diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 6325bec3f66f..a9a92e623dbc 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ my $inline_doc_state;
 # 'function', 'struct', 'union', 'enum', 'typedef'
 my $decl_type;
 
+# Name of the kernel-doc identifier for non-DOC markups
+my $identifier;
+
 my $doc_start = '^/\*\*\s*$'; # Allow whitespace at end of comment start.
 my $doc_end = '\*/';
 my $doc_com = '\s*\*\s*';
@@ -1203,6 +1206,11 @@ sub dump_struct($$) {
 	$declaration_name = $2;
 	my $members = $3;
 
+	if ($identifier ne $declaration_name) {
+	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: expecting prototype for $decl_type $identifier. Prototype was for $decl_type $declaration_name instead\n";
+	    return;
+	}
+
 	# ignore members marked private:
 	$members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*?\/\*\s*public:.*?\*\///gosi;
 	$members =~ s/\/\*\s*private:.*//gosi;
@@ -1391,6 +1399,11 @@ sub dump_enum($$) {
     }
 
     if ($members) {
+	if ($identifier ne $declaration_name) {
+	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: expecting prototype for enum $identifier. Prototype was for enum $declaration_name instead\n";
+	    return;
+	}
+
 	my %_members;
 
 	$members =~ s/\s+$//;
@@ -1451,6 +1464,11 @@ sub dump_typedef($$) {
 	my $args = $3;
 	$return_type =~ s/^\s+//;
 
+	if ($identifier ne $declaration_name) {
+	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: expecting prototype for typedef $identifier. Prototype was for typedef $declaration_name instead\n";
+	    return;
+	}
+
 	create_parameterlist($args, ',', $file, $declaration_name);
 
 	output_declaration($declaration_name,
@@ -1477,6 +1495,11 @@ sub dump_typedef($$) {
     if ($x =~ /typedef.*\s+(\w+)\s*;/) {
 	$declaration_name = $1;
 
+	if ($identifier ne $declaration_name) {
+	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: expecting prototype for typedef $identifier. Prototype was for typedef $declaration_name instead\n";
+	    return;
+	}
+
 	output_declaration($declaration_name,
 			   'typedef',
 			   {'typedef' => $declaration_name,
@@ -1796,6 +1819,11 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
 	return;
     }
 
+    if ($identifier ne $declaration_name) {
+	print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: expecting prototype for $identifier(). Prototype was for $declaration_name() instead\n";
+	return;
+    }
+
     my $prms = join " ", @parameterlist;
     check_sections($file, $declaration_name, "function", $sectcheck, $prms);
 
@@ -1878,6 +1906,7 @@ sub tracepoint_munge($) {
 			     "$prototype\n";
 	} else {
 		$prototype = "static inline void trace_$tracepointname($tracepointargs)";
+		$identifier = "trace_$identifier";
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2041,7 +2070,6 @@ sub process_normal() {
 #
 sub process_name($$) {
     my $file = shift;
-    my $identifier;
     my $descr;
 
     if (/$doc_block/o) {
@@ -2054,12 +2082,19 @@ sub process_name($$) {
 	} else {
 	    $section = $1;
 	}
-    }
-    elsif (/$doc_decl/o) {
+    } elsif (/$doc_decl/o) {
 	$identifier = $1;
-	if (/\s*([\w\s]+?)(\(\))?\s*-/) {
+	if (/\s*([\w\s]+?)(\(\))?\s*([-:].*)?$/) {
 	    $identifier = $1;
 	}
+	if ($identifier =~ m/^(struct|union|enum|typedef)\b\s*(\S*)/) {
+	    $decl_type = $1;
+	    $identifier = $2;
+	} else {
+	    $decl_type = 'function';
+	    $identifier =~ s/^define\s+//;
+	}
+	$identifier =~ s/\s+$//;
 
 	$state = STATE_BODY;
 	# if there's no @param blocks need to set up default section
@@ -2067,7 +2102,7 @@ sub process_name($$) {
 	$contents = "";
 	$section = $section_default;
 	$new_start_line = $. + 1;
-	if (/-(.*)/) {
+	if (/[-:](.*)/) {
 	    # strip leading/trailing/multiple spaces
 	    $descr= $1;
 	    $descr =~ s/^\s*//;
@@ -2085,20 +2120,15 @@ sub process_name($$) {
 	    ++$warnings;
 	}
 
-	if ($identifier =~ m/^struct\b/) {
-	    $decl_type = 'struct';
-	} elsif ($identifier =~ m/^union\b/) {
-	    $decl_type = 'union';
-	} elsif ($identifier =~ m/^enum\b/) {
-	    $decl_type = 'enum';
-	} elsif ($identifier =~ m/^typedef\b/) {
-	    $decl_type = 'typedef';
-	} else {
-	    $decl_type = 'function';
+	if ($identifier eq "") {
+	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: wrong kernel-doc identifier on line:\n";
+	    print STDERR $_;
+	    ++$warnings;
+	    $state = STATE_NORMAL;
 	}
 
 	if ($verbose) {
-	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: info: Scanning doc for $identifier\n";
+	    print STDERR "${file}:$.: info: Scanning doc for $decl_type $identifier\n";
 	}
     } else {
 	print STDERR "${file}:$.: warning: Cannot understand $_ on line $.",