diff --git a/drivers/net/r8169.c b/drivers/net/r8169.c
index e9592f523507..bf4bd3909763 100644
--- a/drivers/net/r8169.c
+++ b/drivers/net/r8169.c
@@ -426,6 +426,7 @@ MODULE_AUTHOR("Realtek and the Linux r8169 crew <netdev@oss.sgi.com>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("RealTek RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver");
 module_param_array(media, int, &num_media, 0);
 module_param(rx_copybreak, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_copybreak, "Copy breakpoint for copy-only-tiny-frames");
 module_param(use_dac, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_dac, "Enable PCI DAC. Unsafe on 32 bit PCI slot.");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");