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diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml
index 055718231bc..93817f33703 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/media/v4l/vidioc-g-fbuf.xml
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ set this field to zero.</entry>
<entry>The device is capable of non-destructive overlays.
When the driver clears this flag, only destructive overlays are
supported. There are no drivers yet which support both destructive and
-non-destructive overlays.</entry>
+non-destructive overlays. Video Output Overlays are in practice always
+non-destructive.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_CHROMAKEY</constant></entry>
@@ -339,8 +340,8 @@ blending makes no sense for destructive overlays.</entry>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_SRC_CHROMAKEY</constant></entry>
<entry>0x0080</entry>
- <entry>The device supports Source Chroma-keying. Framebuffer pixels
-with the chroma-key colors are replaced by video pixels, which is exactly opposite of
+ <entry>The device supports Source Chroma-keying. Video pixels
+with the chroma-key colors are replaced by framebuffer pixels, which is exactly opposite of
<constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_CHROMAKEY</constant></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
@@ -356,7 +357,9 @@ with the chroma-key colors are replaced by video pixels, which is exactly opposi
<entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_PRIMARY</constant></entry>
<entry>0x0001</entry>
<entry>The framebuffer is the primary graphics surface.
-In other words, the overlay is destructive. [?]</entry>
+In other words, the overlay is destructive. This flag is typically set by any
+driver that doesn't have the <constant>V4L2_FBUF_CAP_EXTERNOVERLAY</constant>
+capability and it is cleared otherwise.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_OVERLAY</constant></entry>
@@ -366,9 +369,8 @@ size as the capture. [?]</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry spanname="hspan">The purpose of
-<constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_PRIMARY</constant> and
<constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_OVERLAY</constant> was never quite clear.
-Most drivers seem to ignore these flags. For compatibility with the
+Most drivers seem to ignore this flag. For compatibility with the
<wordasword>bttv</wordasword> driver applications should set the
<constant>V4L2_FBUF_FLAG_OVERLAY</constant> flag.</entry>
</row>