diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 1973bfe59b2e..26ce6bb52044 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -92,10 +92,17 @@ static inline struct page *try_get_compound_head(struct page *page, int refs)
 	return head;
 }
 
-/*
+/**
  * try_grab_compound_head() - attempt to elevate a page's refcount, by a
  * flags-dependent amount.
  *
+ * Even though the name includes "compound_head", this function is still
+ * appropriate for callers that have a non-compound @page to get.
+ *
+ * @page:  pointer to page to be grabbed
+ * @refs:  the value to (effectively) add to the page's refcount
+ * @flags: gup flags: these are the FOLL_* flag values.
+ *
  * "grab" names in this file mean, "look at flags to decide whether to use
  * FOLL_PIN or FOLL_GET behavior, when incrementing the page's refcount.
  *
@@ -103,8 +110,14 @@ static inline struct page *try_get_compound_head(struct page *page, int refs)
  * same time. (That's true throughout the get_user_pages*() and
  * pin_user_pages*() APIs.) Cases:
  *
- *    FOLL_GET: page's refcount will be incremented by 1.
- *    FOLL_PIN: page's refcount will be incremented by GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS.
+ *    FOLL_GET: page's refcount will be incremented by @refs.
+ *
+ *    FOLL_PIN on compound pages that are > two pages long: page's refcount will
+ *    be incremented by @refs, and page[2].hpage_pinned_refcount will be
+ *    incremented by @refs * GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS.
+ *
+ *    FOLL_PIN on normal pages, or compound pages that are two pages long:
+ *    page's refcount will be incremented by @refs * GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS.
  *
  * Return: head page (with refcount appropriately incremented) for success, or
  * NULL upon failure. If neither FOLL_GET nor FOLL_PIN was set, that's
@@ -141,6 +154,8 @@ __maybe_unused struct page *try_grab_compound_head(struct page *page,
 		 *
 		 * However, be sure to *also* increment the normal page refcount
 		 * field at least once, so that the page really is pinned.
+		 * That's why the refcount from the earlier
+		 * try_get_compound_head() is left intact.
 		 */
 		if (hpage_pincount_available(page))
 			hpage_pincount_add(page, refs);
@@ -184,10 +199,8 @@ static void put_compound_head(struct page *page, int refs, unsigned int flags)
  * @flags:   gup flags: these are the FOLL_* flag values.
  *
  * Either FOLL_PIN or FOLL_GET (or neither) may be set, but not both at the same
- * time. Cases:
- *
- *    FOLL_GET: page's refcount will be incremented by 1.
- *    FOLL_PIN: page's refcount will be incremented by GUP_PIN_COUNTING_BIAS.
+ * time. Cases: please see the try_grab_compound_head() documentation, with
+ * "refs=1".
  *
  * Return: true for success, or if no action was required (if neither FOLL_PIN
  * nor FOLL_GET was set, nothing is done). False for failure: FOLL_GET or