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diff --git a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
index 1fbd4eb7b64a..9f5481bdc5a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
+++ b/Documentation/sysctl/vm.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ Currently, these files are in /proc/sys/vm:
 - numa_zonelist_order
 - oom_dump_tasks
 - oom_kill_allocating_task
+- overcommit_kbytes
 - overcommit_memory
 - overcommit_ratio
 - page-cluster
@@ -574,6 +575,17 @@ The default value is 0.
 
 ==============================================================
 
+overcommit_kbytes:
+
+When overcommit_memory is set to 2, the committed address space is not
+permitted to exceed swap plus this amount of physical RAM. See below.
+
+Note: overcommit_kbytes is the counterpart of overcommit_ratio. Only one
+of them may be specified at a time. Setting one disables the other (which
+then appears as 0 when read).
+
+==============================================================
+
 overcommit_memory:
 
 This value contains a flag that enables memory overcommitment.