diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst b/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst
index 298c9c8bea9a232910c7c36eec32813dc99021e6..a2c96bec5ee8debe7e8b31032530d780524b9b2a 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/cpu_hotplug.rst
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ which didn't support these methods.
 Command Line Switches
 =====================
 ``maxcpus=n``
-  Restrict boot time CPUs to *n*. Say if you have fourV CPUs, using
+  Restrict boot time CPUs to *n*. Say if you have four CPUs, using
   ``maxcpus=2`` will only boot two. You can choose to bring the
   other CPUs later online.