diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index d2b0a8d81258b43cc1bc97350b9fa4f713101b58..08329cb857edc9946449ff7aa9251513daefb50e 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ equal to zero, in which case the compiler is within its rights to
 transform the above code into the following:
 
 	q = READ_ONCE(a);
-	WRITE_ONCE(b, 1);
+	WRITE_ONCE(b, 2);
 	do_something_else();
 
 Given this transformation, the CPU is not required to respect the ordering