diff --git a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
index dc096a5562cdf..999b2360cef83 100644
--- a/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
+++ b/Documentation/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-codec.rst
@@ -1174,7 +1174,9 @@ enum v4l2_mpeg_video_h264_entropy_mode -
     Cyclic intra macroblock refresh. This is the number of continuous
     macroblocks refreshed every frame. Each frame a successive set of
     macroblocks is refreshed until the cycle completes and starts from
-    the top of the frame. Applicable to H264, H263 and MPEG4 encoder.
+    the top of the frame. Setting this control to zero means that
+    macroblocks will not be refreshed.
+    Applicable to H264, H263 and MPEG4 encoder.
 
 ``V4L2_CID_MPEG_VIDEO_FRAME_RC_ENABLE (boolean)``
     Frame level rate control enable. If this control is disabled then