diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index e1926a096818..19c8eb6f246e 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -2076,7 +2076,7 @@ systems, and so cannot be counted on in such a situation to actually achieve
 anything at all - especially with respect to I/O accesses - unless combined
 with interrupt disabling operations.
 
-See also the section on "Inter-CPU locking barrier effects".
+See also the section on "Inter-CPU acquiring barrier effects".
 
 
 As an example, consider the following: