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diff --git a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
index bfb0a5520817..d4cd4126d1ad 100644
--- a/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
+++ b/Documentation/i2c/writing-clients
@@ -25,12 +25,23 @@ routines, and should be zero-initialized except for fields with data you
 provide.  A client structure holds device-specific information like the
 driver model device node, and its I2C address.
 
+/* iff driver uses driver model ("new style") binding model: */
+
+static struct i2c_device_id foo_idtable[] = {
+	{ "foo", my_id_for_foo },
+	{ "bar", my_id_for_bar },
+	{ }
+};
+
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, foo_idtable);
+
 static struct i2c_driver foo_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name	= "foo",
 	},
 
 	/* iff driver uses driver model ("new style") binding model: */
+	.id_table	= foo_ids,
 	.probe		= foo_probe,
 	.remove		= foo_remove,
 
@@ -164,7 +175,8 @@ I2C device drivers using this binding model work just like any other
 kind of driver in Linux:  they provide a probe() method to bind to
 those devices, and a remove() method to unbind.
 
-	static int foo_probe(struct i2c_client *client);
+	static int foo_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
+			     const struct i2c_device_id *id);
 	static int foo_remove(struct i2c_client *client);
 
 Remember that the i2c_driver does not create those client handles.  The
@@ -172,10 +184,9 @@ handle may be used during foo_probe().  If foo_probe() reports success
 (zero not a negative status code) it may save the handle and use it until
 foo_remove() returns.  That binding model is used by most Linux drivers.
 
-Drivers match devices when i2c_client.driver_name and the driver name are
-the same; this approach is used in several other busses that don't have
-device typing support in the hardware.  The driver and module name should
-match, so hotplug/coldplug mechanisms will modprobe the driver.
+The probe function is called when an entry in the id_table name field
+matches the device's name. It is passed the entry that was matched so
+the driver knows which one in the table matched.
 
 
 Device Creation (Standard driver model)