diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index bcdf53125210..782986962d47 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1695,12 +1695,63 @@ static int pidfd_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+/**
+ * pidfd_show_fdinfo - print information about a pidfd
+ * @m: proc fdinfo file
+ * @f: file referencing a pidfd
+ *
+ * Pid:
+ * This function will print the pid that a given pidfd refers to in the
+ * pid namespace of the procfs instance.
+ * If the pid namespace of the process is not a descendant of the pid
+ * namespace of the procfs instance 0 will be shown as its pid. This is
+ * similar to calling getppid() on a process whose parent is outside of
+ * its pid namespace.
+ *
+ * NSpid:
+ * If pid namespaces are supported then this function will also print
+ * the pid of a given pidfd refers to for all descendant pid namespaces
+ * starting from the current pid namespace of the instance, i.e. the
+ * Pid field and the first entry in the NSpid field will be identical.
+ * If the pid namespace of the process is not a descendant of the pid
+ * namespace of the procfs instance 0 will be shown as its first NSpid
+ * entry and no others will be shown.
+ * Note that this differs from the Pid and NSpid fields in
+ * /proc/<pid>/status where Pid and NSpid are always shown relative to
+ * the  pid namespace of the procfs instance. The difference becomes
+ * obvious when sending around a pidfd between pid namespaces from a
+ * different branch of the tree, i.e. where no ancestoral relation is
+ * present between the pid namespaces:
+ * - create two new pid namespaces ns1 and ns2 in the initial pid
+ *   namespace (also take care to create new mount namespaces in the
+ *   new pid namespace and mount procfs)
+ * - create a process with a pidfd in ns1
+ * - send pidfd from ns1 to ns2
+ * - read /proc/self/fdinfo/<pidfd> and observe that both Pid and NSpid
+ *   have exactly one entry, which is 0
+ */
 static void pidfd_show_fdinfo(struct seq_file *m, struct file *f)
 {
 	struct pid_namespace *ns = proc_pid_ns(file_inode(m->file));
 	struct pid *pid = f->private_data;
+	pid_t nr = pid_nr_ns(pid, ns);
 
-	seq_put_decimal_ull(m, "Pid:\t", pid_nr_ns(pid, ns));
+	seq_put_decimal_ull(m, "Pid:\t", nr);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_PID_NS
+	seq_put_decimal_ull(m, "\nNSpid:\t", nr);
+	if (nr) {
+		int i;
+
+		/* If nr is non-zero it means that 'pid' is valid and that
+		 * ns, i.e. the pid namespace associated with the procfs
+		 * instance, is in the pid namespace hierarchy of pid.
+		 * Start at one below the already printed level.
+		 */
+		for (i = ns->level + 1; i <= pid->level; i++)
+			seq_put_decimal_ull(m, "\t", pid->numbers[i].nr);
+	}
+#endif
 	seq_putc(m, '\n');
 }
 #endif