diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 99530fb08b..e4b3cd486f 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ my $type_constant = '\b``([^\`]+)``\b';
 my $type_constant2 = '\%([-_\w]+)';
 my $type_func = '(\w+)\(\)';
 my $type_param = '\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)';
+my $type_param_ref = '([\!]?)\@(\w*((\.\w+)|(->\w+))*(\.\.\.)?)';
 my $type_fp_param = '\@(\w+)\(\)';  # Special RST handling for func ptr params
 my $type_fp_param2 = '\@(\w+->\S+)\(\)';  # Special RST handling for structs with func ptr params
 my $type_env = '(\$\w+)';
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ my @highlights_man = (
                       [$type_typedef, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"],
                       [$type_union, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"],
                       [$type_param, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"],
+                      [$type_param_ref, "\\\\fI\$1\$2\\\\fP"],
                       [$type_member, "\\\\fI\$1\$2\$3\\\\fP"],
                       [$type_fallback, "\\\\fI\$1\\\\fP"]
 		     );
@@ -260,7 +262,7 @@ my @highlights_rst = (
                        [$type_union, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1 <\$2>`"],
                        # in rst this can refer to any type
                        [$type_fallback, "\\:c\\:type\\:`\$1`"],
-                       [$type_param, "**\$1**"]
+                       [$type_param_ref, "**\$1\$2**"]
 		      );
 my $blankline_rst = "\n";