diff --git a/README b/README
index e772c1a..e024023 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -3469,12 +3469,19 @@
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 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
-coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux
-kernel source directory.
+coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
+"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.  In sources
+originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
+spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
+
+Source files originating from a different project (for example the
+MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
+reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
+sources.
 
-Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts
-in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style
-comments (//) in your code.
+Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
+Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
+in your code.
 
 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
 - remove any trailing white space