diff --git a/include/linux/io_uring/cmd.h b/include/linux/io_uring/cmd.h
index e453a997c060..01b95505538a 100644
--- a/include/linux/io_uring/cmd.h
+++ b/include/linux/io_uring/cmd.h
@@ -26,12 +26,25 @@ static inline const void *io_uring_sqe_cmd(const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 #if defined(CONFIG_IO_URING)
 int io_uring_cmd_import_fixed(u64 ubuf, unsigned long len, int rw,
 			      struct iov_iter *iter, void *ioucmd);
+
+/*
+ * Completes the request, i.e. posts an io_uring CQE and deallocates @ioucmd
+ * and the corresponding io_uring request.
+ *
+ * Note: the caller should never hard code @issue_flags and is only allowed
+ * to pass the mask provided by the core io_uring code.
+ */
 void io_uring_cmd_done(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd, ssize_t ret, ssize_t res2,
 			unsigned issue_flags);
+
 void __io_uring_cmd_do_in_task(struct io_uring_cmd *ioucmd,
 			    void (*task_work_cb)(struct io_uring_cmd *, unsigned),
 			    unsigned flags);
 
+/*
+ * Note: the caller should never hard code @issue_flags and only use the
+ * mask provided by the core io_uring code.
+ */
 void io_uring_cmd_mark_cancelable(struct io_uring_cmd *cmd,
 		unsigned int issue_flags);