diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/stat.h b/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
index 82cc58fe936818ff213e0c1719ca8972db466155..1500a0f58041ae24924cad59dcf0fa4b4d6f68b6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
@@ -171,9 +171,12 @@ struct statx {
  * be of use to ordinary userspace programs such as GUIs or ls rather than
  * specialised tools.
  *
- * Note that the flags marked [I] correspond to generic FS_IOC_FLAGS
+ * Note that the flags marked [I] correspond to the FS_IOC_SETFLAGS flags
  * semantically.  Where possible, the numerical value is picked to correspond
- * also.
+ * also.  Note that the DAX attribute indicates that the file is in the CPU
+ * direct access state.  It does not correspond to the per-inode flag that
+ * some filesystems support.
+ *
  */
 #define STATX_ATTR_COMPRESSED		0x00000004 /* [I] File is compressed by the fs */
 #define STATX_ATTR_IMMUTABLE		0x00000010 /* [I] File is marked immutable */
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ struct statx {
 #define STATX_ATTR_AUTOMOUNT		0x00001000 /* Dir: Automount trigger */
 #define STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT		0x00002000 /* Root of a mount */
 #define STATX_ATTR_VERITY		0x00100000 /* [I] Verity protected file */
-#define STATX_ATTR_DAX			0x00002000 /* [I] File is DAX */
+#define STATX_ATTR_DAX			0x00200000 /* File is currently in DAX state */
 
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_STAT_H */