diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index 2a731b0..d420331 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -744,14 +744,24 @@
 
 /**
  * finish_open - finish opening a file
- * @od: opaque open data
+ * @file: file pointer
  * @dentry: pointer to dentry
  * @open: open callback
+ * @opened: state of open
  *
  * This can be used to finish opening a file passed to i_op->atomic_open().
  *
  * If the open callback is set to NULL, then the standard f_op->open()
  * filesystem callback is substituted.
+ *
+ * NB: the dentry reference is _not_ consumed.  If, for example, the dentry is
+ * the return value of d_splice_alias(), then the caller needs to perform dput()
+ * on it after finish_open().
+ *
+ * On successful return @file is a fully instantiated open file.  After this, if
+ * an error occurs in ->atomic_open(), it needs to clean up with fput().
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success or -errno if the open failed.
  */
 int finish_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry,
 		int (*open)(struct inode *, struct file *),
@@ -772,11 +782,16 @@
 /**
  * finish_no_open - finish ->atomic_open() without opening the file
  *
- * @od: opaque open data
+ * @file: file pointer
  * @dentry: dentry or NULL (as returned from ->lookup())
  *
  * This can be used to set the result of a successful lookup in ->atomic_open().
- * The filesystem's atomic_open() method shall return NULL after calling this.
+ *
+ * NB: unlike finish_open() this function does consume the dentry reference and
+ * the caller need not dput() it.
+ *
+ * Returns "1" which must be the return value of ->atomic_open() after having
+ * called this function.
  */
 int finish_no_open(struct file *file, struct dentry *dentry)
 {