The style for multi-line comments is often mentioned and should be documented
for clarity.

Signed-off-by: brian m. carlson <sand...@crustytoothpaste.net>
---
 Documentation/CodingGuidelines | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
index e5ca3b7..a584062 100644
--- a/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
+++ b/Documentation/CodingGuidelines
@@ -145,6 +145,14 @@ For C programs:
    they were describing changes.  Often splitting a function
    into two makes the intention of the code much clearer.
 
+ - Multi-line comments should include their delimiters on separate lines from
+   the text. E.g.
+
+       /*
+        * A very long
+        * multi-line comment.
+        */
+
  - Double negation is often harder to understand than no negation
    at all.
 
-- 
1.8.4

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