diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/acpi_mdio.c b/drivers/net/mdio/acpi_mdio.c
index 4630dde019749a7a4de81c27b9f6af902bad1c2f..5d0f11f280cfc5a63a50cfacdc9724a98b8aac6f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/acpi_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/acpi_mdio.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@oss.nxp.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ACPI MDIO bus (Ethernet PHY) accessors");
 
 /**
  * __acpi_mdiobus_register - Register mii_bus and create PHYs from the ACPI ASL.
diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/fwnode_mdio.c b/drivers/net/mdio/fwnode_mdio.c
index 1183ef5e203e3e248f1d73a22ccd04ea7b063851..fd02f5cbc853a61a4e8f74c816943867147297a9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/fwnode_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/fwnode_mdio.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Calvin Johnson <calvin.johnson@oss.nxp.com>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("FWNODE MDIO bus (Ethernet PHY) accessors");
 
 static struct pse_control *
 fwnode_find_pse_control(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-aspeed.c b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-aspeed.c
index 70edeeb7771e873b4b236c955e5ea33284cf5b30..c2170650415cdbd9d6076fe12e0014c33e40be15 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-aspeed.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-aspeed.c
@@ -205,3 +205,4 @@ module_platform_driver(aspeed_mdio_driver);
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Andrew Jeffery <andrew@aj.id.au>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ASPEED MDIO bus controller");
diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-bitbang.c b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-bitbang.c
index 81b7748c10ce0e0d74ab3f314a21aa34e9a13c0a..f88639297ff2df9f36d60c9680bf91d221aa219f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-bitbang.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-bitbang.c
@@ -263,3 +263,4 @@ void free_mdio_bitbang(struct mii_bus *bus)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_mdio_bitbang);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Bitbanged MDIO buses");
diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c b/drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c
index 7eb32ebb846d86ef8b89bfc4a3cf73e82c0fbfa1..64ebcb6d235cc0b314c1d0dab5f96e31b8c48242 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/of_mdio.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Grant Likely <grant.likely@secretlab.ca>");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("OpenFirmware MDIO bus (Ethernet PHY) accessors");
 
 /* Extract the clause 22 phy ID from the compatible string of the form
  * ethernet-phy-idAAAA.BBBB */
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/bcm-phy-ptp.c b/drivers/net/phy/bcm-phy-ptp.c
index ef00d6163061fab6740a1c14995ee53da56e521c..cb4b91af5e17337cc22ba94efbf3f912c47fb084 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/bcm-phy-ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/bcm-phy-ptp.c
@@ -942,3 +942,4 @@ struct bcm_ptp_private *bcm_ptp_probe(struct phy_device *phydev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bcm_ptp_probe);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Broadcom PHY PTP driver");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/bcm87xx.c b/drivers/net/phy/bcm87xx.c
index cc28581076682fda823a23381c21b2cfa94e6287..e81404bf899474f0a716c5dbe283d5aa3a87d83b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/bcm87xx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/bcm87xx.c
@@ -223,3 +223,4 @@ static struct phy_driver bcm87xx_driver[] = {
 module_phy_driver(bcm87xx_driver);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Broadcom BCM87xx PHY driver");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
index 6712883498bbe99570275b5a074b55ddfc7b282e..6fdc6ba294d548eaad5a8dc503731b55a9bed7a7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phylink.c
@@ -3726,3 +3726,4 @@ static int __init phylink_init(void)
 module_init(phylink_init);
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("phylink models the MAC to optional PHY connection");
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
index b8c0961daf53171733885531ba4fe7b5d831ad7c..5468bd209fab87f09f081e7daf9375911b69ba58 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/sfp.c
@@ -3153,3 +3153,4 @@ module_exit(sfp_exit);
 MODULE_ALIAS("platform:sfp");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Russell King");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("SFP cage support");