diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
index 11d5ceda5bb063be1faa54e351c60241ff5959f2..36f007514db35f76cfb34a97c216c7a36a7dc8ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/kernel.txt
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ the different loglevels.
 
 - console_loglevel: messages with a higher priority than
   this will be printed to the console
-- default_message_level: messages without an explicit priority
+- default_message_loglevel: messages without an explicit priority
   will be printed with this priority
 - minimum_console_loglevel: minimum (highest) value to which
   console_loglevel can be set