diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
index c596b6df2e2d..1aee207b1352 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.c
@@ -76,8 +76,12 @@ unsigned int amdgpu_ring_max_ibs(enum amdgpu_ring_type type)
  * @ring: amdgpu_ring structure holding ring information
  * @ndw: number of dwords to allocate in the ring buffer
  *
- * Allocate @ndw dwords in the ring buffer (all asics).
- * Returns 0 on success, error on failure.
+ * Allocate @ndw dwords in the ring buffer. The number of dwords should be the
+ * sum of all commands written to the ring.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * 0 on success, otherwise -ENOMEM if it tries to allocate more than the
+ * maximum dword allowed for one submission.
  */
 int amdgpu_ring_alloc(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, unsigned int ndw)
 {
@@ -123,7 +127,8 @@ static void amdgpu_ring_alloc_reemit(struct amdgpu_ring *ring, unsigned int ndw)
 		ring->funcs->begin_use(ring);
 }
 
-/** amdgpu_ring_insert_nop - insert NOP packets
+/**
+ * amdgpu_ring_insert_nop - insert NOP packets
  *
  * @ring: amdgpu_ring structure holding ring information
  * @count: the number of NOP packets to insert
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
index 7a27c6c4bb44..a1fb0fadb6ea 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_ring.h
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ enum amdgpu_ring_priority_level {
 #define AMDGPU_FENCE_FLAG_64BIT         (1 << 0)
 #define AMDGPU_FENCE_FLAG_INT           (1 << 1)
 #define AMDGPU_FENCE_FLAG_TC_WB_ONLY    (1 << 2)
+
+/* Ensure the execution in case of preemption or reset */
 #define AMDGPU_FENCE_FLAG_EXEC          (1 << 3)
 
 #define to_amdgpu_ring(s) container_of((s), struct amdgpu_ring, sched)