diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 46412bded104ba14176c3323c48a2791c163a6ee..f1dc4a2155933874df9d30776c7aba220d7239be 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ For example, consider the following sequence of events:
 	CPU 1		CPU 2
 	===============	===============
 	{ A == 1; B == 2 }
-	A = 3;		x = A;
-	B = 4;		y = B;
+	A = 3;		x = B;
+	B = 4;		y = A;
 
 The set of accesses as seen by the memory system in the middle can be arranged
 in 24 different combinations: