diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 7dbe5ec9d9cd..1d09eb37c562 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3477,7 +3477,7 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 			are saved.
 
 	trace_buf_size=nn[KMG]
-			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size.
+			[FTRACE] will set tracing buffer size on each cpu.
 
 	trace_event=[event-list]
 			[FTRACE] Set and start specified trace events in order