diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd-physmap.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd-physmap.txt
index 4a0a48bf4ecb..232fa12e90ef 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd-physmap.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd-physmap.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@ additional (optional) property is defined:
 
  - erase-size : The chip's physical erase block size in bytes.
 
+ The device tree may optionally contain endianness property.
+ little-endian or big-endian : It Represents the endianness that should be used
+                               by the controller to  properly read/write data
+			       from/to the flash. If this property is missing,
+			       the endianness is chosen by the system
+			       (potentially based on extra configuration options).
+
 The device tree may optionally contain sub-nodes describing partitions of the
 address space. See partition.txt for more detail.