diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
index daf3883b2694ddb3d53e465d95142f1167c7e58c..5192d7f78ecaa8ba784379c2aa70beb6cb994590 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-hacking/hacking.rst
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ this expression is true, or ``-ERESTARTSYS`` if a signal is received. The
 Waking Up Queued Tasks
 ----------------------
 
-Call :c:func:`wake_up()` (``include/linux/wait.h``);, which will wake
+Call :c:func:`wake_up()` (``include/linux/wait.h``), which will wake
 up every process in the queue. The exception is if one has
 ``TASK_EXCLUSIVE`` set, in which case the remainder of the queue will
 not be woken. There are other variants of this basic function available