diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 1d56a6b73a4e95ccb7c7b1798d7de41c231817f3..c24f57f2c78274ed8fee30d42823194f1f784136 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -333,7 +333,12 @@ hotplug
 =======
 
 Path for the hotplug policy agent.
-Default value is "``/sbin/hotplug``".
+Default value is ``CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH``, which in turn defaults
+to the empty string.
+
+This file only exists when ``CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER`` is enabled. Most
+modern systems rely exclusively on the netlink-based uevent source and
+don't need this.
 
 
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