diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index d46338af6002997b0593d4875a6aee825c77126f..3e0c017e78772aba2857aca4d78ac24364a1e15d 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -294,15 +294,15 @@ tcp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
 	Default: 87380*2 bytes.
 
 tcp_mem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, pressure, max
-	low: below this number of pages TCP is not bothered about its
+	min: below this number of pages TCP is not bothered about its
 	memory appetite.
 
 	pressure: when amount of memory allocated by TCP exceeds this number
 	of pages, TCP moderates its memory consumption and enters memory
 	pressure mode, which is exited when memory consumption falls
-	under "low".
+	under "min".
 
-	high: number of pages allowed for queueing by all TCP sockets.
+	max: number of pages allowed for queueing by all TCP sockets.
 
 	Defaults are calculated at boot time from amount of available
 	memory.