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diff --git a/Documentation/rfkill.txt b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
index b65f0799df4..4d3ee317a4a 100644
--- a/Documentation/rfkill.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rfkill.txt
@@ -191,12 +191,20 @@ Userspace input handlers (uevents) or kernel input handlers (rfkill-input):
 	  to tell the devices registered with the rfkill class to change
 	  their state (i.e. translates the input layer event into real
 	  action).
+
 	* rfkill-input implements EPO by handling EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 0
 	  (power off all transmitters) in a special way: it ignores any
 	  overrides and local state cache and forces all transmitters to the
 	  RFKILL_STATE_SOFT_BLOCKED state (including those which are already
-	  supposed to be BLOCKED).  Note that the opposite event (power on all
-	  transmitters) is handled normally.
+	  supposed to be BLOCKED).
+	* rfkill EPO will remain active until rfkill-input receives an
+	  EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 1 event.  While the EPO is active, transmitters
+	  are locked in the blocked state (rfkill will refuse to unblock them).
+	* rfkill-input implements different policies that the user can
+	  select for handling EV_SW SW_RFKILL_ALL 1.  It will unlock rfkill,
+	  and either do nothing (leave transmitters blocked, but now unlocked),
+	  restore the transmitters to their state before the EPO, or unblock
+	  them all.
 
 Userspace uevent handler or kernel platform-specific drivers hooked to the
 rfkill notifier chain:
@@ -331,11 +339,9 @@ class to get a sysfs interface :-)
 correct event for your switch/button.  These events are emergency power-off
 events when they are trying to turn the transmitters off.  An example of an
 input device which SHOULD generate *_RFKILL_ALL events is the wireless-kill
-switch in a laptop which is NOT a hotkey, but a real switch that kills radios
-in hardware, even if the O.S. has gone to lunch.  An example of an input device
-which SHOULD NOT generate *_RFKILL_ALL events by default, is any sort of hot
-key that does nothing by itself, as well as any hot key that is type-specific
-(e.g. the one for WLAN).
+switch in a laptop which is NOT a hotkey, but a real sliding/rocker switch.
+An example of an input device which SHOULD NOT generate *_RFKILL_ALL events by
+default, is any sort of hot key that is type-specific (e.g. the one for WLAN).
 
 
 3.1 Guidelines for wireless device drivers