diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 7610eaa4d491..7a943c23db1c 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -68,9 +68,12 @@ description:
 
   Capability: which KVM extension provides this ioctl.  Can be 'basic',
       which means that is will be provided by any kernel that supports
-      API version 12 (see section 4.1), or a KVM_CAP_xyz constant, which
+      API version 12 (see section 4.1), a KVM_CAP_xyz constant, which
       means availability needs to be checked with KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION
-      (see section 4.4).
+      (see section 4.4), or 'none' which means that while not all kernels
+      support this ioctl, there's no capability bit to check its
+      availability: for kernels that don't support the ioctl,
+      the ioctl returns -ENOTTY.
 
   Architectures: which instruction set architectures provide this ioctl.
       x86 includes both i386 and x86_64.
@@ -1257,7 +1260,7 @@ The flags bitmap is defined as:
 
 4.48 KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE
 
-Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT
+Capability: none
 Architectures: x86 ia64
 Type: vm ioctl
 Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in)
@@ -1298,10 +1301,16 @@ Only PCI header type 0 devices with PCI BAR resources are supported by
 device assignment.  The user requesting this ioctl must have read/write
 access to the PCI sysfs resource files associated with the device.
 
+Errors:
+  ENOTTY: kernel does not support this ioctl
+
+  Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or
+  have their standard meanings.
+
 
 4.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE
 
-Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT
+Capability: none
 Architectures: x86 ia64
 Type: vm ioctl
 Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_pci_dev (in)
@@ -1309,9 +1318,14 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
 
 Ends PCI device assignment, releasing all associated resources.
 
-See KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT for the data structure. Only assigned_dev_id is
+See KVM_ASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE for the data structure. Only assigned_dev_id is
 used in kvm_assigned_pci_dev to identify the device.
 
+Errors:
+  ENOTTY: kernel does not support this ioctl
+
+  Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or
+  have their standard meanings.
 
 4.50 KVM_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ
 
@@ -1346,6 +1360,12 @@ The following flags are defined:
 It is not valid to specify multiple types per host or guest IRQ. However, the
 IRQ type of host and guest can differ or can even be null.
 
+Errors:
+  ENOTTY: kernel does not support this ioctl
+
+  Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or
+  have their standard meanings.
+
 
 4.51 KVM_DEASSIGN_DEV_IRQ
 
@@ -1423,7 +1443,7 @@ struct kvm_irq_routing_s390_adapter {
 
 4.53 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_NR
 
-Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX
+Capability: none
 Architectures: x86 ia64
 Type: vm ioctl
 Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr (in)
@@ -1445,7 +1465,7 @@ struct kvm_assigned_msix_nr {
 
 4.54 KVM_ASSIGN_SET_MSIX_ENTRY
 
-Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX
+Capability: none
 Architectures: x86 ia64
 Type: vm ioctl
 Parameters: struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry (in)
@@ -1461,6 +1481,12 @@ struct kvm_assigned_msix_entry {
 	__u16 padding[3];
 };
 
+Errors:
+  ENOTTY: kernel does not support this ioctl
+
+  Other error conditions may be defined by individual device types or
+  have their standard meanings.
+
 
 4.55 KVM_SET_TSC_KHZ
 
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 60768822b140..6d59e5b39c9c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -647,11 +647,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info {
 #define KVM_CAP_MP_STATE 14
 #define KVM_CAP_COALESCED_MMIO 15
 #define KVM_CAP_SYNC_MMU 16  /* Changes to host mmap are reflected in guest */
-#define KVM_CAP_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT 17
 #define KVM_CAP_IOMMU 18
-#ifdef __KVM_HAVE_MSI
-#define KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSI 20
-#endif
 /* Bug in KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION fixed: */
 #define KVM_CAP_DESTROY_MEMORY_REGION_WORKS 21
 #define KVM_CAP_USER_NMI 22
@@ -663,10 +659,6 @@ struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info {
 #endif
 #define KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING 25
 #define KVM_CAP_IRQ_INJECT_STATUS 26
-#define KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT 27
-#ifdef __KVM_HAVE_MSIX
-#define KVM_CAP_DEVICE_MSIX 28
-#endif
 #define KVM_CAP_ASSIGN_DEV_IRQ 29
 /* Another bug in KVM_SET_USER_MEMORY_REGION fixed: */
 #define KVM_CAP_JOIN_MEMORY_REGIONS_WORKS 30