diff --git a/contrib/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/contrib/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2ac931c2bc..d0b59b5f22 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/contrib/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ complain ("Please use LGPL2+ for new files") if $is_patch and $line =~ /under th
 complain ("Don't use space inside elvis operator ?:") if $line =~ /\?[\t ]+:/;
 complain ("Don't add Emacs editor formatting hints to source files") if $line_no == 1 and $line =~ /-\*-.+-\*-/;
 complain ("XXX marker are reserved for development while work-in-progress. Use TODO or FIXME comment instead?") if $line =~ /\bXXX\b/;
+complain ("This gtk-doc annotation looks wrong") if $line =~ /\*.*\( *(transfer-(none|container|full)|allow none) *\) *(:|\()/;
 
 new_hunk if $_ eq '';
 my ($this_indent) = /^(\s*)/;