diff --git a/Documentation/security/IMA-templates.rst b/Documentation/security/IMA-templates.rst
index 1a91d92950a7..cab97f49971d 100644
--- a/Documentation/security/IMA-templates.rst
+++ b/Documentation/security/IMA-templates.rst
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ descriptors by adding their identifier to the format string
    calculated with the SHA1 or MD5 hash algorithm;
  - 'n': the name of the event (i.e. the file name), with size up to 255 bytes;
  - 'd-ng': the digest of the event, calculated with an arbitrary hash
-   algorithm (field format: [<hash algo>:]digest, where the digest
-   prefix is shown only if the hash algorithm is not SHA1 or MD5);
+   algorithm (field format: <hash algo>:digest);
  - 'd-modsig': the digest of the event without the appended modsig;
  - 'n-ng': the name of the event, without size limitations;
  - 'sig': the file signature, or the EVM portable signature if the file
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c
index 7155d17a3b75..e9d65f6fe2ae 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_template_lib.c
@@ -271,9 +271,11 @@ static int ima_eventdigest_init_common(const u8 *digest, u32 digestsize,
 	/*
 	 * digest formats:
 	 *  - DATA_FMT_DIGEST: digest
-	 *  - DATA_FMT_DIGEST_WITH_ALGO: [<hash algo>] + ':' + '\0' + digest,
-	 *    where <hash algo> is provided if the hash algorithm is not
-	 *    SHA1 or MD5
+	 *  - DATA_FMT_DIGEST_WITH_ALGO: <hash algo> + ':' + '\0' + digest,
+	 *
+	 *    where 'DATA_FMT_DIGEST' is the original digest format ('d')
+	 *      with a hash size limitation of 20 bytes,
+	 *    where <hash algo> is the hash_algo_name[] string.
 	 */
 	u8 buffer[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME + 2 + IMA_MAX_DIGEST_SIZE] = { 0 };
 	enum data_formats fmt = DATA_FMT_DIGEST;