diff --git a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt
index d915c16df42c105d7a7dbc75d590380c815ecace..465351d4cf853e8a308c9c84abef789b3dcfa42c 100644
--- a/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cgroups/blkio-controller.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ Proportional weight policy files
 	- Specifies per cgroup weight. This is default weight of the group
 	  on all the devices until and unless overridden by per device rule.
 	  (See blkio.weight_device).
-	  Currently allowed range of weights is from 100 to 1000.
+	  Currently allowed range of weights is from 10 to 1000.
 
 - blkio.weight_device
 	- One can specify per cgroup per device rules using this interface.
diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.h b/block/blk-cgroup.h
index ea4861bdd549a58fb3884eab94c1c2395bae243a..57e7234c5ae5b34352ceb353efc1b27a35df0f5a 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ static inline char *blkg_path(struct blkio_group *blkg) { return NULL; }
 
 #endif
 
-#define BLKIO_WEIGHT_MIN	100
+#define BLKIO_WEIGHT_MIN	10
 #define BLKIO_WEIGHT_MAX	1000
 #define BLKIO_WEIGHT_DEFAULT	500