diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fsi/fsi.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fsi/fsi.txt
index 4eaf488d4015..ab516c673a4b 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fsi/fsi.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fsi/fsi.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ addresses (link index and slave ID), and no size:
     #address-cells = <2>;
     #size-cells = <0>;
 
+An optional boolean property can be added to indicate that a particular master
+should not scan for connected devices at initialization time.  This is
+necessary in cases where a scan could cause arbitration issues with other
+masters that may be present on the bus.
+
+    no-scan-on-init;
+
 FSI slaves
 ----------