diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index 5813072bc589..5d63a8857f36 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(sg_miter_stop);
  * @buflen:		 The number of bytes to copy
  * @skip:		 Number of bytes to skip before copying
  * @to_buffer:		 transfer direction (true == from an sg list to a
- *			 buffer, false == from a buffer to an sg list
+ *			 buffer, false == from a buffer to an sg list)
  *
  * Returns the number of copied bytes.
  *