diff --git a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
index 2d3fe59bd26..c1c17ee60ec 100644
--- a/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
+++ b/Documentation/bpf/instruction-set.rst
@@ -30,20 +30,56 @@ Instruction encoding
 eBPF has two instruction encodings:
 
 * the basic instruction encoding, which uses 64 bits to encode an instruction
-* the wide instruction encoding, which appends a second 64-bit immediate value
-  (imm64) after the basic instruction for a total of 128 bits.
+* the wide instruction encoding, which appends a second 64-bit immediate (i.e.,
+  constant) value after the basic instruction for a total of 128 bits.
 
-The basic instruction encoding looks as follows:
+The basic instruction encoding is as follows, where MSB and LSB mean the most significant
+bits and least significant bits, respectively:
 
-=============  =======  ===============  ====================  ============
-32 bits (MSB)  16 bits  4 bits           4 bits                8 bits (LSB)
-=============  =======  ===============  ====================  ============
-immediate      offset   source register  destination register  opcode
-=============  =======  ===============  ====================  ============
+=============  =======  =======  =======  ============
+32 bits (MSB)  16 bits  4 bits   4 bits   8 bits (LSB)
+=============  =======  =======  =======  ============
+imm            offset   src_reg  dst_reg  opcode
+=============  =======  =======  =======  ============
+
+**imm**
+  signed integer immediate value
+
+**offset**
+  signed integer offset used with pointer arithmetic
+
+**src_reg**
+  the source register number (0-10), except where otherwise specified
+  (`64-bit immediate instructions`_ reuse this field for other purposes)
+
+**dst_reg**
+  destination register number (0-10)
+
+**opcode**
+  operation to perform
 
 Note that most instructions do not use all of the fields.
 Unused fields shall be cleared to zero.
 
+As discussed below in `64-bit immediate instructions`_, a 64-bit immediate
+instruction uses a 64-bit immediate value that is constructed as follows.
+The 64 bits following the basic instruction contain a pseudo instruction
+using the same format but with opcode, dst_reg, src_reg, and offset all set to zero,
+and imm containing the high 32 bits of the immediate value.
+
+=================  ==================
+64 bits (MSB)      64 bits (LSB)
+=================  ==================
+basic instruction  pseudo instruction
+=================  ==================
+
+Thus the 64-bit immediate value is constructed as follows:
+
+  imm64 = (next_imm << 32) | imm
+
+where 'next_imm' refers to the imm value of the pseudo instruction
+following the basic instruction.
+
 Instruction classes
 -------------------
 
@@ -71,27 +107,32 @@ For arithmetic and jump instructions (``BPF_ALU``, ``BPF_ALU64``, ``BPF_JMP`` an
 ==============  ======  =================
 4 bits (MSB)    1 bit   3 bits (LSB)
 ==============  ======  =================
-operation code  source  instruction class
+code            source  instruction class
 ==============  ======  =================
 
-The 4th bit encodes the source operand:
+**code**
+  the operation code, whose meaning varies by instruction class
 
-  ======  =====  ========================================
-  source  value  description
-  ======  =====  ========================================
-  BPF_K   0x00   use 32-bit immediate as source operand
-  BPF_X   0x08   use 'src_reg' register as source operand
-  ======  =====  ========================================
+**source**
+  the source operand location, which unless otherwise specified is one of:
 
-The four MSB bits store the operation code.
+  ======  =====  ==============================================
+  source  value  description
+  ======  =====  ==============================================
+  BPF_K   0x00   use 32-bit 'imm' value as source operand
+  BPF_X   0x08   use 'src_reg' register value as source operand
+  ======  =====  ==============================================
 
+**instruction class**
+  the instruction class (see `Instruction classes`_)
 
 Arithmetic instructions
 -----------------------
 
 ``BPF_ALU`` uses 32-bit wide operands while ``BPF_ALU64`` uses 64-bit wide operands for
 otherwise identical operations.
-The 'code' field encodes the operation as below:
+The 'code' field encodes the operation as below, where 'src' and 'dst' refer
+to the values of the source and destination registers, respectively.
 
 ========  =====  ==========================================================
 code      value  description
@@ -121,19 +162,19 @@ the destination register is unchanged whereas for ``BPF_ALU`` the upper
 
 ``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU`` means::
 
-  dst_reg = (u32) dst_reg + (u32) src_reg;
+  dst = (u32) ((u32) dst + (u32) src)
 
 ``BPF_ADD | BPF_X | BPF_ALU64`` means::
 
-  dst_reg = dst_reg + src_reg
+  dst = dst + src
 
 ``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU`` means::
 
-  dst_reg = (u32) dst_reg ^ (u32) imm32
+  dst = (u32) dst ^ (u32) imm32
 
 ``BPF_XOR | BPF_K | BPF_ALU64`` means::
 
-  dst_reg = dst_reg ^ imm32
+  dst = dst ^ imm32
 
 Also note that the division and modulo operations are unsigned. Thus, for
 ``BPF_ALU``, 'imm' is first interpreted as an unsigned 32-bit value, whereas
@@ -167,11 +208,11 @@ Examples:
 
 ``BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_LE | BPF_END`` with imm = 16 means::
 
-  dst_reg = htole16(dst_reg)
+  dst = htole16(dst)
 
 ``BPF_ALU | BPF_TO_BE | BPF_END`` with imm = 64 means::
 
-  dst_reg = htobe64(dst_reg)
+  dst = htobe64(dst)
 
 Jump instructions
 -----------------
@@ -246,15 +287,15 @@ instructions that transfer data between a register and memory.
 
 ``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_STX`` means::
 
-  *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = src_reg
+  *(size *) (dst + offset) = src
 
 ``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_ST`` means::
 
-  *(size *) (dst_reg + off) = imm32
+  *(size *) (dst + offset) = imm32
 
 ``BPF_MEM | <size> | BPF_LDX`` means::
 
-  dst_reg = *(size *) (src_reg + off)
+  dst = *(size *) (src + offset)
 
 Where size is one of: ``BPF_B``, ``BPF_H``, ``BPF_W``, or ``BPF_DW``.
 
@@ -288,11 +329,11 @@ BPF_XOR   0xa0   atomic xor
 
 ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_W  | BPF_STX`` with 'imm' = BPF_ADD means::
 
-  *(u32 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg
+  *(u32 *)(dst + offset) += src
 
 ``BPF_ATOMIC | BPF_DW | BPF_STX`` with 'imm' = BPF ADD means::
 
-  *(u64 *)(dst_reg + off16) += src_reg
+  *(u64 *)(dst + offset) += src
 
 In addition to the simple atomic operations, there also is a modifier and
 two complex atomic operations:
@@ -307,16 +348,16 @@ BPF_CMPXCHG  0xf0 | BPF_FETCH  atomic compare and exchange
 
 The ``BPF_FETCH`` modifier is optional for simple atomic operations, and
 always set for the complex atomic operations.  If the ``BPF_FETCH`` flag
-is set, then the operation also overwrites ``src_reg`` with the value that
+is set, then the operation also overwrites ``src`` with the value that
 was in memory before it was modified.
 
-The ``BPF_XCHG`` operation atomically exchanges ``src_reg`` with the value
-addressed by ``dst_reg + off``.
+The ``BPF_XCHG`` operation atomically exchanges ``src`` with the value
+addressed by ``dst + offset``.
 
 The ``BPF_CMPXCHG`` operation atomically compares the value addressed by
-``dst_reg + off`` with ``R0``. If they match, the value addressed by
-``dst_reg + off`` is replaced with ``src_reg``. In either case, the
-value that was at ``dst_reg + off`` before the operation is zero-extended
+``dst + offset`` with ``R0``. If they match, the value addressed by
+``dst + offset`` is replaced with ``src``. In either case, the
+value that was at ``dst + offset`` before the operation is zero-extended
 and loaded back to ``R0``.
 
 64-bit immediate instructions
@@ -329,7 +370,7 @@ There is currently only one such instruction.
 
 ``BPF_LD | BPF_DW | BPF_IMM`` means::
 
-  dst_reg = imm64
+  dst = imm64
 
 
 Legacy BPF Packet access instructions
