diff --git a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/subdev-formats.rst b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/subdev-formats.rst
index b1eea44550e1..9fcabe7f9367 100644
--- a/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/subdev-formats.rst
+++ b/Documentation/media/uapi/v4l/subdev-formats.rst
@@ -16,10 +16,14 @@ Media Bus Formats
 
     * - __u32
       - ``width``
-      - Image width, in pixels.
+      - Image width in pixels.
     * - __u32
       - ``height``
-      - Image height, in pixels.
+      - Image height in pixels. If ``field`` is one of ``V4L2_FIELD_TOP``,
+	``V4L2_FIELD_BOTTOM`` or ``V4L2_FIELD_ALTERNATE`` then height
+	refers to the number of lines in the field, otherwise it refers to
+	the number of lines in the frame (which is twice the field height
+	for interlaced formats).
     * - __u32
       - ``code``
       - Format code, from enum
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h
index 6e20de63ec59..123a231001a8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/v4l2-mediabus.h
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 
 /**
  * struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt - frame format on the media bus
- * @width:	frame width
- * @height:	frame height
+ * @width:	image width
+ * @height:	image height
  * @code:	data format code (from enum v4l2_mbus_pixelcode)
  * @field:	used interlacing type (from enum v4l2_field)
  * @colorspace:	colorspace of the data (from enum v4l2_colorspace)