diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index 032c7cd3cede0f0f1e3c05b381b282a6fd34395e..6e0da29e55f1fddada03e1fae94b6cc78e83efd9 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -831,8 +831,8 @@ printk_ratelimit:
 =================
 
 Some warning messages are rate limited. printk_ratelimit specifies
-the minimum length of time between these messages (in jiffies), by
-default we allow one every 5 seconds.
+the minimum length of time between these messages (in seconds).
+The default value is 5 seconds.
 
 A value of 0 will disable rate limiting.
 
@@ -845,6 +845,8 @@ seconds, we do allow a burst of messages to pass through.
 printk_ratelimit_burst specifies the number of messages we can
 send before ratelimiting kicks in.
 
+The default value is 10 messages.
+
 
 printk_devkmsg:
 ===============