diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/BuiltinAttributes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/BuiltinAttributes.td
index 13ef16b42b695..74cba43e1c43a 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/IR/BuiltinAttributes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/IR/BuiltinAttributes.td
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ def Builtin_DenseIntOrFPElementsAttr : Builtin_Attr<
     Syntax:
 
     ```
-    dense-intorfloat-elements-attribute ::= `dense` `<` attribute-value `>` `:`
+    tensor-literal ::= integer-literal | float-literal | [] | [tensor-literal (, tensor-literal)* ]
+    dense-intorfloat-elements-attribute ::= `dense` `<` tensor-literal `>` `:`
                                             ( tensor-type | vector-type )
     ```
 
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Parser/AttributeParser.cpp b/mlir/lib/Parser/AttributeParser.cpp
index 8e6e9d25f8237..15d8b17fbdf3c 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Parser/AttributeParser.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Parser/AttributeParser.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ using namespace mlir::detail;
 ///                    | `[` (attribute-value (`,` attribute-value)*)? `]`
 ///                    | `{` (attribute-entry (`,` attribute-entry)*)? `}`
 ///                    | symbol-ref-id (`::` symbol-ref-id)*
-///                    | `dense` `<` attribute-value `>` `:`
+///                    | `dense` `<` tensor-literal `>` `:`
 ///                      (tensor-type | vector-type)
 ///                    | `sparse` `<` attribute-value `,` attribute-value `>`
 ///                      `:` (tensor-type | vector-type)