diff --git a/Documentation/power/suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt b/Documentation/power/suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt
index f28f9a6f0347..e13dafc8e8f1 100644
--- a/Documentation/power/suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/power/suspend-and-cpuhotplug.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ More details follow:
 
                                   Write 'mem' to
                                 /sys/power/state
-                                    syfs file
+                                    sysfs file
                                         |
                                         v
                                Acquire pm_mutex lock