diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 99b4847f9bb2..5476cf4f4673 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -1131,8 +1131,9 @@ sub output_function_xml(%) {
 	foreach $parameter (@{$args{'parameterlist'}}) {
 	    my $parameter_name = $parameter;
 	    $parameter_name =~ s/\[.*//;
+	    $type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
 
-	    print "  <varlistentry>\n   <term><parameter>$parameter</parameter></term>\n";
+	    print "  <varlistentry>\n   <term><parameter>$type $parameter</parameter></term>\n";
 	    print "   <listitem>\n    <para>\n";
 	    $lineprefix="     ";
 	    output_highlight($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name});
@@ -1223,8 +1224,9 @@ sub output_struct_xml(%) {
 
       defined($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name}) || next;
       ($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name} ne $undescribed) || next;
+      $type = $args{'parametertypes'}{$parameter};
       print "    <varlistentry>";
-      print "      <term>$parameter</term>\n";
+      print "      <term><literal>$type $parameter</literal></term>\n";
       print "      <listitem><para>\n";
       output_highlight($args{'parameterdescs'}{$parameter_name});
       print "      </para></listitem>\n";