diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/s390-diag.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/s390-diag.txt
index 48c4921794edf0b98c9dfb59e0361b235d3124e2..7c52e5f8b210357075cc115500638c4b5841bab9 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/s390-diag.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/s390-diag.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ Subcode 3 - virtio-ccw notification
     identifier, it is ignored.
 
     After completion of the DIAGNOSE call, general register 2 may contain
-    a 64bit identifier (in the kvm_io_bus cookie case).
+    a 64bit identifier (in the kvm_io_bus cookie case), or a negative
+    error value, if an internal error occurred.
 
     See also the virtio standard for a discussion of this hypercall.