diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 0880971094ef154a94e3a41b407f45df77271803..72f2b373221ed99278a944be8ccef03e12ce9d7a 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1439,10 +1439,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(register_sysctl);
  * register_sysctl() failing on init are extremely low, and so for both reasons
  * this function does not return any error as it is used by initialization code.
  *
- * Context: Can only be called after your respective sysctl base path has been
- * registered. So for instance, most base directories are registered early on
- * init before init levels are processed through proc_sys_init() and
- * sysctl_init_bases().
+ * Context: if your base directory does not exist it will be created for you.
  */
 void __init __register_sysctl_init(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table,
 				 const char *table_name)