diff --git a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
index bf82851a0e576e501137090a6550cee82f8cc3bb..687777f83b2371d4bd24e5d7abff88d7cf90a5d8 100644
--- a/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
+++ b/Documentation/RCU/NMI-RCU.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ not to return until all ongoing NMI handlers exit.  It is therefore safe
 to free up the handler's data as soon as synchronize_sched() returns.
 
 Important note: for this to work, the architecture in question must
-invoke irq_enter() and irq_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively.
+invoke nmi_enter() and nmi_exit() on NMI entry and exit, respectively.
 
 
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