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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index ff234d2..17256f2 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -312,8 +312,6 @@ The lowmem_reserve_ratio is an array. You can see them by reading this file.
% cat /proc/sys/vm/lowmem_reserve_ratio
256 256 32
-
-Note: # of this elements is one fewer than number of zones. Because the highest
- zone's value is not necessary for following calculation.
But, these values are not used directly. The kernel calculates # of protection
pages for each zones from them. These are shown as array of protection pages
@@ -364,7 +362,8 @@ As above expression, they are reciprocal number of ratio.
pages of higher zones on the node.
If you would like to protect more pages, smaller values are effective.
-The minimum value is 1 (1/1 -> 100%).
+The minimum value is 1 (1/1 -> 100%). The value less than 1 completely
+disables protection of the pages.
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