINVAL for any busid not equal
  * to that of the device that this DRM instance attached to.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
  */
 int drm_irq_by_busid(struct drm_device *dev, void *data,
 		     struct drm_file *file_priv)
@@ -286,15 +275,16 @@ static struct drm_bus drm_pci_bus = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Register.
- *
- * \param pdev - PCI device structure
- * \param ent entry from the PCI ID table with device type flags
- * \return zero on success or a negative number on failure.
+ * drm_get_pci_dev - Register a PCI device with the DRM subsystem
+ * @pdev: PCI device
+ * @ent: entry from the PCI ID table that matches @pdev
+ * @driver: DRM device driver
  *
  * Attempt to gets inter module "drm" information. If we are first
  * then register the character device and inter module information.
  * Try and register, if we fail to register, backout previous work.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
  */
 int drm_get_pci_dev(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent,
 		    struct drm_driver *driver)
@@ -347,15 +337,14 @@ err_free:
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_get_pci_dev);
 
 /**
- * PCI device initialization. Called direct from modules at load time.
+ * drm_pci_init - Register matching PCI devices with the DRM subsystem
+ * @driver: DRM device driver
+ * @pdriver: PCI device driver
  *
- * \return zero on success or a negative number on failure.
+ * Initializes a drm_device structures, registering the stubs and initializing
+ * the AGP device.
  *
- * Initializes a drm_device structures,registering the
- * stubs and initializing the AGP device.
- *
- * Expands the \c DRIVER_PREINIT and \c DRIVER_POST_INIT macros before and
- * after the initialization for driver customization.
+ * Return: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
  */
 int drm_pci_init(struct drm_driver *driver, struct pci_driver *pdriver)
 {
@@ -459,7 +448,14 @@ int drm_pci_set_unique(struct drm_device *dev,
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_pci_init);
 
-/*@}*/
+/**
+ * drm_pci_exit - Unregister matching PCI devices from the DRM subsystem
+ * @driver: DRM device driver
+ * @pdriver: PCI device driver
+ *
+ * Unregisters one or more devices matched by a PCI driver from the DRM
+ * subsystem.
+ */
 void drm_pci_exit(struct drm_driver *driver, struct pci_driver *pdriver)
 {
 	struct drm_device *dev, *tmp;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c
index 234e0bc1ae51..d5b76f148c12 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_platform.c
@@ -106,17 +106,16 @@ static struct drm_bus drm_platform_bus = {
 };
 
 /**
- * Platform device initialization. Called direct from modules.
+ * drm_platform_init - Register a platform device with the DRM subsystem
+ * @driver: DRM device driver
+ * @platform_device: platform device to register
  *
- * \return zero on success or a negative number on failure.
- *
- * Initializes a drm_device structures,registering the
- * stubs
+ * Registers the specified DRM device driver and platform device with the DRM
+ * subsystem, initializing a drm_device structure and calling the driver's
+ * .load() function.
  *
- * Expands the \c DRIVER_PREINIT and \c DRIVER_POST_INIT macros before and
- * after the initialization for driver customization.
+ * Return: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
  */
-
 int drm_platform_init(struct drm_driver *driver, struct platform_device *platform_device)
 {
 	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
index d0c7c78aa7f4..5b88e6afe3df 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_stub.c
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
-/**
- * \file drm_stub.h
- * Stub support
- *
- * \author Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@valinux.com>
- */
-
 /*
  * Created: Fri Jan 19 10:48:35 2001 by faith@acm.org
  *
  * Copyright 2001 VA Linux Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, California.
  * All Rights Reserved.
  *
+ * Author Rickard E. (Rik) Faith <faith@valinux.com>
+ *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
  * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
@@ -421,11 +416,12 @@ void drm_minor_release(struct drm_minor *minor)
 }
 
 /**
- * Called via drm_exit() at module unload time or when pci device is
- * unplugged.
+ * drm_put_dev - Unregister and release a DRM device
+ * @dev: DRM device
  *
- * Cleans up all DRM device, calling drm_lastclose().
+ * Called at module unload time or when a PCI device is unplugged.
  *
+ * Cleans up all DRM device, calling drm_lastclose().
  */
 void drm_put_dev(struct drm_device *dev)
 {
@@ -555,7 +551,7 @@ int drm_set_unique(struct drm_device *dev, const char *fmt, ...)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_set_unique);
 
 /**
- * drm_dev_alloc - Allocate new drm device
+ * drm_dev_alloc - Allocate new DRM device
  * @driver: DRM driver to allocate device for
  * @parent: Parent device object
  *
@@ -709,6 +705,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_dev_unref);
 /**
  * drm_dev_register - Register DRM device
  * @dev: Device to register
+ * @flags: Flags passed to the driver's .load() function
  *
  * Register the DRM device @dev with the system, advertise device to user-space
  * and start normal device operation. @dev must be allocated via drm_dev_alloc()
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_usb.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_usb.c
index c6c7c29ad46f..f2fe94aab901 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_usb.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_usb.c
@@ -45,7 +45,17 @@ static int drm_usb_set_busid(struct drm_device *dev,
 static struct drm_bus drm_usb_bus = {
 	.set_busid = drm_usb_set_busid,
 };
-    
+
+/**
+ * drm_usb_init - Register matching USB devices with the DRM subsystem
+ * @driver: DRM device driver
+ * @udriver: USB device driver
+ *
+ * Registers one or more devices matched by a USB driver with the DRM
+ * subsystem.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success or a negative error code on failure.
+ */
 int drm_usb_init(struct drm_driver *driver, struct usb_driver *udriver)
 {
 	int res;
@@ -58,6 +68,14 @@ int drm_usb_init(struct drm_driver *driver, struct usb_driver *udriver)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_usb_init);
 
+/**
+ * drm_usb_exit - Unregister matching USB devices from the DRM subsystem
+ * @driver: DRM device driver
+ * @udriver: USB device driver
+ *
+ * Unregisters one or more devices matched by a USB driver from the DRM
+ * subsystem.
+ */
 void drm_usb_exit(struct drm_driver *driver,
 		  struct usb_driver *udriver)
 {
