diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index 67a0774e080b9..2e8370cf60c7a 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
  * %__GFP_FOO flags as necessary.
  *
  * %GFP_ATOMIC users can not sleep and need the allocation to succeed. A lower
- * watermark is applied to allow access to "atomic reserves"
+ * watermark is applied to allow access to "atomic reserves".
+ * The current implementation doesn't support NMI and few other strict
+ * non-preemptive contexts (e.g. raw_spin_lock). The same applies to %GFP_NOWAIT.
  *
  * %GFP_KERNEL is typical for kernel-internal allocations. The caller requires
  * %ZONE_NORMAL or a lower zone for direct access but can direct reclaim.