diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt
index 23c3cc7a3727ed88513c1e735a41654a75334363..fd1e6289447050c39dcc993c552196c24c21b6e9 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-trace2.txt
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ completed.)
 	"event":"signal",
 	...
 	"t_abs":0.001227,  # elapsed time in seconds
-	"signal":13        # SIGTERM, SIGINT, etc.
+	"signo":13         # SIGTERM, SIGINT, etc.
 }
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