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diff --git a/tools/patman/checkpatch.py b/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
index 07c3e2739a..263bac3fc9 100644
--- a/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
+++ b/tools/patman/checkpatch.py
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ def FindCheckPatch():
def CheckPatch(fname, verbose=False, show_types=False):
"""Run checkpatch.pl on a file.
+ Args:
+ fname: Filename to check
+ verbose: True to print out every line of the checkpatch output as it is
+ parsed
+ show_types: Tell checkpatch to show the type (number) of each message
+
Returns:
namedtuple containing:
ok: False=failure, True=ok