diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 5fdbb612aeb8..82b2da18c45d 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ controlled by this knob are discussed in Documentation/laptops/laptop-mode.txt.
 
 legacy_va_layout
 
-If non-zero, this sysctl disables the new 32-bit mmap mmap layout - the kernel
+If non-zero, this sysctl disables the new 32-bit mmap layout - the kernel
 will use the legacy (2.4) layout for all processes.
 
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