diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
index 5130db8f5c4ec4b2ced76a400071814c3e638c60..1bb16cb794331ba975eddcc5327f1fc13ef495c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_ethtool_gset);
 /**
  * phy_mii_ioctl - generic PHY MII ioctl interface
  * @phydev: the phy_device struct
- * @mii_data: MII ioctl data
+ * @ifr: &struct ifreq for socket ioctl's
  * @cmd: ioctl cmd to execute
  *
  * Note that this function is currently incompatible with the