diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
index 3ba0b945aaf8..f2430a7974e1 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/nfs/nfsroot.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ ip=<client-ip>:<server-ip>:<gw-ip>:<netmask>:<hostname>:<device>:<autoconf>
 
   <hostname>	Name of the client. May be supplied by autoconfiguration,
   		but its absence will not trigger autoconfiguration.
+		If specified and DHCP is used, the user provided hostname will
+		be carried in the DHCP request to hopefully update DNS record.
 
   		Default: Client IP address is used in ASCII notation.