diff --git a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
index a50d6cd58573b63be92acbc7f5ea06d0b884844f..992e67e6be7fbf34e3259bafaec97918505fbede 100644
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
+++ b/Documentation/DocBook/kernel-hacking.tmpl
@@ -449,8 +449,8 @@ printk(KERN_INFO "i = %u\n", i);
    </para>
 
    <programlisting>
-__u32 ipaddress;
-printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %d.%d.%d.%d\n", NIPQUAD(ipaddress));
+__be32 ipaddress;
+printk(KERN_INFO "my ip: %pI4\n", &amp;ipaddress);
    </programlisting>
 
    <para>