diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
index f9ad5e048b111297549df37cc6a6fc8bff1fc75a..dd68821c22d4b3cb122f2ea46d0ed160eb58f40b 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-hotplug.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ an entry as shown below in the output.
 
 If this is not mounted, do the following.
 
-	 #mkdir /sysfs
+	#mkdir /sys
 	#mount -t sysfs sys /sys
 
 Now you should see entries for all present cpu, the following is an example