diff --git a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX
index d18ecd827c408d0fb42a8d8a7fc669ce88c95fc2..929d9904f74b7eb94bac71e81308b0bf335c3108 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/00-INDEX
+++ b/Documentation/block/00-INDEX
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ capability.txt
 	- Generic Block Device Capability (/sys/block/<device>/capability)
 cfq-iosched.txt
 	- CFQ IO scheduler tunables
+cmdline-partition.txt
+	- how to specify block device partitions on kernel command line
 data-integrity.txt
 	- Block data integrity
 deadline-iosched.txt
diff --git a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
index 2bbf4cc40c3f7f92a02df9bd42b1bdabc8a93791..525b9f6d7fb49e4c9bbd5f7ea76833dcde640e59 100644
--- a/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
+++ b/Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-Embedded device command line partition
+Embedded device command line partition parsing
 =====================================================================
 
-Read block device partition table from command line.
-The partition used for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device.
-It is no MBR, save storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed
+Support for reading the block device partition table from the command line.
+It is typically used for fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices.
+It has no MBR, so saves storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed
 by absolute address of data on the block device.
 Users can easily change the partition.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 73d23fdc512bb8c52a9e555fc9544b70496d2062..fcbb736d55feb439c1152be71355d5ab79f8edd2 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -480,6 +480,10 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
 			See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
 
+	blkdevparts=	Manual partition parsing of block device(s) for
+			embedded devices based on command line input.
+			See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt
+
 	boot_delay=	Milliseconds to delay each printk during boot.
 			Values larger than 10 seconds (10000) are changed to
 			no delay (0).
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index 7f38e40fee0819a74ec6b3d10c759c07d3b04bb4..2429515c05c2ed1b6f457a60def817c33c178651 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -99,11 +99,16 @@ config BLK_DEV_THROTTLING
 
 	See Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt for more information.
 
-config CMDLINE_PARSER
+config BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
 	bool "Block device command line partition parser"
 	default n
 	---help---
-	Parsing command line, get the partitions information.
+	Enabling this option allows you to specify the partition layout from
+	the kernel boot args.  This is typically of use for embedded devices
+	which don't otherwise have any standardized method for listing the
+	partitions on a block device.
+
+	See Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt for more information.
 
 menu "Partition Types"
 
diff --git a/block/Makefile b/block/Makefile
index 4fa4be544ece94c05d0956a0c6f488c1f7a65161..671a83d063a5ba290c93efc08457eba6217ea80d 100644
--- a/block/Makefile
+++ b/block/Makefile
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IOSCHED_CFQ)	+= cfq-iosched.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLOCK_COMPAT)	+= compat_ioctl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY)	+= blk-integrity.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARSER)	+= cmdline-parser.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER)	+= cmdline-parser.o
diff --git a/block/partitions/Kconfig b/block/partitions/Kconfig
index 87a32086535d5228b513af3935d29765b763b2ec..9b29a996c3114a3d09c41abdcaaa0f3f19abe3ff 100644
--- a/block/partitions/Kconfig
+++ b/block/partitions/Kconfig
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ config SYSV68_PARTITION
 
 config CMDLINE_PARTITION
 	bool "Command line partition support" if PARTITION_ADVANCED
-	select CMDLINE_PARSER
+	select BLK_CMDLINE_PARSER
 	help
-	  Say Y here if you would read the partitions table from bootargs.
+	  Say Y here if you want to read the partition table from bootargs.
 	  The format for the command line is just like mtdparts.
diff --git a/block/partitions/cmdline.c b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
index 56cf4ffad51ed903128ac079d9845acafbd639a4..5141b563adf1b9a41c6b6054a8d2dcf5618da4d6 100644
--- a/block/partitions/cmdline.c
+++ b/block/partitions/cmdline.c
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2013 HUAWEI
  * Author: Cai Zhiyong <caizhiyong@huawei.com>
  *
- * Read block device partition table from command line.
- * The partition used for fixed block device (eMMC) embedded device.
- * It is no MBR, save storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed
+ * Read block device partition table from the command line.
+ * Typically used for fixed block (eMMC) embedded devices.
+ * It has no MBR, so saves storage space. Bootloader can be easily accessed
  * by absolute address of data on the block device.
  * Users can easily change the partition.
  *
  * The format for the command line is just like mtdparts.
  *
- * Verbose config please reference "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt"
+ * For further information, see "Documentation/block/cmdline-partition.txt"
  *
  */