diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/m25p80.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/m25p80.txt
index 4611aa83531b..f20b111b502a 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/m25p80.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/m25p80.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@
 Required properties:
 - #address-cells, #size-cells : Must be present if the device has sub-nodes
   representing partitions.
-- compatible : Should be the manufacturer and the name of the chip. Bear in mind
-               the DT binding is not Linux-only, but in case of Linux, see the
-               "spi_nor_ids" table in drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c for the list
-               of supported chips.
+- compatible : May include a device-specific string consisting of the
+               manufacturer and name of the chip. Bear in mind the DT binding
+               is not Linux-only, but in case of Linux, see the "m25p_ids"
+               table in drivers/mtd/devices/m25p80.c for the list of supported
+               chips.
+               Must also include "nor-jedec" for any SPI NOR flash that can be
+               identified by the JEDEC READ ID opcode (0x9F).
 - reg : Chip-Select number
 - spi-max-frequency : Maximum frequency of the SPI bus the chip can operate at
 
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ Example:
 	flash: m25p80@0 {
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;
-		compatible = "spansion,m25p80";
+		compatible = "spansion,m25p80", "nor-jedec";
 		reg = <0>;
 		spi-max-frequency = <40000000>;
 		m25p,fast-read;