diff --git a/fs/ubifs/sb.c b/fs/ubifs/sb.c
index bf31b47..cad60b5 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/sb.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/sb.c
@@ -475,7 +475,8 @@
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
  *
  * This function returns a pointer to the superblock node or a negative error
- * code.
+ * code. Note, the user of this function is responsible of kfree()'ing the
+ * returned superblock buffer.
  */
 struct ubifs_sb_node *ubifs_read_sb_node(struct ubifs_info *c)
 {