diff --git a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
index 8189c33b9ddafd540d38c58290d07ce9248a1b2a..9395892c7ba38b1956815b30c997f5d8d0ec898c 100644
--- a/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
+++ b/Documentation/sphinx/kerneldoc.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class KernelDocDirective(Directive):
             result = ViewList()
 
             lineoffset = 0;
-            line_regex = re.compile("^#define LINENO ([0-9]+)$")
+            line_regex = re.compile("^\.\. LINENO ([0-9]+)$")
             for line in lines:
                 match = line_regex.search(line)
                 if match:
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 9c084a2ba3b0519921aceec34ceb7dae4f6e9e67..7516949bb049e39fc76414317b229dd10d070241 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ sub get_kernel_version() {
 sub print_lineno {
     my $lineno = shift;
     if ($enable_lineno && defined($lineno)) {
-        print "#define LINENO " . $lineno . "\n";
+        print ".. LINENO " . $lineno . "\n";
     }
 }
 ##
@@ -2478,7 +2478,7 @@ May be specified multiple times.
 
 =item -enable-lineno
 
-Enable output of #define LINENO lines.
+Enable output of .. LINENO lines.
 
 =back