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diff --git a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
index 994355b0cd1..7751704b6db 100644
--- a/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/memory-barriers.txt
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ There are some more advanced barrier functions:
(*) set_mb(var, value)
- This assigns the value to the variable and then inserts at least a write
+ This assigns the value to the variable and then inserts a full memory
barrier after it, depending on the function. It isn't guaranteed to
insert anything more than a compiler barrier in a UP compilation.
@@ -1898,7 +1898,7 @@ queue before processing any further requests:
smp_wmb();
<A:modify v=2> <C:busy>
<C:queue v=2>
- p = &b; q = p;
+ p = &v; q = p;
<D:request p>
<B:modify p=&v> <D:commit p=&v>
<D:read p>