diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 5334ad8fc7bd9613e2ace8a7b3f2de14fa829a4a..c2bc309d163451177ca2ed3c50b8a064f73e7550 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ typedef struct pglist_data {
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 	/*
-	 * zone reclaim becomes active if more unmapped pages exist.
+	 * node reclaim becomes active if more unmapped pages exist.
 	 */
 	unsigned long		min_unmapped_pages;
 	unsigned long		min_slab_pages;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h
index 87aa2a6d91256654cacc38c98658ff908ab4e86c..27c1ed2822e69806d7d9a65990cd2ed7e3827c38 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ enum
 	VM_MIN_UNMAPPED=32,	/* Set min percent of unmapped pages */
 	VM_PANIC_ON_OOM=33,	/* panic at out-of-memory */
 	VM_VDSO_ENABLED=34,	/* map VDSO into new processes? */
-	VM_MIN_SLAB=35,		 /* Percent pages ignored by zone reclaim */
+	VM_MIN_SLAB=35,		 /* Percent pages ignored by node reclaim */
 };