diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt b/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
index a7af9cf065e216b36f19ebdf6b169dffddc58df0..77dfecf4e2d6e7ec310b145496f494f9aac25b08 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/uml/UserModeLinux-HOWTO.txt
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@
 
 
 
-  will cause serial line 3 to accept input on the host's /dev/tty3 and
+  will cause serial line 3 to accept input on the host's /dev/tty2 and
   display output on an xterm.  That's a silly example - the most common
   use of this syntax is to reattach the main console to stdin and stdout
   as shown above.