diff --git a/Documentation/pci.txt b/Documentation/pci.txt
index 72b20c639596..bb7bd27d4682 100644
--- a/Documentation/pci.txt
+++ b/Documentation/pci.txt
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ initialization with a pointer to a structure describing the driver
 
 
 The ID table is an array of struct pci_device_id entries ending with an
-all-zero entry.  Each entry consists of:
+all-zero entry; use of the macro DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE is the preferred
+method of declaring the table.  Each entry consists of:
 
 	vendor,device	Vendor and device ID to match (or PCI_ANY_ID)
 
@@ -191,7 +192,8 @@ Tips on when/where to use the above attributes:
 
 	o Do not mark the struct pci_driver.
 
-	o The ID table array should be marked __devinitdata.
+	o The ID table array should be marked __devinitconst; this is done
+	  automatically if the table is declared with DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE().
 
 	o The probe() and remove() functions should be marked __devinit
 	  and __devexit respectively.  All initialization functions
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index 87195b62de52..f3165e7ac431 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -388,6 +388,16 @@ struct pci_driver {
 
 #define	to_pci_driver(drv) container_of(drv, struct pci_driver, driver)
 
+/**
+ * DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE - macro used to describe a pci device table
+ * @_table: device table name
+ *
+ * This macro is used to create a struct pci_device_id array (a device table)
+ * in a generic manner.
+ */
+#define DECLARE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE(_table) \
+	const struct pci_device_id _table[] __devinitconst
+
 /**
  * PCI_DEVICE - macro used to describe a specific pci device
  * @vend: the 16 bit PCI Vendor ID