From f228115a690440f480a055d1fa9122443eea8ebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2025 12:44:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: Mention newline requirement for multi-line function
 decl

---
 docs/CODING_STYLE.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/CODING_STYLE.md b/docs/CODING_STYLE.md
index 82b3302953..71ebecaf35 100644
--- a/docs/CODING_STYLE.md
+++ b/docs/CODING_STYLE.md
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
           int a, b, c;
   ```
 
-  (i.e. use double indentation — 16 spaces — for the parameter list.)
+  (i.e. use double indentation — 16 spaces — for the parameter list and leave a
+  newline between the function declaration and the first variable declaration.)
 
 - Try to write this: