diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_abi.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_abi.py
index efab9b14a9f55bdf0aad2d746d4a84b3759307ad..b5feb5b1d9054899db0216529c48d6142796c258 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_abi.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kernel_abi.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class KernelCmd(Directive):
                 code_block += "\n    " + l
             lines = code_block + "\n\n"
 
-        line_regex = re.compile("^#define LINENO (\S+)\#([0-9]+)$")
+        line_regex = re.compile("^\.\. LINENO (\S+)\#([0-9]+)$")
         ln = 0
         n = 0
         f = fname
diff --git a/scripts/get_abi.pl b/scripts/get_abi.pl
index 6212f58b69c612d1b84ac3b1ce8ebec7d9d14de3..25836ac0a33d49158b570a35f55d0ce4a5f0ba82 100755
--- a/scripts/get_abi.pl
+++ b/scripts/get_abi.pl
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ sub output_rest {
 		my @filepath = split / /, $data{$what}->{filepath};
 
 		if ($enable_lineno) {
-			printf "#define LINENO %s%s#%s\n\n",
+			printf ".. LINENO %s%s#%s\n\n",
 			       $prefix, $file[0],
 			       $data{$what}->{line_no};
 		}
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ logic (B<--no-rst-source>).
 
 =item B<--enable-lineno>
 
-Enable output of #define LINENO lines.
+Enable output of .. LINENO lines.
 
 =item B<--debug> I<debug level>